Nov 9 - Top Stories This Week

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Both Voyagers carry a golden record, designed to give any alien civilization that might someday encounter the craft a glimpse of Earth and its abundant life. Read more from NASA about the making of the golden record.

Voyager 2 sends back insights on interstellar space A year ago, Voyager 2 left the realm of the sun's influence, becoming the 2nd earthly craft to cross over into interstellar space (Voyager 1 crossed in August 2012). New papers describe what Voyager 2 has been seeing on its journey into the unknown. Read more. TESS watched a black hole tear apart a star This disruption occurred in TESS’s continuous viewing zone, which is always in sight of one of the satellite’s 4 cameras, allowing astronomers to view the explosion from start to finish. Watch a video. Scientists study world's biggest geode Scientists recently studied the formation of the huge crystals inside the giant geode of Pulpí, located deep in a Spanish mine. Read more. More top stories Watch what happens when scientists excavate a giant anthill November guide to the bright planets Giant planet HR 5183b would look 15 times brighter than Venus Edmond Halley's magnificent prediction Is Hygiea now the smallest dwarf planet? Breakthrough Listen and TESS team up for SETI The TESS spacecraft is finding hundreds of exoplanets

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Transit of Mercury on November 11 Skywatchers are eagerly anticipating Monday's Mercury transit. It'll happen in the morning hours for us in North America. The Virtual Telescope Project is offering online viewing of the event. Read more.

Sweet bird Bettina Berg captured this sweet image of a bird and the moon in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Wednesday.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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