EarthSky News - Nov 26 - Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter

November 26 Our Nights are Brighter, and Brighter by:

Our nights are brighter, and brighter The International Dark-Sky Association has campaigned for decades to reduce artificial light at night. Yet a new study shows our night skies still brightening at a rate of 2 percent each year. Do you know Messier 33? Say hello to the much-photographed Triangulum galaxy - aka Messier 33 - a face-on pinwheel of swarming suns and the second-nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way. Star of the week: Hamal Hamal is the brightest star in Aries the Ram. How to find it in your sky. Tonight and tomorrow … Moon sweeps past Neptune You won't see Neptune in the moon's glare tonight, even with optical aid and a sky chart. Still, tonight’s moon can point the way for later this month.

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Moon sweeps past Neptune The star Lambda Aquarii is your guide star to Neptune, once the moon has gone. Neptune demands high-quality binoculars or a telescope, patience and a detailed star chart.

Birdseye view of iceberg A-68A Giant iceberg A-68A calved from Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. This photo, taken from a NASA aircraft on November 11, shows part of the iceberg’s edge and open water. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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EarthSky News - Nov 25 - Top Stories This Week

November 25 Top Stories This Week by:

Venezuela is losing its last glacier Venezuela is about to be the first country in modern history to lose all of its glaciers. Incredible visualization of hurricanes and aerosols Take 2 minutes to watch this stunning NASA timelapse. It's the 1st known interstellar asteroid Astronomers named it Oumuamua. It's dark red, very elongated and unlike anything found in our solar system. A farewell to Saturn The Cassini spacecraft returned this final image 2 days before it plunged into Saturn's atmosphere. What monarch butterflies prefer Will our survival strategy for monarchs work? Cloud-to-cloud shadow over China One morning over Hong Kong, a striking shadow cast from one cloud to another. Do dolphins get Alzheimer's disease? Researchers report on pathological signs of Alzheimer’s in these awesome creatures. Tonight … Orion the Hunter easy to view The famous constellation Orion the Hunter is back in the evening sky! Its most recognizable feature is a short, straight line of 3 medium-bright stars.

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Orion the Hunter easy to view The famous constellation Orion the Hunter is back in the evening sky! Its most recognizable feature is a short, straight line of 3 medium-bright stars.

Waving hi to ISS Karthik Easvur created this image as the International Space Station soared over Hyderabad, India on November 22. How you can spot it. Plus, who's aboard ISS now? Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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