EarthSky News - Nov 2 - Yellowstone Super-Eruptions

November 2 Yellowstone Super-Eruptions by:

Twin Yellowstone super-eruptions altered climate The Yellowstone supervolcano's last eruption wasn't a single event, but 2 closely-spaced eruptions that put the brakes on a natural global warming trend, says a study. Tonight … Waxing toward full Hunter's Moon To the eye, the moon will appear nearly full as the sun sets on November 2. Watch for it in the east as soon as the sun goes down. In fact, it has a bit more to go, and full moon is November 3-4. Is this full moon a supermoon? The 11th of 2017's 12 full moons falls on November 3-4. It's the 2nd-closest full moon in 2017, but is it a supermoon? Taurid fireballs this weekend? Although a modest shower, perhaps offering 5 meteors per hour, the Taurid shower just might produce some fireballs under the light of the full moon.

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Tonight … Waxing toward full Hunter's Moon Jacob Baker of Fall River, Massachusetts calls this “Path of the Hunter Moon.” It’s a 16-shot composite of 2016's Hunter's Moon, made of photos taken in 10-minute intervals over 2 1/2 hours.

Manasquan Reservoir reflections John Entwistle captured this image of fall colors reflected in New Jersey's Manasquan Reservoir last week. Notice all the layers in this picture - the blue and white sky, autumn leaves, the water in shadow and light, the grassy ground. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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EarthSky News - Nov 1 - November Planets

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November guide to the bright planets As November opens, Venus and Mars are up before dawn. Jupiter peeps over the sunrise horizon after November's 1st week and sweeps spectacularly near Venus. Saturn and Mercury are evening planets. At dawn next few mornings … Venus and Spica close Dazzling planet Venus and Spica, Virgo's brightest star, are in the same binocular field before sunrise on or around November 2. Is telekinesis real? In the Netflix series Stranger Things, the mysterious and powerful Eleven moves objects with her mind. Possible, or total sci-fi? A video explores the science of telekinesis. Plus a video on the Upside Down. Do parallel universes exist? A rare chance to scrutinize a comet's jet On July 3, 2016 - as Comet 67P erupted with a plume of dust - the orbiting Rosetta spacecraft happened to pass right through the dust cloud.

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At dawn next few mornings … Venus and Spica close Mars is up there, too, but very faint. Watch for them before the coming dawn washes the sky with its light.

Flying Horse over Cusco, Peru  If you travel from the Northern to the Southern Hemisphere, or vice versa, you'll see familiar constellations. But their location in the sky will be shifted in surprising and delightful ways. That was the case for Linda Spadaro, who captured this image. Read her story. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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