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Moon and Leo before sunup October 5 to 7
The lit portion of the waning moon always points eastward. That's also the moon's direction of travel in front of the background stars. Watch the moon wane in the coming mornings, as it sweeps through Leo.
October 4, 2018
MASCOT returns 1st image from asteroid Ryugu
Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft deployed the MASCOT lander to asteroid Ryugu yesterday. Now, MASCOT has returned its 1st image. An international team of engineers and scientists in Germany is standing by.
October 3, 2018
Gaia reveals stars flying between galaxies
Only a small number of hypervelocity stars have ever been discovered. Now ESA's Gaia mission has revealed 20 more.
October 3, 2018
Microbes catch a ride on fog
When fog rolls in, it can bring along communities of airborne microorganisms, says a new study. Moisture in fog allows microbes to last longer than they would in dry air.
October 3, 2018
Moon and fogbow
Fogbows – sometimes called white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost rainbows – are made much in the way as rainbows.
October 3, 2018
Breakthrough Listen brings ET search to Africa
Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Listen program said it has added the MeerKAT telescope in South Africa to its global effort to listen for signals from an alien intelligence.
October 2, 2018
What we’ve learned from 50 years of ocean drilling
We know more about the surface of the moon than about Earth’s ocean floor. But analysis of core samples from the deep seabed has given us insights into climate change, Earth’s history, and the key conditions for life.
October 2, 2018
New image shows a haunting comet landscape
Citizen scientists now frequently explore spacecraft images, finding and processing hidden treasures. Jacint Roger Perez of Spain processed this Rosetta spacecraft view of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
October 1, 2018
Origami-inspired habitats for the moon and Mars
An innovative plan by the EuroMoonMars project uses Japanese origami - the art of folding paper into interesting shapes - to design and develop habitats for future human space explorers.
October 1, 2018
Smoke over Yosemite in September
Last summer's major fires in and around Yosemite National Park in California have been contained, but the U.S. National Park Service reports multiple fires still burning in Yosemite's wilderness.
October 1, 2018
