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Bright meteor!
The North Taurid meteor shower is peaking around now. It tends to produce a lot of fireballs, or very bright meteors. Keep watching! The shower is sparse, but it goes all month.
November 11, 2017
Study probes Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Plus, a new mission?
A new study shed light on what powers Enceladus' extraordinary geologic activity, while - at a conference in Seattle last week - space visionaries discussed a return to Saturn's geyser moon.
November 11, 2017
Wow! Juno’s 8th science flyby of Jupiter
A new and awesome batch of images has emerged from the Juno mission's most recent flyby of Jupiter. Plus, the mission gets a new project manager.
November 10, 2017
Moon and Regulus late night until dawn
They'll be close from moonrise on, but highest in the sky on the morning of November 11. In the coming mornings, watch the moon edge toward bright Jupiter before dawn.
November 10, 2017
What makes zombie ants obey
Zombie ant fungus doesn't attack ants' brains. Instead, the fungus invades an ant's entire body, forming an interconnected 3-D network, forcing the ant to move.
November 9, 2017
Birds and sun, New Delhi, India
C.B. Devgun wrote that it was a foggy morning in New Delhi - November 8, 2017 - when he captured this photo.
November 9, 2017
The zombie star that wouldn’t die
Supernovae like this one - designated iPTF14hls - usually remain bright for about 100 days. This one stayed bright for 600 days. Then, astronomers found a 1954 explosion in the same spot in the sky.
November 8, 2017
Want birds in your yard? Plant native trees
A recently published study confirms that native trees are most effective in hosting caterpillars, an important food for birds.
November 8, 2017
Why do trees shed their leaves?
Trees shed their leaves in order to survive cold or dry weather. The trees pull in the nutrients from the leaves before the cells cut off the leaf.
November 8, 2017
November sunset over Stainforth, UK
Graham Telford captured this sunset while he was fishing at Stainforth, a village in the United Kingdom.
November 8, 2017
