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The supposed interstellar fireball detected over the Pacific Ocean in 2014 probably came from within our solar system, according to new statistical modeling of the meteor and others similar to it. The new study also concludes that debris from the fireball would not have survived passage through Earth’s atmosphere, meaning that the claimed recovery of […]
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 ■ November fireballs? Every year from roughly late October through mid-November, a truly dazzling Taurid meteor just might take you by surprise in the night. If you get very lucky. A Taurid fireball caught streaking over Skibotn, Norway, in 2020. Medisilvanus / Wikimedia Commons Normally the broad, weak, South and North Taurid […]
It is easy to understand how the flame and power of rocket launches could cause air pollution. Less obvious is the air pollution caused by rocket parts, spacecraft and satellites re-entering the atmosphere. A new global inventory has catalogued air pollution from space activities from 2020 to 2022. The inventory includes time, position and pollution […]
Listen to this episode on Sky & Telescope’s YouTube channel. Once again, the Moon’s phases are in sync with the calendar this month, starting with a new Moon on November 1st. That leaves the evening sky relatively Moon-free for the first days and last half of November — great opportunities to get out under the […]
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This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Loizos Heracleous is a Professor of Strategy at the Warwick Business School, University of Warwick. SpaceX has launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on a “rescue mission” to bring back two astronauts stranded at the International […]
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The patrons of the Slaughtered Lamb, the traditional Yorkshire pub with some striking decor in John Landis’ American Werewolf in London, may want to keep their werewolf on the down low, but the European Southern Observatory (ESO) saw Halloween as the perfect opportunity to unleash an image of a cosmic beast. This blood-curdling celestial werewolf […]