Alien Planet Around Solar Twin Found in Distant Star Cluster, a First (Video)

Scientists using a powerful telescope in Chile have found an alien planet circling a star that is nearly identical to the sun and located in a star cluster 2,500 light-years from Earth



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NASA's Juno spacecraft flies by Earth, captures this incredible video

The video below, taken by NASA's Juno spacecraft as it zipped past Earth on Oct. 9, may be imperfect, but it will give you chills.

Captured with sensors designed to track faint stars rather than rocky planets, the video begins just as the Earth-and-moon system has come into Juno's view, 600,000 miles in the distance.

As Juno flies in closer, you can see the small white dot of the moon gliding silently around a fuzzy blue Earth. Closer still, and the moon moves off into the margins as our spinning planet takes up more of the field of view.



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October's Orionid Meteors and Lunar Eclipse - Where to Look

The meteor shower (Halley's Comet remnants) peaks from October 20 to 23 and the penumbral Lunar eclipse occurs on Oct 18th. Find out how and where you can view them.



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http://www.space.com/23101-october-s-orionid-meteors-and-lunar-eclipse-where-to-look-video.html