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New NASA posters feature cosmic frights for Halloween
Check out these 3 new posters from NASA’s Galaxy of Horrors, featuring cosmic frights for Halloween. They’re free to download, and available in English and Spanish. Source: https://earthsky.org/todays-image/nasa-halloween-2020-free-posters…
Rare full moon on Halloween will be seen across the US for the first time in 76 years
Don’t miss the rare appearance of a full moon on Halloween, something that hasn’t been seen across the US since 1944. Source: https://www.livescience.com/halloween-full-blue-moon.html
Hubble finds ‘Greater Pumpkin’ galaxy pair
Sorry Charlie Brown, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is taking a peek at what might best be described as the “Greater Pumpkin,” that looks like a Halloween decoration tucked away in a patch of sky cluttered with stars. What looks like two glowing eyes and a crooked carved smile is a snapshot of the early stages of a collision between two galaxies….
What’s a Blue Moon, and when is the next one?
We have a Blue Moon coming up on October 31, 2020. It’ll be called a Blue Moon because it’ll be the 2nd of 2 full moons in a single calendar month. And it’ll be near a bright red object in the sky, Mars! Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/when-is-the-next-blue-moon…
13 disturbing Halloween horrors come to life
Here is the science behind 13 Halloween horrors come to life. Source: https://www.livescience.com/60769-halloween-horrors-come-to-life.html
Old books bound in human skin make for spooky Halloween reading
Why did a dying 19th-century robber want his skin to become a book cover? This Halloween, Anatomica and Dark Archives reveal our changing relationship with the body Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833060-700-old-books-bound-in-human-skin-make-for-spooky-halloween-reading/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Moon and Mars meet in late October
Use the bright waxing gibbous moon to find the red planet Mars in late October 2020. This is the brightest that you’ll see Mars for another 15 years! Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-mars-meet-in-late-october…
NASA wants to hear your conspiracy theories
The space agency is producing a special Halloween video in which it will debunk user-submitted conspiracies. With so many conspiracy theories floating… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340393/nasa-wants-to-hear-your-conspiracy-theories…
Ubuntu Linux 20.10 ‘Groovy Gorilla’ is Here With Renewed Raspberry Pi Focus
An anonymous reader shares a report: As stated earlier, new Ubuntu versions come April and October, and wouldn’t you know it, we are at the end of the latter. With Halloween a bit more than a week away, Canonical today releases Ubuntu 20.10. Ubuntu’s version numbering scheme is based on year (YY), a period, and the month (MM). For instance, the…