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  1. SETI Institute @[email protected] ·

    🌕 Is this the first exomoon? It’s complicated.

    Astronomers found a planetary-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf — which itself orbits a star. Is it a planet, moon, or “exosatellite”? The answer may depend on how it formed.

    Read more: seti.org/news/is-this-the-firs

    #SETIInstitute #Exomoon #Astronomy

    #setiinstitute #exomoon #astronomy
  2. SETI Institute @[email protected] ·

    🌕 Look up on August 27!

    A deep partial lunar eclipse is coming to the Bay Area, with 96% of the Moon slipping into Earth’s shadow at maximum eclipse.

    For San Jose and the Bay Area:

    🌕 Moonrise: 7:35 p.m.
    🌑 Maximum eclipse: 9:12 p.m.
    🌕 Partial eclipse ends: 10:51 p.m.

    #LunarEclipse #Astronomy #BayArea #SanJose #Skywatching #LookUp #SJAA #SETIInstitute

    #lunareclipse #astronomy #bayarea #sanjose #skywatching #lookup