Sept 28 - Top Stories This Week

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This ancient megalithic monument - dating from between 2000-3000 BC - was excavated and studied in the 1920s, drowned in the 1960s, and dry again in 2019. Read more. Image via 1080 Wildlife Productions/AtlasObscura.

Drought reveals a lost Spanish Stonehenge The Dolmen of Guadalperal - sometimes called the Spanish Stonehenge - is a 7,000-year-old circle of 150 upright stones, now back on dry land in western Spain after 50 years underwater. Read more. NASA creates stunning new black hole visualization For decades, astronomical theorists have told us that a black hole's powerful gravity would warp the space around it. This new visualization from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is the best yet. See it here.  Was Venus ever habitable? Venus is super-hot. But scientists have long suspected it may once have had a stable climate and even liquid water. Read more. More top stories Found: 3 black holes due to collide Could a melting exomoon explain Tabby's Star? IAU names the 2nd interstellar visitor The 2nd-fastest pulsar, now with gamma rays Using 3-D models in the search for Mars life Why Earth has 4 seasons Meet Delta Cephei, a famous variable star

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Tonight … Use Great Square to find Andromeda galaxy Today's sky chart shows you how to star-hop to the Andromeda galaxy - the large spiral galaxy next-door to our Milky Way - from the Great Square of Pegasus. Read more.

Old moon rising over the Atlantic View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Our friend Steve Scanlon has captured many glorious beach photos. This one is from Thursday morning - September 26 - the old moon - a waning crescent moon rising near the sunrise - ascending over the Atlantic Ocean at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. Visit Steve Scanlon on Facebook. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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