EarthSky News - Nov 14 - Keep Watching the Supermoon

November 14 Keep Watching the Supermoon by:

Keep watching the supermoon Still nearly at its closest, the moon is near the bright star Aldebaran and Pleiades star cluster.   Quake and aftershocks rock New Zealand A powerful earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island, causing tsunami waves, landsides, many aftershocks and leaving 2 dead. Today in science: An island is born On November 14 1963, crew aboard a trawler sailing near Iceland spotted a column of smoke rising from the sea surface.  A new island, Surtsey, was being born. What is a supermoon? Can't get enough of supermoons? Here's more, including how the name 'supermoon' originated.

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SKY ALERT Keep watching the supermoon Bright Aldebaran - and dipper-shaped Pleiades star cluster - are nearby.

today's Image What a bright supermoon! Photos from EarthSky friends of this weekend's bright and beautiful waxing supermoon. The moon is still full - still super - on Monday. Photo by Roxana Soetebeer in Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada.  Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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