Orionid Meteor Shower Peak | Darkening of our Skies: Solar Eclipse | Moon Ownership

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: How to See It The Orionid meteor shower is set to peak this week. Find out tips and tricks you can use to make the most of your meteor shower watching experience.   Partial Solar Eclipse to Darken US Skies This Week Mark Thursday (Oct. 23) on your calendar as Solar Eclipse Day,for if the weather cooperates, you should have no difficulty observing a partial eclipse of the sun. Read More     Hail to the Princess Aurora A gallery of amazing space photos, satellite imagery and an inside look at the telescopes and technology that allow us to view the universe. Hacker Monthly -- How Airplanes Fly - Sponsored Content Hacker Monthly is a print magazine version of Hacker News, a social news website wildly popular among programmers and startup founders.   Additional Space.com Headlines Comet Buzzes Mars in Once-in-a-Lifetime Flyby A comet zoomed past Mars today (Oct. 19) in a historic flyby that could teach scientists a lot about the solar system's earliest days. Read More Who Owns the Moon? (Op-Ed) Without proper regulation, the moon risks becoming an extra-planetary Wild West. Read More Spacecraft Watched the Lunar Eclipse from Mercury Last week's lunar eclipse wasn't just a show for Earthlings, NASA's MESSENGER mission was also watching from 66 million miles away. Read More     Best Close Encounters of the Comet Kind Comets are some of the most spectacular and eye-catching objects in our solar system. Comet's Close Encounter with Mars Explained (Infographic) A comet will pass closer to Mars than the moon is from Earth on Oct. 19, 2014. See how the Comet Siding Spring flyby of Mars works. NASA Is Studying How to Mine the Moon for Water There's a lot of water on the moon, and NASA wants to learn how to access it.   You are receiving this email because You've received this message because you've registered or accepted our invitation to receive email from SPACE.com To unsubscribe, click here Copyright � 2014 Purch.com ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 150 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10011 2425 Lincoln Ave. Ogden, UT 84003