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2022, 11 November

A Webb of Discovery

A Webb of Discovery

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Outer space features. Photo © James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument. Engineers have built telescopes that can see far across the...

In Our Skies, November 2023: Meteor Showers

In Our Skies, November 2023: Meteor Showers

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine The second total lunar eclipse of 2022 will take place on the night of November 7–8. The eclipse will be most visible from eastern Asia, Oceania, and...

Covers, November 2022

Covers, November 2022

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Tarantula Nebula. Photo by James Webb Space Telescope and the NIRCam instrument.

Chasing Whoo?

Chasing Whoo?

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Long-eared Owl. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Ice-crusted snow crunched, warning the woods of the coming intruders. Blue Jays screamed somewhere. “Are they...

Pegasus

Pegasus

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Study Guide M15. Photo © Hubble and NASA. Pegasus is one of the most familiar autumn constellations. The most prominent part of the constellation is a large...

Tree Fruits, Part 2

Tree Fruits, Part 2

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Study Guide Apples. Photo © Gyuszko/Dreamstime.com. Once we have the site picked out for our home orchard, we need to prepare for planting trees. Ideally, we...

457 Falling Stars

457 Falling Stars

Nov 1, 2022

View the November 2022 Nature Friend Magazine Geminid meteor shower. Photo © Dreamstime.com. The December night was clear and bitterly cold. The freezing winter air burned my lungs as I stepped...