If you looked at bright Harvest Moon last night, you might have noticed a brilliant star closer to the horizon. This is the planet Jupiter, which is at its closest and brightest in decades. Besides the moon, Jupiter is plainly visible at night for Northern Hemisphere viewers even in light polluted urban areas, and is the brightest object in the sky after the moon.

Uranus is impossible to see with the naked eye, but that planet was in alignment between Jupiter and the moon last night as well. And last night, this astronomical alignment happened to coincide with the autumn equinox.

As of today in the Northern Hemisphere, days are shorter than evenings so it’s time to think about bicycle lights!

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Momentum & Interbike presented “Ready to Ride”, a bike oriented fashion show, with bona fide bike riders modeling various styles of clothing, accessories and bicycles for men and women.

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Madsen announced their new cargo bikes for 2011.

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Enjoy this collection of Interbike photos, links, news, and tidbits and think of this as a telepresence virtual tradeshow.

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Momentum Magazine’s “Ready to Ride” will present two fashion shows this week at Interbike in Las Vegas.

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30 year old Maryland Green Party Senate candidate Natasha Pettigrew died after she was hit by a Cadillac Escalade while riding her bicycle early Sunday morning. The driver claims she didn’t realize she hit a human being until after she noticed the bicycle lodged under her vehicle, and finally called police an hour after the crash.

There’s More at DCist. News video shows substantial damage to the SUV here.

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