Sept 23 - Asteroid Rovers Landed Successfully

September 23 Asteroid Rovers Landed Successfully by:

One of the rovers in Japan's Hayabusa2 mission caught this image yesterday as it bounced after landing on asteroid Ryugu. The bright white region - and blue area - are distortions, caused by sunlight. Image via JAXA/Hayabusa2. Good morning! 2 rovers landed on asteroid Ryugu Japan's space agency JAXA said the pair of tiny robots - released by the Hayabusa2 space probe - touched down Saturday on asteroid Ryugu. See the images. Birds flying south. How many will return? Contrary to popular thought, birds wintering in the tropics survive the winter better than birds wintering in the U.S. That's despite the fact that tropical wintering birds migrate 3 to 4 times farther. Read more. Which bird migrates the farthest? Over its lifetime of about 25 years, this bird can fly nearly 3 times the distance from the Earth to the moon. Do you know which bird it is? Find out here. Pablo Neruda and cosmic beauty "Every day you play with the light of the universe." Read more.

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The September equinox is this weekend Our friend Lee Capps captured the 1st sunrise of fall from central North Carolina. Read more.

Last night's moon, from Ireland It's waxing toward a full moon on Monday night, the full moon closest to the September equinox. This full moon marks the Harvest Moon for us in North America, and the Mid-Autumn Festival across Asia. This photo is from last night, via our friend Deirdre Horan in Dublin, Ireland. Thanks, Deirdre! Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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