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.
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.
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.
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.
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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!
