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View larger. | Here is last month's young moon - September 12 - from Marsha Kirschbaum in California. Jupiter is to the left of the moon; Venus is below. You can see Jupiter near the moon this week; Venus is now nearly buried in the sunset glare. | | | | | | Is Voyager 2 nearing interstellar space? | | | Voyager 2, launched in 1977, is now about 11 billion miles (18 billion km) from Earth. NASA said this week the spacecraft has detected an increase in cosmic rays. That might mean it'll soon become the 2nd human-made object, after Voyager 1, to exit the realm of our sun's influence. Read more. | | | | | Michael due for landfall today in Florida | | Today's early morning update from the National Hurricane Center shows Michael has strengthened more than expected to Category 4. The storm is due to make landfall today on the north Florida coast. Read more.
 This image shows Michael from GOES16 satellite data, ending at Wednesday morning at 10:00 UTC (6 a.m. EDT; translate UTC to your time). Image via WeatherNerds.org. | | | | | |
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|  | | | Young moon and Jupiter, Northern Hemisphere | | It's autumn now in this hemisphere and the autumn ecliptic - path of the sun, moon and planets (green line on our chart) - slants low with respect to the evening horizon. That'll keep the moon low in the sky on October 10. | | | | | |
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 | | | Young moon and Jupiter, Southern Hemisphere | | From south of the equator now, it's spring. The spring ecliptic makes a steep angle with the horizon. In springtime, young moons and planets near the sunset are much easier to spot. So Southern Hemisphere observers likely will see the moon on October 10, and they'll also spot Venus, now heading into the sunset glare. | | |
