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 | | Tracks from China’s Yutu-2 rover near the crater where the rover has reportedly discovered a “gel-like” substance on the far side of the moon. Image via China Lunar Exploration Program. | | |
| | | New names for Jupiter's moons | | | The naming suggestions in a contest - which ran from last February to April - ranged from the scholarly to the silly, these scientists said. We think you'll like the winners. | | | September's birthstone is the sapphire | | | Sapphires are typically blue stones, with the color caused by small amounts of titanium and iron in the crystal structure. But if the crystal contains different impurities, you might also see sapphires in gray, yellow, pale pink, orange, green, violet or brown. Read more. P.S.Happy birthday, September babies! | | | | | |
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|  | | Tonight … Neptune opposite the sun | | We were closest to Neptune for 2019 yesterday. Neptune's opposition - when it's 180 degrees from the sun on the sky's dome - is today. Read more. | | | | | |
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 | | This week's moon and Saturn conjunction | | Several people posted shots at EarthSky Community Photos of the moon and Saturn conjunction on September 8. The one above is from Harris Raj Kumar at Telok Kemang Observatory, Port Dickson, Malaysia. Want to see more? Check out the moon and Saturn from Zheng Zhi in Beijing, China. Or this shot from Radu Anghel in Bacau, Romania. And here's a last one, captured from Dr Ski in Valencia, Philippines. It's cool that, from around the world, we see the same sky. Thanks, everybody! | | |
