EarthSky News - Sept 5 - Harvest Moon Tonight?

September 5 Harvest Moon Tonight? by:

Harvest Moon tonight? The moon turns full on September 6 at 7:03 UTC, so, for us in the Americas, the moon will be slightly fuller tonight than tomorrow night. But is it a Harvest Moon?  Millions of stars Here's a newly released image sequence from ESA's billion-star surveyor - Gaia - as it looks toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It captures some 2.8 million stars. Using artificial intelligence for gravity lenses Researchers at SLAC and Stanford have been using brain-mimicking neural networks to analyze the spacetime distortions of gravitational lenses. They say their analysis is 10 million times faster than before. Cassini: Milestones before the final plunge The 20-year-old Cassini mission will end September 15 with a dramatic plunge into planet Saturn. Here are the milestones for Cassini's final days.

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Harvest Moon tonight? Bettina Berg in Las Vegas, Nevada contributed this image of 2016's Harvest Moon.

Millions of stars ESA says there are 2.8 million stars in this image sequence. Are you a patient person? If so, click here to view in high resolution. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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EarthSky News - Sept 4 - How Earth Looks from Space

September 4 How Earth Looks from Space by:

How Earth looks from space If you were looking with the eye alone, how far away in space would our planet Earth still be visible? A new look at ocean worlds Here's how the James Webb Space Telescope - successor to Hubble, due to launch in 2018 - will study Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus. This week … Earth passing between Neptune and sun We're closest to Neptune for 2017 today. Neptune's opposition - when it's 180 degrees from the sun on the sky's dome - is tomorrow. Capricornus? Here's your constellation How to see it, and how a sea-goat came to reside among the stars.

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This week … Earth passing between Neptune and sun You need optical aid to spot it. Links to charts here. Wait a few days until the moon leaves the evening sky ...

A new look at ocean worlds This is Saturn's moon Enceladus, as seen by the Cassini spacecraft. It's thought to have a subsurface ocean and can be seen spewing water vapor from its interior. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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