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Archive for September 30th, 2023

Brilliant Harvest Moon, the last supermoon of 2023, wows stargazers around the world (photos)

September 30th, 2023 by

The final supermoon of the year, the Harvest Moon of September, gave skywatchers the final lunar thrill of the season.

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Lasers cut through star trails in beautiful photo from the European Southern Observatory

September 30th, 2023 by

A new long exposure image from the European Southern Observatory captures stars as they travel overhead, creating what is known as star trails with the help of bright laser guide star beams.

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Celebrate ‘Star Wars Rebels’ 10th anniversary with Marvel Comics

September 30th, 2023 by

Marvel Comics is releasing a set of special “Star Wars Rebels” 10th anniversary comic book covers that celebrate the characters that now appear in the live action series “Ahsoka.”

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Watch the glow of the Milky Way and ghostly zodiacal light during the 2023 Perseid meteor shower (video)

September 30th, 2023 by

The new moon glows in the sky above Turkey with the reflected light of Earth shining upon it in gorgeous photos by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.

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New York City is sinking — and it’s not just because of the flooding

September 30th, 2023 by

Between 2016 and 2023, researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) used interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR), a space-based sensing technique, to 3D map the vertical land motion of the ground beneath New York. They found that during this period, the city sinks an average of 0.06 inches (1.6 millimeters) per year.

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Watch a dust devil swirl across Mars in this video from NASA’s Perseverance rover

September 30th, 2023 by

NASA’s Perseverance rover captured video of a dust devil moving along the western rim of Mars’ Jezero Crater on Aug. 30, 2023.

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See green comet Nishimura’s tail get whipped away by powerful solar storm as it slingshots around the sun (video)

September 30th, 2023 by

After surviving its closest approach to the sun, Comet Nishimura was buffeted by a possible coronal mass ejection that briefly blew its tail away. The rare event was captured by a NASA spacecraft.

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Time-lapse video shows a supernova’s aftermath ballooning into space

September 30th, 2023 by

Two decades of Hubble Space Telescope data reveal the stunning threads of a dead star’s leftovers.

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