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Arctic sea ice 2nd-lowest on record
Summertime sea ice in the Arctic reached a minimum on September 10 (unless it goes lower still). It's now tied for the second-lowest minimum in the satellite era.
September 19, 2016
Milky Way with moon
The Milky Way is best seen with the eye alone in a moon-free sky, but this photographer caught the Milky Way in moonlight.
September 19, 2016
Hubble sees a comet breaking up
This comet is spinning so fast it's ejecting building-sized chunks, littering space with a debris trail as wide as the continental U.S.
September 18, 2016
Crack advances across Antarctic ice shelf
Satellite images of the crack in Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf. If it breaks off, it'll make an ice island in the Southern Ocean as large as one of the smallest U.S. states.
September 17, 2016
Shine on, Harvest Moon!
Photos of 2016's beautiful Harvest Moon from the EarthSky community.
September 16, 2016
The kiss
Elephants are known to wrap their trunks around each other, much as humans shake hands or give a hug. They rub their bodies against each other to show affection.
September 16, 2016
Pluto ‘paints’ its largest moon red
"Who would have thought that Pluto is a graffiti artist, spray-painting its companion with a reddish stain that covers an area the size of New Mexico?"
September 15, 2016
Sun enters Virgo on September 16
The sun will stay in front of the constellation Virgo until it passes in front of the constellation Libra on October 30.
September 15, 2016
