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Star party ahead
At a star party, amateur astronomers with telescopes will show you the night sky.
September 30, 2016
Rosetta spacecraft selfie with comet
An otherworldly take on an earthly trend, as Rosetta posed with its comet, 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, in 2014.
September 29, 2016
Meteor over Hidden Lake, Montana
The road into the heart of Glacier National Park in Montana is called Going-to-the-Sun Road. Here's a night sky photo over the park's Hidden Lake.
September 25, 2016
Star trails at Giant Magellan Telescope site
When completed in 2025, the Giant Magellan super-scope in Chile is expected to have a resolving power 10 times that of the Hubble Space Telescope.
September 24, 2016
Wildfires in Siberia
2016 has been a bad year for wildfires in the forests of eastern Russia, too.
September 20, 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
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
