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The Draconids did have an outburst
Experts had said "no outburst" predicted for the 2018 Draconids. But, since the parent comet had recently passed near, observers knew to watch anyway.
October 16, 2018
Jupiter in the rearview mirror
In the final minutes of a close flyby of Jupiter on September 6, the Juno spacecraft captured this departing view of the planet's swirling southern hemisphere.
October 14, 2018
Autumn in the English Lake District
How gorgeous is this? Adrian Strand took this photo on October 7, 2018 in the Lake District in northwest England.
October 11, 2018
SpaceX’s cool night launch and landing on October 7
Night launches are always fun, and this October 7 launch by SpaceX - from Vandenberg Air Force Base, north of Los Angeles, California - generated more than its fair share of awesome images.
October 8, 2018
Cloud shadow over Las Vegas
Bettina Berg captured this cloud shadow on October 1, 2018.
October 6, 2018
Zap! Lightning strikes Empire State Building
Lightning strikes New York City's Empire State Building and One World Trade Center.
October 4, 2018
Moon and fogbow
Fogbows – sometimes called white rainbows, cloudbows or ghost rainbows – are made much in the way as rainbows.
October 3, 2018
Smoke over Yosemite in September
Last summer's major fires in and around Yosemite National Park in California have been contained, but the U.S. National Park Service reports multiple fires still burning in Yosemite's wilderness.
October 1, 2018
Sunset over England
Sam Kelly captured Thursday’s sunset over the Abberton Reservoir in Essex, England.
September 30, 2018
The sun in 2 wavelengths
How our sun looks in 2 different wavelengths at the same time.
September 29, 2018
