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Passing spacecraft snaps Earth pics
OSIRIS-REx swept past Earth on September 22 and received a gravity boost toward its goal, asteroid Bennu, in 2018. It also acquired the images to make this stunning new Earth portrait.
September 26, 2017
Crop circles seen from space
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photograph of circular farming patterns in Sharq El Owainat in southwestern Egypt.
September 26, 2017
Giant iceberg on the move
The calving of this iceberg in July reduced the size of Antarctica's Larsen C ice shelf by 12 percent. The berg hung near the coast awhile, but now it's seen drifting.
September 25, 2017
See it! Young moon and Jupiter
Wow! So many beautiful photos of something relatively hard to catch … the young moon returning to the evening sky this week next to the bright planet Jupiter.
September 22, 2017
Triple lightning hits the sea
Roberto Porto captured this image on September 15. He's on the island of Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands, off West Africa.
September 20, 2017
See it! Dance of planets before dawn
Mars emerged before dawn last week, to meet Mercury below bright Venus. And then the moon passed through. Thanks to all who submitted photos!
September 19, 2017
Outer space
"I'm a daydreamer and a nightthinker," wrote photographer Manuel Dietrich.
September 16, 2017
Last night’s moon over Freedom Tower
Photo taken from Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
September 12, 2017
Most detailed color images of Saturn’s rings, ever
As we prepare to say goodbye to Cassini at Saturn - one of the longest-running and most awesome space missions ever - here's yet another first, a finely seen section of Saturn's inner-central B Ring, in natural color.
September 11, 2017
