Sept 21 - Top Stories This Week

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The Large Hadron Collider, one of the most complex machines ever built, via CERN. Good morning! Equinox is this weekend. Harvest Moon is Monday. Here’s the weekly roundup a day early.   10 years of Large Hadron Collider discoveries The Large Hadron Collider has generated mind-blowing science in the last decade. Read more. Here's what closed Sunspot Solar Observatory Federal court documents this week revealed an FBI investigation of a janitor suspected of using Sunspot Solar Observatory's internet connection to send and receive child pornography. Read more. Elon Musk and SpaceX announce 1st tourist for 'moon loop' SpaceX will send a Japanese billionaire and a group of artists on a loop around the moon and back to Earth in 2023. "It's dangerous," Musk said. Read more. Life imitates art? Astronomers find Star Trek planet Vulcan In recent decades, astronomers and Trekkies had fun speculating on what might serve as Spock's home star. Many settled on 40 Eridani A, about 16 light-years away. Now a Vulcan-esque planet has been found for this star! Read more. A place to call home? The late Leonard Nimoy played the beloved Vulcan Mr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise. More top stories September equinox is this weekend   Harvest Moon coming up September 24-25 How leaves tell each other about a bug attack TESS planet-hunter achieves 1st light   Scientists discover earliest human drawing yet   Report calls for direct images of Earth-like exoplanets

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Tonight … See Venus at its brightest View larger. | Don't miss Venus low in western twilight, dazzlingly bright. Here’s why Venus is so bright now. Clouded out? The Virtual Telescope Project is offering a free, online live feed of Venus over Rome, Italy, on September 23. Details here. Photo: Gianluca Masi caught Venus beside St. Peter’s Dome and Basilica in Rome on September 15.

Moon swept near Mars this week View larger. | Michael Daugherty caught Mars near the moon this week, shining over Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California. Thank you, Michael! You can still see 4 planets in the evening sky. If you're in the Northern Hemisphere, your Harvest Moon is coming up soon. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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