EarthSky News - Sept 27 - How Fast is Our Universe Expanding?

September 27 How Fast is Our Universe Expanding? by:

How fast is our universe expanding? Here's a great New ScienceCast video about the controversial Hubble Constant. It's the key to knowing the age of our universe and much more. Where's the moon? 1st quarter The upcoming full moon on October 5 will be the Harvest Moon. Tonight … 1st quarter moon points to Saturn Plus, how the 1st quarter moon happens at the instant of east quadrature, when the moon is 90 degrees east of the sun. Harvest Moon: All you need to know The Northern Hemisphere's autumn equinox was September 22. Harvest Moon - the full moon closest to this equinox - is coming up October 5.

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1st quarter moon points to Saturn The terminator line - or line between light and dark on the moon - is more or less straight Wednesday evening, as seen from around globe. Notice the lighted portion of the 1st quarter moon points to the planet Saturn.

Crop circles seen from space An astronaut aboard the International Space Station captured this photo of circular farming patterns in southwestern Egypt. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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