EarthSky News - Sept 5 - Harvest Moon Tonight?

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Harvest Moon tonight? The moon turns full on September 6 at 7:03 UTC, so, for us in the Americas, the moon will be slightly fuller tonight than tomorrow night. But is it a Harvest Moon?  Millions of stars Here's a newly released image sequence from ESA's billion-star surveyor - Gaia - as it looks toward the center of our Milky Way galaxy. It captures some 2.8 million stars. Using artificial intelligence for gravity lenses Researchers at SLAC and Stanford have been using brain-mimicking neural networks to analyze the spacetime distortions of gravitational lenses. They say their analysis is 10 million times faster than before. Cassini: Milestones before the final plunge The 20-year-old Cassini mission will end September 15 with a dramatic plunge into planet Saturn. Here are the milestones for Cassini's final days.

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Harvest Moon tonight? Bettina Berg in Las Vegas, Nevada contributed this image of 2016's Harvest Moon.

Millions of stars ESA says there are 2.8 million stars in this image sequence. Are you a patient person? If so, click here to view in high resolution. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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