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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
September 27, 2026
Andromeda before Photoshop
What does the Andromeda galaxy really look like? The featured image shows how our Milky Way Galaxy's closest major galactic neighbor really appears in a long exposure through Earth's busy skies and with a digital camera that introduces normal imperfections. The picture is a stack of 223 images, each a 300 second exposure, taken from a garden observatory in Portugal during 2019. Obvious image deficiencies include bright parallel airplane trails, long and continuous satellite trails, short cosmic ray streaks, and bad pixels. These imperfections were actually not removed with Photoshop specifically, but rather greatly reduced with a series of computer software packages that included Astro Pixel Processor, DeepSkyStacker, and PixInsight. All of this work was done not to deceive you with a digital fantasy that has little to do with the real likeness of the Andromeda galaxy (M31), but to minimize Earthly artifacts that have nothing to do with the distant galaxy and so better recreate what M31 really does look like.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgpz_BHM6Qc
Pole Shift Radiation Surge Health Impact | S0 News and frens
Sep.27.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3UcT40RbO8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj0hmrtCyJ4 (Max Velocity: The Worst Storm Of September Is Coming…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhRdM9gtRKk (MrMBB333: YOU ARE NOT ALONE! ITS HAS THE HOLD WORLD ON TILT RIGHT NOW!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAbvqTOnSDI (AccuWeather: LIVE: Nor'easter Coverage With Storm Chasers - Northeast Sept. 27)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBcwT30zLCk (Mr Weatherman: Dangerous Hurricane Polo Landfall Coming…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp315vi0MbY (On the Pulse with Silki: 40 MILLION in the Path as Monster Nor’easter Slams the East Coast !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVfe2Lh_nLo (Ray's Astro: Why Is the Ice Melting on US Volcanoes? I Traced Them One by One)
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wildfires
https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/utah-wildfires-by-acres/image_a395a238-1505-45eb-aacb-f142d870c19a.html
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/southern-california-edison-wildfire-costs-legislation-stalls/
https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/09/27/sierra-de-las-nieves-national-park-fire/
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storms and floods
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2026/09/27/over-2900-families-forced-to-evacuate-amid-cambodia-floods
https://www.rediff.com/news/commentary/2026/sep/27/10-missing-as-avalanche-hits-nepal-base-camp-amid-floods/0c13b6e479dee39325b61d97844a1343
https://www.dawn.com/news/2033044/floods-and-landslides-kill-56-in-indias-uttar-pradesh-12-in-nepal-over-past-three-days
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tornadoes
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions/1615542/tornado-smashes-car-windows-cuts-woman-s-arm-on-kapiti-coast
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hurricanes and frens
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/east-coast-communities-noreaster-worst-impacts
https://weather.com/2026/09/27/forecast/regional/noreaster-forecast-coastal-flooding-rain-wind-boston-mid-atlantic
https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-nolo-to-become-a-major-hurricane-slam-hawaii-with-multiday-deluge/1937455
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/national/2026/09/27/powerful-noreaster-floods-northeast-leaves-over-100000-without-power-as-high-tides-threaten-coast/
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/weather/content/1003851/typhoon-queenie-further-intensifies-as-it-nears-par-exit/story/
https://breakingthenews.net/Article/Takaichi-warns-of-typhoon-approaching-Japan/67182086
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earthquakes
https://1news.az/en/news/20260927124504709-An-earthquake-occurred-in-Lerik
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/maharashtra-earthquake-3-6-magnitude-tremor-hits-palghar-no-injuries-or-damage-reported/articleshow/134514787.cms?from=mdr
https://ozarab.media/magnitude-3-9-earthquake-recorded-near-ensay/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/earthquakes/article/magnitude-3-5-earthquake-strikes-stanislaus-county-22451432.php
https://qna.org.qa/en/News-Area/News/2026-9/27/51-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-new-caledonia
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/23392945/mag5quake-Sep-26-2026-Yemen-Gulf-OF-Aden.html
https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/1008569/magnitude-5-6-earthquake-kokopo-papua-new/
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volcanoes
https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/unterhaltung/reisen/poas-volcano-records-an-eruption-on-20-september/70189658
https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/mount-etna-ash-cloud-continues-to-paralyze-airport-in-sicily-li.3615300
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dailys
https://schumannresonance.today/
https://www.weather.gov/
https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/
https://www.tornadohq.com/
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/365742/Volcano-earthquake-report-2026-09-27.html
https://www.spaceweather.gov/
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=27&month=09&year=2026
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In Photos: Epic ‘Harvest Moon’ Rises Beside Saturn Around The World
Sep 27, 2026, 06:04am EDT Sep 27, 2026, 06:07am EDT
Did you see the full moon on Saturday night?
September’s full Harvest Moon rose around the world during dusk on Saturday, Sept. 26, creating dramatic views as the orange full moon appeared above eastern horizons with Saturn, now just a week from its annual opposition.
However, thanks to the habit of the Harvest Moon to rise close to sunset on successive nights, there’s another chance to see it on Sunday night. Here are some of the best images of September’s Harvest Moon from around the world.
Key Facts
September’s Harvest Moon became officially full at 16:49 UTC, or 12:49 p.m. EDT, on Saturday, Sept. 26.
The full moon closest to the autumn equinox — this year on Sept. 23 — always gets the name Harvest Moon. It rises near sunset on consecutive nights, historically providing extra light to help farmers harvest crops in the Northern Hemisphere.
Saturn appeared nearby, while much fainter Neptune was also in the same region of the sky. Another near-full moonrise will occur Sunday evening, Sept. 27.
CLOSEST FULL MOON TO EQUINOX
The Harvest Moon is always the closest full moon to the fall equinox, which occurred on September 23.
It marks the point when the midday sun is directly above the equator, giving every location on the planet 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness.
WHY DID THE HARVEST MOON LOOK ORANGE?
Many photographs of the Harvest Moon show it glowing orange, yellow or even red close to the horizon. That isn’t a special property of the Harvest Moon.
When the moon is close to the horizon, its reflected sunlight has to pass through more of Earth’s atmosphere before reaching an observer.
Shorter blue wavelengths are scattered more efficiently, allowing proportionally more red and orange light to reach the eye. The same physics helps create colorful sunsets.
WHY DID THE HARVEST MOON LOOK SO BIG?
Images taken as the moon rose may also make it appear enormous beside buildings, trees and mountains.
Some of that apparent size is the familiar “moon illusion,” in which the human brain perceives the moon as larger when it is close to familiar objects on the horizon.
It’s an optical illusion that lasts only a few minutes — as soon as the full moon has risen above the horizon, that context and those comparisons are lost. The full moon appears to shrink.
HARVEST MOON AND SATURN
The other notable sight was Saturn.
Saturn was readily visible to the naked eye beside the brilliant moon, thanks to it reaching opposition on Oct. 4, when Earth passes between Saturn and the sun.
That will put the ringed planet at its brightest and best for 2026.
ANOTHER CHANCE TONIGHT
Missed Saturday’s moonrise? Sunday evening offers another opportunity. This is where the Harvest Moon earns its name.
Around the autumn equinox, the moon’s orbital path meets the eastern horizon at a shallow angle for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. That means successive moonrises occur closer together than usual.
In New York, for example, the moon rises at 6:58 p.m. EDT Sunday, only 24 minutes later than it did Saturday. It will remain about 99.6% illuminated.
It’s a similar story for Los Angeles, where the moon rises at 7:10 p.m. PDT. For exact timings for your location, check a moon calculator.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2026/09/27/in-photos-epic-harvest-moon-rises-beside-saturn-around-the-world/
other space objects
https://forterieradio.ca/super-bright-apparent-meteor-streaks-over-lake-erie-saturday-morning/
https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/what-is-the-closest-any-object-has-gotten-to-the-sun
Spacesuit checked: NASA’s Crew-12 astronauts wrap up 8-month stay ahead of departure from ISS
September 27, 2026
Crew-12 will return after launch of Crew-13 which is scheduled on October 1 at 11:10 am EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Four astronauts of NASA’s Crew-12 are making final preparations aboard the International Space Station (ISS) before their scheduled return in October.
Launched in February, the astronauts will return a few days after the arrival of Crew-13 that is slated to liftoff atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on October 1 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
As part of the preparations, Crew-12 is testing their spacesuits they will wear on their way back home and wrapping up the science experiments which they will handover to Crew-13.
On Sunday, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, commander of Crew-12 and the ISS, shared a group photo on X with her fellow members of the mandatory spacesuit tests completed recently.
“Homeward bound. This week we donned our SpaceX suits to ensure a good fit - it has been almost 8 months since we’ve worn them! We’ve had an amazing time on-board the International space Station, but after Crew-13 arrives, it will be time for us to depart.
Stay tuned!” Meir captioned the photo featuring Crew-12 pilot Jack Hathaway and mission specialists Andrey Fedyaev and Sophie Adenot.
In a statement, NASA said the quartet finished their week with three key experiments—biomedical science, a relaxation study, and a lunar landing simulation—that will help future astronauts on missions beyond low-Earth orbit.
They also practised a simulation of the procedures they will use inside the Dragon spacecraft when they reenter Earth's atmosphere.
Until Crew-13 arrives, the crew will complete tasks for future experiments such as collecting blood samples to understand bone loss in space and collecting saliva samples to study how stress, sleep patterns, and the immune system change during spaceflight.
Crew-13 ready for launch
The Crew-13 mission is scheduled for launch on October 1 at 11:10 am EDT from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center atop SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket. A backup opportunity is available the next day at 10:47 am EDT.
The mission includes commander Jessica Watkins, pilot Luke Delaney and two mission specialists: Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and Sergey Teteryatnikov of the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.
The crew entered mandatory two-week pre-flight quarantine earlier this month and flew to the Kennedy Space Center on NASA's T-38 aircraft on Sunday.
Ahead of Crew-13’s launch, NASA announced on September 25 that the space station was raised to 265.5 x 256.8 mile orbit using the Cygnus XL spacecraft thrusters which arrived at the station in April.
https://starlust.org/spacesuit-checked-nas-as-crew-12-astronauts-wrap-up-8-month-stay-ahead-of-departure-from-iss/
https://x.com/Astro_Jessica/status/2103918619872653618
https://x.com/NASAJohnson/status/2103928053436989458
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2103999227974082936
https://x.com/astro_anil/status/2104152380203835677
Michael Jaco says:
Governor Newsom about to be arrested so he issues an emergency Equinox alert for Monster Hurricane
Sep 22, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncfVJ5D_tIU
I wanna see it do a figure 8
A former NASA scientist says he's found a way to beat gravity. Here's how
Sep 26, 2026
Every rocket ever built has had to fight gravity by burning fuel. A former NASA scientist says he may have found a way around it.
Could we beat Earth’s gravity?
When it comes to sending rockets to space, gravity plays a very big part, as they have to overcome Earth’s gravitational pull to get into orbit.
This is why rockets shoot hot gases out of their engines at high speed to create the thrust they need to lift off. Rockets also don’t simply fly straight up into space.
They have to gradually change direction to build the speed needed to get into orbit.
Now, a former NASA engineer has proposed a possible way to beat Earth’s gravity and make it easier to get into space.
If that’s true, it could change how spaceflight works altogether. Here’s what he says.
The "impossible drive" that started it all
In 2001, a British engineer named Roger Shawyer launched something called the EmDrive, which was nicknamed the ‘impossible drive.’
He shared that it could create thrust without carrying any propellant. But, as per physics, you can’t move forward without pushing something backward.
Then in 2016, the Eagleworks team at NASA also detected a bit of thrust from a test version.
But in 2021, a study at Germany's Dresden University of Technology noted that there was no thrust at all.
A NASA veteran picks up where the EmDrive left off
Soon after, Charles Buhler, who once helped set up NASA's Electrostatics and Surface Physics Laboratory at Kennedy Space Center, started his own company called Exodus Propulsion Technologies. According to him, the force comes entirely from electric fields.
This force is strong enough to push against gravity itself, with no exhaust or moving parts involved. He told The Debrief, "The most important message to convey to the public is that a major discovery occurred."
But how is this "New Force" supposed to work?
According to Buhler, “This discovery of a New Force is fundamental in that electric fields alone can generate a sustainable force onto an object and allow center-of-mass translation of said object without expelling mass.”
He added that if we build an object with an electric field that's stronger on one side than the other, that lopsided field can supposedly shove the object forward on its own, no fuel or exhaust needed. If that’s true, it could overcome gravity itself.
But how true is this?
So far, there’s no independent confirmation of the results. As of May 2026, no outside lab has successfully repeated the test with the same outcome. Even APEC has said that the lack of replication remains an open issue for the concept.
In the past as well, many "impossible drive" claims have fallen as outside labs were unable to test and prove them. Hence, for now, this could be well described as an “improbable engine.”
https://starlust.org/gallery/a-former-nasa-scientist-says-he-s-found-a-way-to-beat-gravity-here-s-how-muiv9bp2/
NASA Watch
@NASAWatch
Sep 25
Jared Isaacman: Artemis III Is Around 90 Days Behind Schedule
From talkoftitusville.com
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
@NASAAdmin
Sep 25
Obviously, this all came from an internal memo, though I fully expect those to always find their way into the public domain.
In any case, I imagine the non-space media may not fully appreciate this, but for an Artemis III mission that did not really exist six months ago, with hardware coming together quickly in the VAB, test landers in production, the crew assigned and in training, and the most complex multi-launch campaign mission in history only 90 days broken to schedule, I thought the update would come across as confidence inspiring.
There are opportunities to pull in the schedule and, of course, risks ahead, but those who know these programs should generally be very encouraged by the progress. I am incredibly proud of the NASA team and our partners.
We intend to provide an Artemis update, similar to the Moon Base updates, in early October.
Tye 🗿
@TyeFurtado
Sep 25
SpaceX is going to outpace Nasa real quick when it comes to the moon (and beyond) but SpaceX already gets enough hate for the bit of gov funds so far, so i understand not utilizing them much more.
saxus
@saxushu
21h
This whole bullshit mission is required only to cover up SpaceX's ass because they are now here near with Starship HLS.
AFAIK according to the latest plan the astronauts won't even enter into the vehicle during Artemis III.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman
@NASAAdmin
I do enjoy engaging with some of the naysayers, not to blow up your feed, but in the respectful hope it helps others see a slightly different perspective.
So your theory is that we created Artemis III to cover for the HLS landers being behind schedule. What I would tell you is that even if the landers were fully ready to go, I would not change a thing.
I would still insist on Artemis III as a LEO rendezvous mission because it makes little sense to jump from a lunar flyby straight to a landing.
It is imperative that we rebuild muscle memory with SLS and Orion and retire as much lander risk as close to Earth before committing NASA astronauts to the lunar surface.
Do you know why you do not hear current or former NASA astronauts or engineers saying Artemis III mission is a bad idea? Because NASA wanted a LEO mission like this for many years.
My job is not disruption for the sake of disruption, its actually much more about dusting off the NASA playbook from decades past. A playbook that worked on July 20th, 1969.
It is giving NASA leadership and the workforce the flexibility to execute the mission the way they know it should be done.
The reality, though, is that acceleration and programmatic change was necessary, as the Inspector General reports make clear.
We have had to do a tremendous amount of work across the architecture, from the core stage and greater Orion component reuse, to phasing in lunar EVA suit capabilities and changing the upper-stage strategy, all with the objective of making a lunar landing, and then repeated landings, affordable and achievable within the necessary timeframes.
Some in your camp seem to view any schedule pressure as a political whim.
But President Reagan called for America to return to the Moon in 1988 in a National Space Policy, and we have had decades to get it done and spent over 100B in the process.
So when exactly is the right political term to achieve the goal? If not now, which decade? And when we finally arrive, will the most valuable landing sites at the lunar South Pole still be available–or will someone else already be there.
12:25 PM · Sep 26, 2026
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2103929076016705661
https://talkoftitusville.com/2026/09/25/jared-isaacman-artemis-iii-is-around-90-days-behind-schedule/
moar
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2103999411277967541
https://x.com/NASAAdmin/status/2103670507921166536
https://x.com/LukeDelaneyNASA/status/2103973276535930901
https://x.com/NASA_Marshall/status/2104224543451582728