Weather.com - Laura Dattaro, 9/19/13

As much as we love the moon, there’s a lot going on up in the sky besides our orbiting satellite. Entries to The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s fifth annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition are a poignant reminder of that, capturing the eerie green glow of the aurora borealis, the dusty clouds of distant galaxies and nebulae, the streaks of comets as they pass by overhead.

Bumblebee Mount Hood: A Dozen Rare Bumblebees Found in Oregon National Forest (+Video)

Epoch Times - Zachary Stieber, 9/19/13

A dozen rare western bumblebees were discovered in western Oregon, around 15 years ago after the type of bee mysteriously dissipated west of the Cascade Mountains.

“In the last 15 years there have only been about 15 sightings of this bumblebee west of the Cascades,” Hatfield said in the announcement. “This discovery suggests that this species might have a chance to repopulate its range.”

CBS News - 9/12/13, William Harwood

"In leaving the (solar system) and setting sail on the cosmic seas between the stars, Voyager has joined the other historic journeys of exploration such as the first circumnavigation of the Earth and the first footprint on the moon," said Voyager project scientist Ed Stone.

"This historic step is even more exciting because it marks the beginning of a new era of exploration for Voyager, the exploration of the space between the stars."

Video and more: CBSNews.com

TheWatchers, 9/10/13

It is now distributed widely throughout North America, as depicted by the image below: 

Perchlorate and the Post-Organic Era 

Perchlorate is an environmental pollutant primarily associated with releases by defense contractors, military operations and aerospace programs, as it is a key ingredient in rocket fuel. It is now found in virtually all humans tested, and it is continually making its way up the food chain through ground and drinking water, into feed and edible plants, animals products, milk and breast milk - contaminating conventional and organically grown food, alike.

In 2005 the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology published a study on perchlorate levels in North America. They found: