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New Horizons Captures Record-Breaking Images in the Kuiper Belt 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 15, 2018
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently turned its telescopic camera toward a field of stars, snapped an image – and made history.

By David Aragorn
A NASA Observatory Just Saw a Total Solar Eclipse … in Space!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 14, 2018
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft captured gorgeous views of a total solar eclipse on Sunday (Feb. 11), making the mission’s birthday even more special.

By David Aragorn
What will it take to go to Venus?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 14, 2018
Despite no go-ahead for missions, scientists are still trying to get to Earth’s evil twin

By David Aragorn
A Valentine ‘Rose’: Superhot Stars Glow in the Rosette Nebula’s Heart 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 14, 2018
Happy Valentine’s Day… from space!

By David Aragorn
‘Oumuamua had a violent past and has been tumbling around for billions of years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 13, 2018
The first discovered interstellar visitor to our solar system has had a violent past, which is causing it to tumble around chaotically, a Queen’s University Belfast scientist has discovered.

By David Aragorn
Two Asteroids Flew Safely Past Earth This Week 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 13, 2018
2018 CC and 2018 CB — two small asteroids recently discovered by NASA-funded astronomers — safely flew past our planet this week.

By David Aragorn
The first planets beyond the Milky Way may have been discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 10, 2018
The “rogue” worlds are said to be located 3.8 billion light-years away.

By David Aragorn
This month’s rare Black Moon is the first of its kind in 19 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 9, 2018
In our case, a February Black Moon occurs about every 20 years, when there is either no new moon or no full moon over the course of the month.

By David Aragorn
Martian snow and diamond rain: Wild weather in our solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 9, 2018
Can you imagine how beautiful it might be to witness snow falling on the rust-colored surface of Mars or a steady rain of glittering diamonds on blue Neptune?

By David Aragorn
Intelligence means technology: SETI expert says they’re actually searching for “technosignatures”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 8, 2018
The term extraterrestrial used to stand for something truly great. Now, as far as the general public is concerned, it has all but lost its meaning. The same applies to the related phrase, extraterrestrial intelligence.

By David Aragorn