Space

SPACECRAFT BUZZES EARTH EN ROUTE TO ASTEROID 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is going to fly past Earth on Sept. 22nd, sling-shotting itself toward a potentially hazardous asteroid named “Bennu.”

By David Aragorn
Hubble discovers a unique type of object in the Solar System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
With the help of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a German-led group of astronomers have observed the intriguing characteristics of an unusual type of object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter: two asteroids orbiting each other and exhibiting comet-like features, including a bright coma and a long tail. This is the first known binary asteroid also classified as a comet. The research is presented in a paper published in the journal Nature today.

By David Aragorn
Nanosat fleet proposed for voyage to 300 asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2017
A fleet of tiny spacecraft could visit over 300 asteroids in just over three years, according to a mission study led by the Finnish Meteorological Institute.

By David Aragorn
Solar system Graveyard 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2017
Where spacecraft go to die

By David Aragorn
More evidence of water on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2017
New Geological Society of America Bulletin paper

By David Aragorn
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule splashes down with a crew of mouse-tronauts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2017
SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule was set loose from the International Space Station today and returned to Earth with more than 3,800 pounds of cargo and experiments, including a set of live mice that will be studied after their stint in zero gravity.

By David Aragorn
Discovery of boron on Mars adds to evidence for habitability 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 19, 2017
Boron compounds play role in stabilizing sugars needed to make RNA, a key to life.

By David Aragorn
Cassini’s 10 best pictures from its 13-year voyage around Saturn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 15, 2017
Cassini has crashed into Saturn today on September 15. Here are some of the spectacular images that it captured during it’s journey.

By David Aragorn
Seven Massive Solar Flares Have Erupted From Furious Sunspot In Seven Days 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 15, 2017
The sun blasted out seven massive solar flares in as many days in an extraordinary period of space weather that has sparked stunning geomagnetic storms above the earth.

By David Aragorn
Hubble captures blistering pitch-black planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 15, 2017
Astronomers have discovered that the well-studied exoplanet WASP-12b reflects almost no light, making it appear essentially pitch black.

By David Aragorn