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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
Saturn Tour 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 14, 2017
Cassini is making it’s final moments to its journey to Saturn. NASA is giving an indepth tour of its decent. Come join in on the final countdown.

By David Aragorn
SOLAR RADIATION STORM AND GROUND LEVEL EVENT 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 13, 2017
On Sept. 10th, departing sunspot AR2673 erupted, producing a powerful X8-class solar flare. The explosion propelled a CME into space and accelerated a swarm of energetic protons toward Earth. Both are visible in this coronagraph movie from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO): The many specks in this movie are not stars–they are solar protons

By David Aragorn
Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather for Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2017
If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the sun.

By David Aragorn
Does the organic material of comets predate our solar system?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2017
The Rosetta space probe discovered a large amount of organic material in the nucleus of comet ‘Chury.’

By David Aragorn
The Meteorite Hunters of British Columbia Are Out in Full Force 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2017
They’re looking for remnants of the fireball that burned up over their province this past weekend.

By David Aragorn
MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2017
On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean: Link to blackout map. Above: The extreme

By David Aragorn
Northern Lights in Ohio? Sun Storm May Ramp Up Auroras Tonight!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2017
People as far south as Ohio and Indiana may be able to see the northern lights tonight (Sept. 6), thanks to a powerful sun storm.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Florence Has Two Small Moons, NASA Radar Reveals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 6, 2017
Astronomers working with NASA’s 230-foot (70-m) Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, CA, have released the first radar images of the near-Earth asteroid (3122) Florence. The images show the asteroid has two small moons.

By David Aragorn
Nasa to wake up New Horizons spacecraft for voyage into mysterious Third Zone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 6, 2017
Nasa is to wake up its New Horizons spacecraft next month following a five month hibernation, ahead of a journey deeper into one of the most mysterious regions of the Solar System.

By David Aragorn