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Black holes belch fire after devouring cosmic spaghetti, studies show 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
By examining ‘echoes’ of infrared light, scientists were able to measure the intensity of black hole flare.

By David Aragorn
Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft to end epic trek with comet crash landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
After 12 years chasing a comet across more 6 billion km of space, European scientists will end the historic Rosetta mission by crash landing the spacecraft on the surface of the dusty, icy body at the end of the month.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s ‘heart’ sheds light on a possible buried ocean 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2016
Ever since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto last year, evidence has been mounting that the dwarf planet may have a liquid ocean beneath its icy shell.

By David Aragorn
Nasa announcement about Jupiter’s moon Europa won’t be to say that the moon has aliens, agency clarifies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2016
The company had announced that the Hubble Space Telescope had captured ‘surprising evidence of activity’ on Europa – which made many think that aliens might have been found.

By Around the Web Editor
Forget Mars, Why Not Colonize Venus Instead?1
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 23, 2016
Elon Musk has announced plans to colonize Mars in the near future and NASA is planning a manned mission to the red planet in the 2030’s, but for some reason we aren’t talking about Venus.

By David Aragorn
Scientists confirm the universe has no direction 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2016
The universe is not spinning or stretched in any particular direction, according to the most stringent test yet.

By David Aragorn
This Is How Orion Astronauts Might Protect Themselves From Radiation Storms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2016
Shelters in space could help prevent astronauts from getting radiation sickness out in deep space.

By David Aragorn
Hubble finds planet orbiting pair of stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2016
Two’s company, but three might not always be a crowd — at least in space.

By David Aragorn
China Space Station Is Falling To Earth: Tiangong 1 Confirmed To Be Out Of Control And Headed Straight For Us While Replacement Blasts Off?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 22, 2016
The Chinese space station Tiangong 1 is indeed failing and is slowly headed towards the Earth. While China’s first space laboratory will make a fiery reentry in the second half of 2017, its replacement has already left Earth, indicated Chinese officials.

By David Aragorn
New NASA budget could put asteroid grabbing mission in jeopardy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2016
A NASA plan to lasso a piece of an asteroid and haul it closer to Earth could face a threat from the US Congress. A bipartisan spending bill introduced in the Senate this week has harsh words about the proposed Asteroid Redirect Mission, which is meant to be a sort of dry run for a future human mission to Mars.

By David Aragorn