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Dark Matter Just Got Murkier 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2016
Using the Large Underground Xenon (LUX), scientists have discovered something about dark matter that brings up more questions than answers.

By David Aragorn
Surprising Water Ice Discovery on Ceres 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2016
“Water in our solar system is potentially related to creation of life.
It is possible … that there is a small layer of liquid water inside Ceres.

By Linda Moulton Howe
A Bus-Size Asteroid Just Gave Earth a Close Shave 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2016
An asteroid the size of a school bus buzzed by Earth today (Sept. 7) in an exceptionally close — but safe — flyby. Scientists discovered the object on Monday, just two days before its encounter with Earth.

By David Aragorn
Evening Launch Catapults OSIRIS-REx Toward Asteroid Encounter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2016
An Atlas V rocket traced a blazing arc into the Florida sky Thursday evening to send a small robotic explorer on its way to an asteroid on a mission that scientists anticipate will reveal answers to some of the basic questions about the solar system.

By David Aragorn
Stunning new picture of the Pillars of Creation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 10, 2016
If you’ve seen pictures of space, you’ve seen the Pillars of Creation –a set of photogenic columns of cold gas bathed in the light of brand new star formation. Now, 20 years after the iconic 1995 shot was taken, The Hubble has gone back to take a more high definition look.

By David Aragorn
Are Aliens Talking To Us?0
- From Around the Web, Space, UFO News
- September 9, 2016
On Aug. 15, the news broke that a Russian radio telescope detected strong signals from outer space.

By David Aragorn
Looking for aliens on ocean worlds: ‘You’d be in denial to believe there isn’t life out there’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2016
Alien life would most likely be discovered deep in the oceans of water planets, studies suggest.

By David Aragorn
Evidence of Planet 9 –“May Already Exist”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2016
It is entirely possible that Planet 9 could have come from our own solar system, instead of it being captured from another solar system.

By David Aragorn
Massive holes ‘punched’ through a trail of stars likely caused by dark matter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2016
The discovery of two massive holes punched through a stream of stars could help answer questions about the nature of dark matter, the mysterious substance holding galaxies together.

By David Aragorn
NASA/JPL Overlooked Photographic Enigma 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2016
You can see that the object is covered by the shadow of the stones. Yet it has not the same color as the ones occulted around it. It clearly looks like it sits in front of the rock wall.

By Around the Web Editor