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Earth could be seen by alien civilisations on nearby exoplanets, scientists find 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 24, 2020
Earth could be visible to alien civilisations on planets outside our solar system, scientists have found.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 24, 2020
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.

By David Aragorn
Senate bill would assign space traffic management work to Commerce Department 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
A Senate bill would authorize the Office of Space Commerce to take over civil space traffic management, but funding for that work has yet to be appropriated.

By David Aragorn
Black holes could become massive particle accelerators 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
Black holes are powerful engines of pure gravity, capable of pulling on objects so intensely that they can’t possibly escape.

By David Aragorn
ALMA Spots Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Io 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted airborne plumes of sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfur monoxide (SO), and potassium chloride (KCl) from Io’s active volcanoes.

By David Aragorn
NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 22, 2020
NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

By David Aragorn
The first space station crew to launch during a pandemic is coming home 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 22, 2020
After launching to the International Space Station on April 9, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner returned to Earth on Wednesday, October 21.

By David Aragorn
The strange story of 2020 SO: How an asteroid turned into rocket junk and the NASA scientist who figured it out 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 22, 2020
As soon as he saw the data, Paul Chodas knew something was strange about the near-Earth object that had been designated 2020 SO.

By David Aragorn
Space Force developing a digital strategy for designing and producing future satellites 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 22, 2020
Digital engineering is commonplace in many industries but is unfamiliar to Pentagon procurement organizations.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx survived its risky mission to grab a piece of an asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 21, 2020
If all went well, the NASA spacecraft will return the samples from Bennu to Earth in 2023

By David Aragorn