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Mysterious comet spotted a decade ago revealed to be two ‘dancing asteroids’ circling each other 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2017
New Hubble images have now revealed the object is actually two asteroids.

By David Aragorn
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
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
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
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
NASA may make a mechanical computer to navigate Venus’ surface 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 5, 2017
21st century, meet IRL steampunk.

By David Aragorn