Astronomers capture rare cosmic collision that’s a chance to ‘understand the chemistry of the universe’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2019
But astronomers almost missed collision that occurred 2.6 billion light-years away
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Trump reauthorizes U.S. Space Command0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2019
President Trump reestablished U.S. Space Command in a White House ceremony Thursday, setting up a unified combatant command previously dissolved in 2002 that Trump said “will defend America’s vital interests in space” amid growing threats to space assets and services.
Astronomers discover giant planet with bizarre orbit0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 30, 2019
Astronomers have found a faraway giant planet with a strange slingshot orbit.
NASA engineers attach Mars Helicopter to Mars 2020 rover0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2019
NASA engineers have installed the miniature helicopter on the space agency’s Mars 2020 rover. The Mars Helicopter, nicknamed Scout, will be the first aircraft to fly on another planet.
A Planet-Sized Debate: NASA Chief Says He Still Classifies Pluto as a Planet0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 29, 2019
One famous astrophysicist has said Pluto is his “favourite comet.”
Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft With Humanoid Robot On Board Docks at Space Station0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2019
A Russian Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft successfully docked to the space station on August 26 after a failed parking attempt on August 24.
NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock Mission Begins0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 28, 2019
NASA’s atomic-clock-in-space officially began its year-long mission on Friday, according to a NASA release.
Asteroid larger than the Shard set to skim past Earth next month, Nasa warns0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 28, 2019
Massive space rock poses no threat but Elon Musk warns ‘a big rock will hit Earth eventually and we currently have no defence’
Russian robot Fedor’s capsule fails to dock at ISS0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 27, 2019
A Soyuz capsule carrying a robot called Fedor failed to dock at the International Space Station (ISS). Scientists at Russia’s Roskosmos are trying to correct the issue, with journalists asked to leave mission control.
Russia’s gun-toting robot flies to the ISS0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 24, 2019
The humanoid contraption was the only passenger aboard a Soyuz capsule that launched on Wednesday.
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