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Philae: Lost comet lander is found 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2016
Europe’s comet lander Philae has been found.

By David Aragorn
Planet smash-up ‘brought carbon to Earth’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2016
Much of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have been delivered in a planetary collision about 4.4 billion years ago, a theory suggests.

By David Aragorn
The supernova that wasn’t: A tale of three cosmic eruptions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 3, 2016
Over the course of a few years, a previously inconspicuous star named Eta Carinae grew brighter and brighter, eventually outshining all other stars except Sirius, before fading again over the next decade, becoming too dim to be seen with the naked eye.

By David Aragorn
Can You Really Buy Land On Mars? One Man’s Effort To Change The Outer Space Treaty 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 3, 2016
They say real estate is the best investment around and now savvy entrepreneurs have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of interplanetary land speculation.

By David Aragorn
Pluto: A Dwarf Planet Oddity (Infographic)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2016
Pluto is a very strange world. With satellites like Charon and New Horizons, we have learned a little more about it.

By David Aragorn
Planet Nine could spell doom for solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2016
The solar system could be thrown into disaster when the sun dies if the mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ exists, according to research from the University of Warwick.

By David Aragorn
Weird Grooves On Mars’ Moon Phobos Traced to Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2016
Crisscrossed grooves and chains of small craters cover the Martian moon Phobos. Astronomers have disagreed about what caused this strange-looking landscape for decades, but new research may help settle the debate.

By David Aragorn
The Sky This Month – September 2016 0
- From Around the Web
- September 1, 2016
Here’s what to see in the night sky this month…

By Around the Web Editor
AFRICAN SOLAR ECLIPSE: The ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2016
Sky watchers in more than 50 African countries are about to witness a solar eclipse. On Thursday, Sept.1st, the Moon will pass in front of the sun, covering as much as 97% of the solar disk.

By David Aragorn
Sieren’s China: Aliens in space?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2016
The telescope will put China at the height of the hunt for extraterrestial life.

By Around the Web Editor