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What is the Weather Like on Mercury?

24 Jul , 2017 by

The weather on Mercury, such as it is, consists of extreme highs and extreme lows in temperature, owing to its orbit and distance from the Sun.

Messier 51 – the Whirlpool Galaxy

24 Jul , 2017 by

Located between 19 and 27 million light-years away in the Canes Venatici constellation, is the famous Whirlpool Galaxy (aka. Messier 51)

Musk Drops Propulsive Landing Plans for SpaceX Crew Dragon

21 Jul , 2017 by

SpaceX is dropping its original plans to propulsively ground land the advanced crewed version of their Dragon spacecraft planned for missions carrying astronauts returning from the International Space Station (ISS) – in a decision that potentially impacts future plans for Mars landings as well.

Earth-Sized Planet Takes Just Four Hours to Orbit its Star

21 Jul , 2017 by

The Kepler space observatory has made some interesting finds since it began its mission back in March of 2009. Even after the mission suffered the loss of two reaction wheels, it has continued to make discoveries as part of its K2 mission. All told, the Kepler and K2 missions have detected a total of 5,106 […]

Advanced Civilizations Could Build a Galactic Internet with Planetary Transits

20 Jul , 2017 by

In a recently published paper, Dr. Duncan Forgan proposed that alien civilizations could create a “galactic internet” by using artificial transits to communicate.

Hey Map Collectors, Here’s a New Map of Pluto!

19 Jul , 2017 by

Using data from the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission team has created some new maps of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon.
Totality

One. More. Month: Our Guide to the Total Solar Eclipse

19 Jul , 2017 by

Get ready for the August 21st total solar eclipse, with facts, maps and more!
Carnival of Space. Image by Jason Major.

Carnival of Space #518

19 Jul , 2017 by

It’s that time again! This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Pamela Hoffman at the Everyday Spacer blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #518.

Ancient Impacts Shaped the Structure of the Milky Way

18 Jul , 2017 by

According to a new study using data from the SDSS, ripples in the Milky Way’s disk may be indications of “ancient impacts” with other galaxies.

Strange Radio Signals Detected from a Nearby Star

18 Jul , 2017 by

A recent survey conducted by the Arecibo Observatory detected a strange radio signal coming from Ross 128, a star system just 11 light-year from Earth.

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