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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sampler Slingshots Around Earth Friday, Sept. 21 – Catch It If You Can!

21 Sep , 2017 by

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL – Barely a year after NASA’s OSIRIS-REx robotic asteroid sampler launched on a trailblazing mission to snatch a soil sample from a pristine asteroid and return it to Earth for research analysis, the probe is speeding back home for a swift slingshot around our home planet on Friday Sept. 22 to gain a gravity assist speed boost required to complete its journey to the carbon rich asteroid Bennu and back.

New Study Says a Fast Radio Burst Happens Every Second in the Universe

21 Sep , 2017 by

A new study by a team of researchers from the CfA argues that a Fast Radio Burst happens with every passing second in the observable Universe

More Surface Ice on Mercury than Previously Thought, says New Study

20 Sep , 2017 by

A new study from Brown University reveals that there may be a lot more surface ice on Mercury than previously thought

Weekly Space Hangout -Sept 20, 2017: ANU Citizen Science Project for Supernovae

20 Sep , 2017 by

Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter) Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( KimberlyCartier.org / @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehnberg.com / @MorganRehnberg ChartYourWorld.org) Special Guest: This week’s guests are Dr Brad Tucker (@btucker22) and Dr Anais Möller (@anais_moller) of ANU Citizen Science Project for Supernovae. Brad is an Astrophysicist/Cosmologist, and […]

300 Asteroids to be Explored by a Fleet of Nanosatellites

20 Sep , 2017 by

Researchers are proposing a fleet of tiny electric sail powered satellites to explore over 300 separate objects in the asteroid belt.

New Study Says Primordial Asteroid Belt was Empty

20 Sep , 2017 by

A new study by a team from the University of Bordeaux has turned the Asteroid Belt’s origins on its head, claiming it started empty and gradually filled up

Dawn Probe Finds Evidence of Subsurface Ice on Vesta

20 Sep , 2017 by

A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, with the support of NASA, has found evidence of subsurface ice on Vesta.

Northrop Grumman Acquires Orbital ATK for $9.2 Billion

19 Sep , 2017 by

Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman will acquire Orbital ATK for approximately $9.2 billion, in a deal the companies announced Monday and they say will “expand capability” is largely “complementary” and involves “little overlap.”

Venus Express Probe Reveals the Planet’s Mysterious Night Side

19 Sep , 2017 by

A new study by an international team of scientists takes a look at Venus’ mysterious night side, which revealed some unexpected atmospheric phenomena
Carnival of Space. Image by Jason Major.

Carnival of Space #527

19 Sep , 2017 by

This week’s Carnival of Space is hosted by Brad Rogers at The Evolving Planet blog. Click here to read Carnival of Space #527.

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