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Carnival of Space #581
New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P
Thanks to an amateur astronomer, the latest image to come from the Rosetta mission provides of glimpse of the surface of Comet 67P and reminds us of the mission's accomplishments.
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Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule... On the Moon!
Microsoft has teamed up with researchers to create a time capsule using synthetic DNA, which will be sent to the Moon in 2020.
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Now You Can Buy Fake Mars Dirt for $20/Kilogram. Obviously You'll Want to Know if Potatoes Can Grow in it
Researchers from UCF have developed a standarized, scientific way to create Martian soil simulant, which could accelerate efforts to colonize the Red Planet!
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A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu
The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.
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First Exomoon Found! A Neptune-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet
Gaia Sees Stars Out in Deep Space, Flying Between Galaxies
Based on Gaia's second data release, a team of astronomers from the Leiden Observatory have observed hyper-velocity stars that appear to be moving into our galaxy.
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2018 Prospects for Obscure Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma
Ready for one more? While all eyes are still following Comet 21/P Giacobini-Zinner as it glides through northern hemisphere skies, we'd like to turn your attention towards another icy interloper: periodic Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma.
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Lockheed Martin Unveils Their Proposal For a Lunar Lander
New Dwarf Planet Found in the Outskirts of the Solar System, Giving Astronomers More Ammunition to Search for Evidence of Planet 9
Dark Matter Isn't Made From Black Holes
A new study by a team of UC Berkeley researchers has shown that black holes are not the long-sought-after source of dark matter
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Good night Kepler. NASA's Planet Hunter is Almost out of Fuel, and has Gone Into Sleep Mode
Japanese Rovers are Now on the Surface of an Asteroid, Sending Back Amazing Pictures
The Japanese spacecraft Hayabusa2 recently deployed its rovers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu, which then sent back some stunning images!
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Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 3, 2018 - Dr. David Warmflash
A Tiny Motor on Curiosity was one of the First Instruments to Notice the Global Martian Dust Storm
A tiny actuator on a sample arm on the Curiosity rover gave the first indication that a storm on the red planet was a global Martian dust storm.
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A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
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NASA Tests a Tiny Satellite to Track Extreme Weather and Storms
NASA recently deployed a technology demonstrator called the RainCube, a miniature satellite that could revolutionize how we monitor weather
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The "Death Comet" Will Pass By Earth Just After Halloween
The mysterious "Death Comet" which flew past Earth in 2015 is coming around again, and will once again pass Earth safely on November 11th.
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NASA Report Outlines How it Will Go Back to the Moon, to Mars, and Beyond in a Sustainable Way
NASA recently released its National Space Exploration Campaign Report, detailing a sustainable plan to return to the Moon and go to Mars
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Technosignatures are NASA's New Target for Detecting Other Civilizations in Space. Wait. What's a Technosignature?
A NASA workshop on Technosignatures paves the way for a new approach to the search for intelligent life.
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