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Soyuz Launch Carrying Two Astronauts is Forced to Abort, Landing Safely Back on Earth

By Evan Gough - October 11, 2018 03:13 PM UTC | Space Exploration

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two crew members to the ISS has experienced a booster failure. The craft executed an emergency landing and both crew are safe.

Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past

By Matthew Williams - October 11, 2018 02:19 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the case for it having an interior ocean.

Weekly Space Hangout: Oct 10, 2018 - Sean Carroll

By Fraser Cain - October 10, 2018 08:20 PM UTC | Site News

348 Years Ago, a French Astronomer Monk Might have Witnessed the Collision Between a White and Brown Dwarf Star

By Evan Gough - October 10, 2018 06:11 PM UTC | Stars

A collision between a white dwarf and a brown dwarf created the object we call CK Vulpeculae. It was first observed 348 years ago by French Monk Astronomer Per Dom Anthelme.

Astronomy Cast Ep. 501: Water Worlds Revisited

By Susie Murph - October 10, 2018 04:31 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface

By Matthew Williams - October 10, 2018 03:32 PM UTC | Planetary Science

According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa's surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed mission there difficult.

Carnival of Space #581

By Susie Murph - October 08, 2018 03:17 PM UTC | Site News

New Image Shows the Rugged Landscape of Comet 67P

By Matthew Williams - October 07, 2018 07:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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.

Microsoft and Partners Hope to Create a Time Capsule... On the Moon!

By Matthew Williams - October 06, 2018 06:57 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Microsoft has teamed up with researchers to create a time capsule using synthetic DNA, which will be sent to the Moon in 2020.

Now You Can Buy Fake Mars Dirt for $20/Kilogram. Obviously You'll Want to Know if Potatoes Can Grow in it

By Matthew Williams - October 05, 2018 04:46 PM UTC | Planetary Science

Researchers from UCF have developed a standarized, scientific way to create Martian soil simulant, which could accelerate efforts to colonize the Red Planet!

A German-French Hopping Robot Just Landed on the Surface of Asteroid Ryugu

By Evan Gough - October 05, 2018 03:03 PM UTC | Missions

The tiny hopping robot explorer called method has completed its 16 hour mission to asteroid Ryugu.

First Exomoon Found! A Neptune-Sized Moon Orbiting a Jupiter-Sized Planet

By Evan Gough - October 05, 2018 12:46 PM UTC | Exoplanets

Gaia Sees Stars Out in Deep Space, Flying Between Galaxies

By Matthew Williams - October 04, 2018 06:04 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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.

2018 Prospects for Obscure Comet 38P Stephan-Oterma

By David Dickinson - October 04, 2018 05:25 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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.