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Watch Asteroid 2016 VA Pass Through Earth's Shadow

By David Dickinson - November 02, 2016 07:52 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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Pure Metal Asteroid Has Mysterious Water Deposits

By Nancy Atkinson - November 01, 2016 09:02 PM UTC | Planetary Science
Water has been showing up in all sorts of unexpected places in our Solar System, such as the Moon, Mercury and Saturn's moon Ganymede. Add one more place to the list: Asteroid 16 Psyche. This metal-rich asteroid may have traces of water molecules on its surface that shouldn't be there, researchers say.
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How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe?

By Fraser Cain - November 01, 2016 06:45 PM UTC | Extragalactic
Did you hear that the Universe has 10x the number of galaxies? How did astronomers discover this, and what does it mean for the number of stars?
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Why Does it Rain?

By Matthew Williams - November 01, 2016 06:10 PM UTC | Planetary Science
Rain is part of Earth's all-important hydrological cycle, where water evaporates from the Earth's surface, condenses, and falls from the sky.
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Curiosity Finds a Melted Space Metal Meteorite on the Surface of Mars

By Matthew Williams - November 01, 2016 03:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science
An small object noticed in some of the Curiosity rover's images has been identified as a small meteorite, likely composed of iron-nickel
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Even Though it's an Alien World, Titan's Canyons Would Look Very Familiar

By Matthew Williams - November 01, 2016 02:49 PM UTC | Planetary Science
The Cassini probe has found more features on Titan that resemble Earth, steep river valleys that empty into its largest methane lake
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November Opens with a Splendid Gathering of Moon and Planets

By bob-king - November 01, 2016 10:30 AM UTC | Observing
At dusk on November 2, skywatchers will see a beautiful crescent Moon pair up with the planets Venus and Saturn.
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Here's What Happens When NASA Engineers Carve Their Pumpkins

By Nancy Atkinson - October 31, 2016 09:44 PM UTC | Site News
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Messier 25 - The IC 4725 Open Cluster

By tammy-plotner - October 31, 2016 04:30 PM UTC | Stars
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SpaceX Makes Progress Replicating Failure that Caused Falcon 9 Pad Explosion

By ken-kremer - October 30, 2016 11:43 PM UTC | Space Exploration
SpaceX is making significant progress in replicating the failure in the helium pressurization system that led to the catastrophic launch pad explosion of the firms Falcon 9 rocket during a routine fueling test at their Florida Space Coast launch complex on September 1.
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The Search Is On For Alien Signals Around Tabby's Star

By bob-king - October 28, 2016 06:03 PM UTC | Exoplanets
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What's the Most Stable Shape for an Interstellar Lightsail?

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2016 05:46 PM UTC | Space Exploration
A recent study by an international team of scientists looked at Project Starshot and assessed the likelihood of its success, based on several design features
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Best Photos Yet of the Mars Lander's Demise

By bob-king - October 28, 2016 04:41 PM UTC | Planetary Science
New photos from NASA's Mars orbiter reveal the Schiaparelli lander crash in finer detail.
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If it Wasn't Already Strange Enough, now Saturn's Hexagon Storm is Changing Color

By Matthew Williams - October 28, 2016 02:39 PM UTC | Planetary Science
Recent images from the Cassini space probe show that Saturn's hexagonal polar storm is changing, which may be due to seasonal variation
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Weekly Space Hangout - October 28, 2016: Dr. Derrick Pitts of the Fels Planetarium

By Fraser Cain - October 28, 2016 02:20 PM UTC | Site News
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It Took 15 Months, but all of New Horizons' Data Has Finally Been Downloaded

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2016 07:22 PM UTC | Planetary Science
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Planets Around Stars like Proxima Centauri are Probably Earth-Sized Water Worlds

By Matthew Williams - October 27, 2016 03:10 PM UTC | Exoplanets
A new study from the University of Bern indicates that most planets that orbit red dwarf stars might be water worlds, which could have a serious effect on the hunt for extra-terrestrial life
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What is the Mars Curse?

By Fraser Cain - October 27, 2016 02:33 PM UTC | Planetary Science
If you're going to send a spacecraft to Mars, you've got to know that place has an insatiable hunger for our plucky robot companions. Why is this place cursed?
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Astronomy Cast Ep. 426: Confirmation Bias

By Fraser Cain - October 27, 2016 01:32 PM UTC | Site News
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How Will We Get to Mars? New Book and TV Series Provide the Details

By Nancy Atkinson - October 27, 2016 10:21 AM UTC | Planetary Science
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