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Asgardia: Space nation or pie in sky?
"I have become citizen number 62 of Asgardia, a new space nation dedicated to expanding peaceful exploration of space for the benefit of humanity."
October 20, 2016
Hot Jupiters’ cloudy nights, blistering days
The distant exoplanets known as "hot Jupiters" orbit their stars so tightly that they're perpetually charbroiled. Plus they keep one face toward their stars.
October 20, 2016
ESA’s Mars craft landed, but not softly
"We have data coming back that allow us to fully understand the steps that did occur, and why the soft landing did not occur.” Meanwhile, the orbiter is A-OK.
October 20, 2016
Juno in safe mode for Jupiter flyby
A sudden safe mode halted planned data collection during the spacecraft's perijove - or closest point to Jupiter - on October 19. Next perijove December 11.
October 19, 2016
Animation: Schiaparelli’s descent to Mars
Computer-generated animation of the descent of the Schiaparelli lander to the surface of Mars. Real one will happen this Wednesday, October 19.
October 17, 2016
Is asteroid 2016 HO3 a second moon?
No, it orbits the sun. But its orbit keeps it as a constant companion of Earth, and it'll remain so for centuries to come.
October 17, 2016
Asgardia, the nation state of space
Russian businessman Igor Ashurbeyli believes that an orbiting space station has the potential to become a sovereign nation in space.
October 16, 2016
Hubble reveals 10 times more galaxies
The universe suddenly looks a lot more crowded, thanks to a deep-sky census assembled from surveys taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and other observatories.
October 13, 2016
The Milky Way’s ancient heart
Astronomers found RR Lyrae stars at our Milky Way galaxy's core. They now believe ancient globular star clusters may have merged to form the core of the Milky Way.
October 12, 2016
The fate of worlds orbiting 2 suns
These Tatooine worlds, as they're called, might be the ultimate survivors, as their 2 stars begin aging in ways that are sometimes threatening or even catastrophic.
October 12, 2016
