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Weekly Space Hangout - Sept 16, 2016: Universe Sandbox
Universe Today - 16 Sep 2016 20:30
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: This week’s guests will be the Universe Sandbox Developers Dan Dixon (Project Lead & Creator) and Jenn Seiler (Astrophysicist & Developer). Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (MorganRehn...
China eyes year-long stays for space station astronauts
Phys.org - 16 Sep 2016 14:10
China could send astronauts to its space station for more than a year at a time once it goes operational in 2022, a senior project designer told state media.
NASA astronaut wears spacesuit painted by kids with cancer
Phys.org - 16 Sep 2016 14:00
Some childhood cancer patients will chat Friday with an astronaut aboard the International Space Station wearing a hand-painted spacesuit they helped decorate.
NASA ISS Space to Ground Weekly Report - 16 September 2016
SpaceRef - 16 Sep 2016 20:00
NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboard the International Space Station....
Incredible Images of Mars from Earth
Universe Today - 16 Sep 2016 19:28
What did you do during your summer this year? Award-winning astrophotographer Damian Peach spent much of his 2016 summer capturing incredibly clear images of Mars during opposition, when the Red Planet was closest to Ear...
Barry M. Lasker Data Science Fellowship
PTTU - 16 Sep 2016 19:00
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NASA Satellites Orbiting 400 Miles Above Earth Reveal Ancient Buried Egyptian Pyramids
The Daily Galaxy - 16 Sep 2016 18:35
By examining infrared images taken by NASA satellites orbiting 400 miles above the Earth, space archaeologists have identified 17 pyramids buried deep under the ancient Egyptian city of Tanis, Egypt. Tanis, abandoned cen...
Amazing Sun Views From 10 Years Of The Hinode Observatory | Highlight Video
SPACE.com - 16 Sep 2016 18:05
The Japanese satellite launched in September 2006 and has delivered amazing imagery ever since.
NASA's Cassini Mission to Wrap Its Epic Discoveries at Saturn --"Will Leap Over the Rings for a Last Titan flyby"
The Daily Galaxy - 16 Sep 2016 17:49
"We've used Titan's gravity throughout the mission to sling Cassini around the Saturn system," said Earl Maize, Cassini project manager at JPL. "Now Titan is coming through for us once again, providing a way for Cassini ...
Hubble Captures The Sharpest Image Of A Disintegrating Comet Ever
Universe Today - 16 Sep 2016 17:01
Breaking up isn't hard to do if you're a comet. They're fragile creatures subject to splitting, cracking and vaporizing when heated by the Sun and yanked on by its powerful gravitational pull. Recently, the Hubble Space ...
"Phantoms of the Cosmos" --Hidden Supermassive Black Holes Revealed by ESO's ALMA Observatory
The Daily Galaxy - 16 Sep 2016 16:54
Supermassive black holes, millions to billions of times the mass of our Sun, are found at the centers of galaxies. Many of these galactic behemoths are hidden within a thick doughnut-shape ring of dust and gas known as a...
NASA, White House Provide an Update on the Asteroid Redirect Mission
SpaceRef - 16 Sep 2016 16:50
Officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and NASA held a live Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) discussion at the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland....
"White Mars" --Antarctica Provides NASA with a Training Ground for Manned Missions to Mars
The Daily Galaxy - 16 Sep 2016 16:15
NASA has astronauts in training under extreme weather conditions of Antarctica to prepare them for deep space and planetary explorations such as the manned journey to Mars. The preparation includes the astronauts undergo...
China Launches Second Space Lab
Scientific American - 16 Sep 2016 15:45
Tiangong 2 will develop expertise for a future space station and conduct science experiments --
NASA: "Host Stars are the Key to Unveiling Earth-like Exoplanets"
The Daily Galaxy - 16 Sep 2016 15:39
When it comes to exoplanets, astronomers have realized that they only know the properties of the planets they discover as well as they know the properties of the stars being orbited. For a planet's size, precisely charac...
Hubble Finds a Lenticular Galaxy Standing Out in the Crowd
PTTU - 16 Sep 2016 15:35
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
Week In Images
ESA - 16 Sep 2016 15:30
Our week through the lens: 12-16 September 2016
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 15 September 2016
SpaceRef - 16 Sep 2016 15:21
Today: NanoRack Cubesat Deployer (NRCSD) #9 Deployment: Overnight, ground controllers deployed the remaining three of four pairs of Planet Lab DoveSats from the NRCSD #9....
Proxima
ESA - 16 Sep 2016 15:05
ESA's next astronaut mission will be launched in November
Earth from Space: Poyang Lake, China
SpaceRef - 16 Sep 2016 15:04
Southern China's Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in the country. Located in Jiangxi province, this lake is an important habitat for migrating Siberian cranes, many of which spend the winter there....
Blue Origin Will Test Its Capsule Abort System ... in Flight!
Bad Astronomy - 16 Sep 2016 15:00
Come October, the private space company Blue Origin will put on quite a show. The company has already flown its New Shepard rocket four times into space--above the arbitrary but common-sense 100 kilometer height above Ea...
Space for inspiration
ESA - 16 Sep 2016 14:50
Replays of the two-day event exploring the benefits of human spaceflight for our world