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09/21/2019 02:04 PM
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Venus Could Have Supported Life for Billions of Years
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A new study by a team of NASA scientists indicates that Venus could have been habitable for billions of years (and still would be today) were it not for all the resurfacing!
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09/20/2019 04:39 PM
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Rosetta Saw Collapsing Cliffs and Other Changes on 67P During its Mission
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It seems that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko is not the stoic, unchanging Solar System traveller that it might seem to be. Scientists working through the vast warehouse of images from the Rosetta spacecraft have discovered there’s lots going on on 67P. Among the activity are collapsing cliffs and bouncing boulders. Rosetta spent almost two years at 67P, …
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09/20/2019 01:49 PM
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Hayabusa 2 has one Last Lander it’s Going to Throw at Ryugu
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JAXA recently released photos of their Hayabusa2 mission deploying target markers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.
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09/20/2019 01:20 PM
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Enceladus Causes Snowfall On Other Moons of Saturn
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Radar evidence shows that geysers on Enceladus are ejecting water that turns to snow. The snow not only falls back on Enceladus’ surface, but also makes its way to its neighboring moons, Mimas and Tethys, making them more reflective. Researchers are calling this a ‘snow cannon.’ The Cassini spacecraft carried a powerful radar designed to …
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09/20/2019 11:02 AM
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Musk Shares the Latest Progress on the Starship Prototypes
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Elon Musk just released new images that showcase the progress being made on the Starship prototypes
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09/19/2019 04:15 PM
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A Distant Asteroid Collision Gave Earthly Biodiversity An Ancient Boost
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About 466 million years ago, there was an asteroid collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The collision caused the breakup of a major asteroid, creating a shower of dust throughout the inner Solar System. That event is called the Ordovician Meteor Event, and its dust caused an ice age here on Earth. …
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09/19/2019 11:15 AM
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Yes, This is Actually the Shadow of Io Passing Across the Surface of Jupiter.
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The JunoCam onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft continues to provide we Earthbound humans with a steady stream of stunning images of Jupiter. We can’t get enough of the gas giant’s hypnotic, other-worldly beauty. This image of Io passing over Jupiter is the latest one to awaken our sense of wonder. This image was processed by Kevin …
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09/18/2019 04:34 PM
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Want To Explore Mars? Send Humans To The Moons Of Mars First: Phobos And Deimos
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Humans to Mars. That’s the plan right? The problem is that sending humans down to the surface of Mars is one of the most complicated and ambitious goals that we can attempt. It’s a huge step to go from low Earth orbit, then lunar landings, and then all the way to Mars, a journey of …
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09/18/2019 03:32 PM
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Io’s Largest Volcano, Loki, Erupts Every 500 Days. Any Day Now, It’ll Erupt Again.
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Jupiter’s moon Io is in stark contrast to the other three Galilean moons. While Callisto, Ganymede, and Europa all appear to have subsurface oceans, Io is a volcanic world, covered with more than 400 active volcanoes. In fact, Io is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System. Io’s largest volcano is named Loki, …
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09/18/2019 12:41 PM
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Weekly Space Hangout: September 18, 2019 – Dr. Georgiana Kramer of PSI: Space Dew and Superheroes
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Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain) Dr. Brian Koberlein (BrianKoberlein.com / @BrianKoberlein & ) Allen Versfeld (https://www.urban-astronomer.com/ / @uastronomer) Veranika “Nika” Klimovich Michael Rodruck Georgiana “George” Kramer from the Planetary Science Institute is a spectroscopist and geomorphologist, and for the last 12 years her research has focused on interpretation of data from spacecraft missions. She was a …
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