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Sept 26, 2020
International Observer the Moon Night
Celebrating our nearest Celestial Neighbor
Oct 24-25, 2020
Hangout-a-thon: 36 hours for Science
Raising funds to keep the science flowing in 2021
July 16-18, 2021
CosmoQuest-a-Con
A celebration at the Intersection of Space and Creativity

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Blog

Smile, Wave: Some Exoplanets May Be Able to See Us, Too

Oct 23, 2020 | Daily Space, Exoplanets

A pair of scientists published a paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society this week that asks the question “which stars can see Earth as a transiting exoplanet?”

NASA’s Big Plans to Explore Small Bodies

Oct 23, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mappers, Daily Space

There are three more asteroid missions to look forward to. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) and Lucy missions will launch in July and October 2021, respectively, and the Psyche mission has a 2022 launch date.

ALMA Shows Volcanic Impact on Io’s Atmosphere

Oct 23, 2020 | Daily Space, Jupiter

Those of you who know me know that I have a favorite small body in our solar system: Jupiter’s moon Io.

Monster in Middle of Milky Way Is…Spinning Slowly?

Oct 22, 2020 | Daily Space, Milky Way

The next story comes to us from a collaboration that includes one of the most prolific researchers in astronomy: Avi Loeb.

Milky Way’s Archaeological Record Written by Atomic Hydrogen

Oct 22, 2020 | Daily Space, Milky Way, Supermassive Black Holes

In a new paper in Astronomy & Astrophysics with first author JD Soler, researchers let computers take their turn in understanding our galaxy.

OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches Asteroid

Oct 22, 2020 | Asteroids, Bennu Mappers, Daily Space, OSIRIS-REx

In case you have been hiding under a rock, the OSIRIS-REx mission has successfully booped the rubble pile asteroid Bennu.

SpaceX just launched 60 new Starlink internet satellites and nailed rocket landing at sea

Oct 22, 2020 | Daily Space, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

On Sunday, October 18th at 12:25 UTC, SpaceX launched a batch of Starlink satellites from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

‘Favory’ crew launch to the ISS

Oct 22, 2020 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Rockets

On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at 5:45 UTC, three more humans and one more toilet were sent to space aboard a Soyuz-2.1a from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.