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Newslink: 2 Studies, 1 Planet! Inside a Race to Discover a Water Vapor World

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/szMRpf8PvnAx2dsZ6rBq2j-1024-80.jpg > Water vapor, and likely clouds that rain liquid water, have been discovered on an exoplan...

Newslink: Watch an Asteroid Fly by Earth Today in a Live Webcast from Slooh!

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UVJDkMjfuEwJFuterLkv6a-1024-80.jpg > This weekend you can see live telescope views of an asteroid hurtling past Earth, thanks ...

Newslink: 1st Color Photo of Interstellar Comet Reveals Its Fuzzy Tail

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Ae8wxUad7SW4mnWTX2MQJL-650-80.jpg > Astronomers have taken the first color photo of a potentially interstellar comet, and it l...

Newslink: On Friday the 13th, Don't Be Freaked Out by the 'Micromoon'

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DQAzJw6HQJTr7tdUnB6gkN-1024-80.jpg > A full moon on Friday the 13th is spooky enough, but hold on to your black cats. Septembe...

Newslink: This Ridiculously Speedy Star Might Be Running Away from a Rare, Unproven Type of Black Hole

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/buDLCfD4qG5kzLJoEjzHjZ-1024-80.gif > Astronomers have discovered a bright, young star that is running away from home. Why? htt...

Newslink: 2 Asteroids Will Harmlessly Fly By Earth This Weekend, But NASA Will Wave Hello Anyway!

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X2ag5ahH2oCVgoJ3V2Aw5o-1024-80.jpg > It's always nice to see old friends, and NASA's asteroid-monitoring team has a busy sched...

Newslink: ‘Blue Stragglers’ in Space May Mask True Age of Star Clusters in Hubble Views

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mqd3LpzY7AXaNtab56eo5K-650-80.jpg > By spying on star clusters in a nearby galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that s...

Newslink: Gargantuan 'Bubbles' of Radio Energy Spotted at the Center of Our Galaxy. How'd They Get There?

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3NyTfSXstBMsANZjtCZt2b-1024-80.jpg > Two huge bubbles of radio energy swirling out of the Milky Way's middle could be evidence...

Newslink: This Comet Might Be from Interstellar Space. Here's How We Could Find Out.

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/h7FZeCkrqjNmUS5Q84jv2M-1024-80.png > At first, it was just another bright, fuzzy speck in the sky. But it may turn out to be s...

Newslink: Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io May Not Have a Magma Ocean After All

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vus6Fs7thdWfQybDDquEGf-1024-80.jpg > The volcanic atmosphere may be all the moon needs. https://www.space.com/jupiter-volcanic...

Newslink: NASA's WFIRST Space Telescope, a Refurbished Spysat Eye, Passes Early Review

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oPdwMAg7zet83ofzyvzMBM-1024-80.jpg > NASA's repurposed spy telescope is ready for the next stage of development. https://www.s...

Newslink: Watch NASA's SLS Megarocket Get Ready for New US Moon Missions (Video)

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/txQiC2LAsaC7kC4ZiL72AM-650-80.jpg > NASA is hard at work getting its new, moon-bound rocket and spacecraft ready for Artemis 1...

Newslink: Right Again, Einstein! Wobbling Pulsar Confirms General Relativity

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hSHyB2nPH2HbnMcDcHFXsm-1024-80.jpg > A pulsar 25,000 light-years away is wobbling in a weird way. But Einstein's theory of gen...

Newslink: Discovery! Water Vapor — and Likely Clouds, Rain, Too — Found on Strange Alien Planet

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/szMRpf8PvnAx2dsZ6rBq2j-1024-80.jpg > In a major first, scientists have detected water vapor and possibly even liquid water clo...

Newslink: Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ckNjTjYcNNuLVUZwbjM643-1024-80.jpg > Interstellar flight is a real pain in the neck. https://www.space.com/is-interstellar-tra...

Newslink: Launchpad Fire Forces Japan to Call Off Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station: Report

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ReZFGNRVMvLAPvyn6f8V3Y-1024-80.jpg > Japan called off a planned cargo ship launch to the International Space Station today (Se...

Newslink: Europe's ArianeWorks Aims for Reusable Rockets (with a Very SpaceX Look)

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NBiG3g2mXYJabV22TzzQ7k-450-80.jpg > Europe's rocket-launching industry is gearing up to go reusable. https://www.space.com/ari...

Newslink: Japan to Launch Robotic Cargo Ship to Space Station Today. Watch It Live

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ozZnbXh39owZMxHWc9hcwa-1024-80.jpg > Liftoff is at 5:33 p.m. EDT (2133 GMT). https://www.space.com/japan-htv-8-cargo-ship-laun...

Newslink: Rare Meteorites May Have Formed During Large Impact on Wet Mars

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mFLtEK9JGYABQW5Znw3amM-1024-80.jpg > The birthplace of two meteorites from Mars was apparently a zone with two craters: new fi...

Newslink: 3 Asteroids Are Zipping Past Earth Today

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RcDheapo5YDZXCh7brXh2W-1024-80.jpg > Three asteroids are expected to hurtle past Earth today (Sept. 9). One will pass as near ...