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NASA's first asteroid samples land in Utah desert

NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey.

France 24

NASA Needs To Solve One Critical Problem Before Humans Can Travel To Mars

Traveling to space poses risks to the human body. Scientists need to find solutions for these hazards before any manned missions to the red planet.

Inverse

Pragyan rover finds an unexpected surprise on the moon: sulphur | Explained

Instruments on the Pragyan rover of the Chandrayaan-3 mission measured sulphur in the soil, suggesting higher concentrations than expected. This could enable astronauts to live off the land and build solar cells, batteries, fertiliser and concrete from lunar resources.

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What will ‘cosmic detective’ OSIRIS-Rex bring back on September 24? | Explained

NASA's OSIRIS-Rex mission will drop a capsule of pristine asteroid material in the Utah desert on September 24. The astro-material may provide insights into how planets formed, what materials were present in the early Solar System, and how life on the earth began. OSIRIS-Rex had to precisely choreograph a celestial…

The Hindu

No signals from Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram, Pragyan: ISRO

ISRO has not received any signals from Vikram lander and Pragyan rover, despite efforts to establish communication. Hoping for their awakening, ISRO is continuing efforts to contact them. If successful, it would be a bonus for ISRO, allowing more experiments on the moon. Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14 and…

The Hindu

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Mission Will Drop An Asteroid Sample Sunday — Here’s How To Track It

But like a college kid dropping off their laundry, the spaceship is just passing through on its way to another adventure.

Inverse

UK researchers to study sample of asteroid Bennu as part of Nasa mission

The sample, which was collected as part of Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission, will return to Earth on Sunday.

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The fall equinox is here. What does that mean?

Fall gets its official start this weekend in the Northern Hemisphere

The Independent UK

Signs of life? Why astronomers are excited about carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of an alien world

Scientists have just reported some very interesting chemical traces in the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b, which is about 124 light-years from Earth

The Hindu

Nasa’s Osiris-Rex mission: asteroid sample plummets towards Earth

Capsule will contain some of oldest materials formed in solar system

The Guardian - UK

Inside NASA’s Historic OSIRIS-REx Mission To Bring A Chunk of An Asteroid Back To Earth

On Sunday, NASA will finally witness the descent of its first asteroid sample retrieval mission.

Inverse

What is Nasa’s Osiris-Rex capsule and when will it land on Earth?

The capsule collected a dust sample from a distant asteroid three years ago and scientists are about to get their first chance to look at it

Evening Standard

Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon

Discovery adds weight to view that Europa’s ocean could be most promising place in solar system to look for alien life

The Guardian - UK

The Hubble Telescope Just Captured Two Galaxies Colliding Into Each Other

The venerable space telescope is seeking out the weirdest, messiest galaxies in the universe.

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ISRO hoping to wake up Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram and Pragyan on September 22

ISRO hopes to awaken Vikram and Pragyan on September 22, when sunlight returns to the moon. If successful, it will allow the two to carry out more experiments and potentially bring back samples from the moon

The Hindu

In Lok Sabha, Treasury and Opposition benches claim credit for India’s space success

Union Ministers and BJP MPs asserted that the nation’s space story has seen a quantum leap during the Narendra Modi government, while the Opposition members recalled the contribution of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in laying the foundation of the country’s scientific progress.

The Hindu

NASA shifts UFO debate from sensationalism to science | Data

Mexican Congress hears testimony on extraterrestrials; NASA panel recommends increased efforts to gather info on UAPs; U.S. govt. has done U-turn on public info on UAPs; AARO has classified UFO/UAP sightings; 800+ sightings collected, only a few unidentified.

Evening Standard

What are the different types of full moon? Last supermoon of the year draws closer

Learn the names of all the full moons as we anticipate the incoming Harvest Moon

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How space can harm the human body

But scientists are working to mitigate these risks before sending people to Mars

The Guardian - UK

Hidden in the Arctic, Sweden is quietly winning Europe’s next big space race

Sweden is leading in a battle to be the first European space base outside Russia to launch a satellite into orbit

Al Jazeera

NASA set to deliver biggest asteroid sample yet: What you need to know

OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is expected to drop 250g of pebbles and dust from asteroid Bennu after seven-year quest.

The Independent UK

NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid

Planet Earth is about to receive the biggest sample yet from an asteroid

The Hindu

This IIA study could help understand how gravitational instabilities are connected to galaxy evolution

IIA study reveals connection between gravitational instabilities & galaxy evolution. K. Aditya found star formation, gas fraction & time scale for growth of instabilities affect stability levels of galaxies. Results suggest star formation in marginally stable galaxies is intense & short-lived, while in highly stable galaxies it's slower & over…

The Hindu

Parliament proceedings | Rajya Sabha felicitates Chandrayaan mission, MPs seek more funds for space research

Rajya Sabha held a debate to felicitate the “successful, soft landing of Chandrayaan-3” on the South pole of moon by ISRO

The Conversation

Chariots of the gods, ships in the sky: how unidentified aerial phenomena left their mark in ancient cultures

For thousands of years, people have been describing unexplainable gleaming objects in the sky.

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