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Science
An asteroid will make a close travel nearby earth on October 12. Scientists are seeing it as an oppurtunity to learn about earth's asteroid defense system.
Politics
After eight months of isolation in a geodesic dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa, six Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) crew members felt the sun and wind on their faces and reunited with friends and family.
Science
The diminishing quantity of propellant fuel Plutonium 238 becomes a major concern for future space mission. The NASA and Department of Energy are trying their best to produce Pu-238.
Space
Elon Musk and amp;#39;s SpaceX just successfully completed their 14th Falcon 9 rocket launch, and the company has plans for another launch later this week. SpaceX and amp;#39;s ability to operate missions in quick succession will help to continue to lower costs and boost accessibility to space.
Science
Researchers have found that atmosphere was formed in moon before 4 billion years ago due to constant volcanic eruptions. The gases present there are believed to be entrapped in the ice of the moon's unlit polar regions.
Entertainment
A huge fireball lit up the sky over southwestern China when a meteoroid entered the Earths atmosphere and burst into flames. NASA data put the velocity of the fireball at 14.6 kilometers per second, generating impact energy equivalent to 540 tons of TNT as it blazed across the night sky near the border with Myanmar.
Royalty
October 2017 may be the beginning of the end of the world.
Science
The global aurora created by this solar event was much brighter than any of the previously recorded ones
Science
The first ever signal wave signal was detected in 2015
Science
James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope, will now be launched in 2019
Science
NASA and Russian space agency Roscosmos have made a joint statement to work together for the creation of a space station in the moon's orbit.
Society
Described as Plutos bladed terrain the ridges are found at high altitudes along the equatorial region. They can be several hundred feet tall, some as tall as New York City skyscrapers and have been described as one of Pluto and amp;#39;s most puzzling features.
Society
Nasas report on the summer melt mentions that temperatures have been moderate through the season, in some regions, they say, it was actually cooler than average, but the 2017 minimum ice level– the amount of ice that remains in the Arctic Ocean after the summer melt– average is 1.58 million square kilometres less than the 1981-2010 average minimum.
Weird World
The world we all know may be ending on Sept. 23, 2017.
Society
After a year orbiting the sun, OSIRIS-REx will make a flyby of Earth in September 2017. Earth and amp;#39;s gravitational field will pull the spacecraft towards the planet where it can borrow a small amount of Earth and amp;#39;s orbital energy.
Space
The spacecrafts safe return marked the end of SpaceXs 12th resupply mission to the International Space Station
Society
The Cassini space probe plunged into Saturns atmosphere on 15 September, bringing an end to the 20-year mission that gathered vital data on Saturn.
Society
Cassini was launched on Oct. 15, 1997. Its final day is September 15, 2017.
Space
The ground telescopes from Earth will continue to provide information of Saturn and its moon Titan even though Cassini will plunge into the surface of the giant planet on September 15.
Space
NASA funded ultra-thin spacecraft termed as " Brane Craft" to capture the space wastes or debris and ignite them while returning back to Earth.