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https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=40902: J1407: A New Look at Old Images
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16 Oct 2018, 17:08 UTC It was back in 2012 that Eric Mamajek (University of Rochester) and team discovered a possible ring system around the star J1407 in lightcurves originally taken in 2007, spawning subsequent work with Leiden Observatory’s Matthew Kenworthy. And what a ring system it would be if confirmed. The diameter, based on the lightcurve, would be nearly 120 million kilometers. This would be a ring system nearly 200 times larger than the rings of Saturn, one containing an Earth’s mass of dust particles, and in early studies, one housing over thirty separate rings.
https://www.newscientist.com/?post_type=article&p=2182677: Alien life could spread between solar systems on interstellar rocks
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Direct link Alien life could spread between solar systems on interstellar rocks

16 Oct 2018, 13:45 UTC Researchers have calculated that living organisms may be able to hitch a ride aboard interstellar rocks to spread not only between planets, but across the galaxy
www.planetary.org-900848269: Heiligenschein Throughout the Solar System
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Direct link Heiligenschein Throughout the Solar System

16 Oct 2018, 11:00 UTC When I was scrolling through the downlinked images of Hayabusa2’s approach of asteroid Ryugu, a familiar sight caught my attention (and the attention of those who share in my niche appreciation for scattering and optical effects). It wasn’t the spacecraft’s shadow resembling a Canadian flag (though I think we appreciated that as well), but rather, a brilliant heiligenschein.
https://www.spaceanswers.com/?p=12687: Four massive planets have been discovered orbiting a distant young star
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Direct link Four massive planets have been discovered orbiting a distant young star

16 Oct 2018, 09:15 UTC Researchers have identified a young star with four Jupiter and Saturn-sized planets in orbit around it, the first time that so many massive planets have been detected in such a young system.
https://www.geekwire.com/?p=455287: Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error
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Direct link Chandra X-ray telescope is back at work: Engineers trace glitch to 3 seconds of error

16 Oct 2018, 02:40 UTC NASA’s 19-year-old Chandra X-ray Observatory has been returned to its normal pointing mode after a data glitch forced a five-day outage, NASA said today.
http://planetaria.ca/?p=30879: Construction begins on ESA’s Plato planet-hunter
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Direct link Construction begins on ESA’s Plato planet-hunter

15 Oct 2018, 22:24 UTC On October 4, 2018, the initial construction of one of the latest additions to the exoplanet-hunting family was announced – the European Space Agency’s Plato mission. The announcement was made at the 69th International Astronautical Congress in Bremen, Germany, where the new contract was signed.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/outthere/?p=3103: What "First Man" Gets Fabulously Right About NASA: An Interview with Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden
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Direct link What "First Man" Gets Fabulously Right About NASA: An Interview with Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden

14 Oct 2018, 04:41 UTC I’ll admit, I was skeptical about the director of La La Land telling the story of Neil Armstrong’s historic landing on the Moon. (Would there be songs? A scowling J.K. Simmons?) It turns out to be a synergistic pairing of artist and material. First Man brushes aside the expected saga of space cowboys saddling up their steel horses, delivering instead a moving narrative of NASA’s glory days as seen through Armstrong’s eyes.
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/?p=118473: Collision of rocket components blamed for Soyuz MS-10 abort
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Direct link Collision of rocket components blamed for Soyuz MS-10 abort

14 Oct 2018, 01:10 UTC Roscosmos has announced the initial results of its investigation into the Soyuz MS-10 launch failure. According to the agency, the emergency abort was caused by a collision of elements during the separation of Soyuz-FG rocket’s first stage.
http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/?p=118447: NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope enters safe mode
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Direct link NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope enters safe mode

12 Oct 2018, 19:30 UTC NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory entered into safe mode, according to a statement from the U.S. space agency. This comes about a week after another telescope—Hubble—entered into safe mode because of a gyroscope issue.
https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=40869: The Farthest: Voyager in Space
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Direct link The Farthest: Voyager in Space

12 Oct 2018, 16:45 UTC Can one properly represent humanity to the rest of the Milky Way galaxy with just two identical space vessels no bigger than a small school bus and two identical copies of a golden metallic long-playing (LP) record attached to the hulls of said vehicles which contain in their grooves sample images, sounds, languages, and music of their makers and their world? Our species can only hope so at this point, since the objects in question left Earth over four decades ago and are now tens of billions of miles into deep space heading in different directions through the galaxy. Although primarily planned and built to explore the planets, moons, and rings of the outer Sol system, these vessels were ultimately given another purpose and destiny preordained by their encounters with the places they were sent to. Ironically, this destiny relies on the existence of beings for whom there is as yet no evidence that they are actually out there among the stars.

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