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WATER IN METEORITES? NASA’s announcement and what it means for meteorite studies The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) made an enthralling announcement on Monday, October 26 sure to captivate the imaginations of scientists and space enthusiasts alike. The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, commonly known as SOFIA, “…confirmed, for the first time, water on […]

Triumph for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx on Asteroid Bennu What do we hope to learn from asteroid Bennu?  Incredible things happen in outer space all the time; stars explode, pulsars pump beams of radiation and radio waves into the cosmos, asteroids hurtle into other asteroids and planetary bodies, and supermassive black holes feed on entire galaxies. Most […]