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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/6/21
When to see one of the best meteor showers of the year
If you can brave the early hours of the morning from Thursday onwards, you may catch one of the year's most spectacular meteor showers.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/6/21
This is more "Emergency News From The Cosmos"...
An out-of-control rocket is rapidly falling towards Earth - and we don't know where it'll hit
Space agencies are tracking the path of an out-of-control rocket as it hurtles towards Earth. Here's what we do - and don't - know about this piece of space junk.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/7/21
US military not planning to shoot down Chinese rocket that is barreling towards Earth
Weighing around 22.5 tonnes, the rocket is one of the most massive pieces of space junk to make an uncontrolled re-entry into the atmosphere - and it's expected to hit this weekend.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/10/21
The poor fishies!
China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry
BEIJING (AP) - China's space agency said a core segment of its biggest rocket reentered Earth's atmosphere above the Maldives in the Indian Ocean and that most of it burned up early Sunday. Harvard astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell, who tracked the tumbling rocket part, said on Twitter, "An ocean reentry was always statistically the most likely...
Read more from AP NEWSFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/11/21
NASA spacecraft that landed on an asteroid begins journey home
NASA's OSIRIS-REx is sealed up and heading home, having grabbed such a big scoopful of samples that the capsule jammed open for a time.
Read more from www.abc.net.auFrom: Di (amina046)
5/12/21
A longstanding Venus mystery has been cracked by a NASA sun probe
As the sun's activity waxes and wanes, so does the ionosphere of Venus, a key layer in the upper atmosphere, according to new observations that cinch a decades-old suspicion.
Read more from Space.com- Edited May 13, 2021 12:44 am by Di (amina046)
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
5/13/21
I think this one is from Grafton, NSW.
This is Applecross in Perth
From: PTG (anotherPTG)
5/13/21
Beautiful!
The nearest we have here is the wisteria and it is not quite fully out yet
