101: Water Discovered on Asteroid Bennu

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*Water discovered on asteroid Bennu

New data from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has found evidence of water locked inside the clays on the asteroid Bennu.

*Adelaide to host Australia’s Space Agency

The Federal Government has chosen the South Australian capital of Adelaide as home for Australia’s new Space Agency.

*Russian spacewalkers gather evidence over the Soyuz capsule air leak

Cosmonauts have undertaken a marathon seven hour 45 minute spacewalk gathering evidence for the Russian Federal Space Agency’s investigation into the cause of a hole drilled into the hull of a Soyuz capsule.

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 *Green comet 46P/Wirtanen now on show

Amateur astronomers are being treated to two great spectacles in the night skies at the moment.

The Geminids meteor shower and the spectacular fuzzy green comet 46P/Wirtanen.

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*2019 SkyGuide

The transit of Mercury, the lunar occultation of Saturn and a partial Lunar eclipse are down as some of the astronomical highlights sky watchers can expect in 2019.

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