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NASA Selects Next Generation Spectrometer for SOFIA Flying Observatory
http://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-selects-next-generation-spectrometer-for-sofia-flying-observatory
A team from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has been selected to develop a new,
third-generation facility science instrument for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA.

The principal investigator, Samuel Harvey Moseley will lead the team to develop the High Resolution Mid-InfrarEd Spectrometer (HIRMES).
The team consists of co-investigators from Space Dynamics Lab, Precision Cryogenic Systems, Inc., University of Michigan, University of
Maryland, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Johns Hopkins University, Space Telescope Science Institute, Cornell University and
University of Rochester.

Space in Images - 2016 - 09 - Mercury Transfer Module with integrated ion thrusters
http://www.esa.int/...einimages/Images/2016/09/Mercury_Transfer_Module_with_integrated_ion_thrusters
The base of ESA’s Mercury Transfer Module with its four T6 ion thrusters fully fitted for its 6.5 year journey to Mercury,
along with the rest of the BepiColombo spacecraft. The module will carry Europe’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter and Japan’s
Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter together to the Sun’s innermost planet.

Why It’s So Hard To Find The Next Earth, Even If You’re Looking Right At It | FiveThirtyEight
http://fivethirtyeight.com/...-its-so-hard-to-find-the-next-earth-even-if-youre-looking-right-at-it/

Astronomers observe outburst of comet 15P/Finlay
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-astronomers-outburst-comet-15pfinlay.html
A Jupiter-family comet, designated 15P/Finlay, has experienced two large-scale outbursts during its perihelion passage at the end of 2014
and the start of 2015. The latter was observed by a team of astronomers, led by Masateru Ishiguro of the Seoul National University in South Korea,
offering a rare glimpse into the physical properties of cometary nuclei. The results of these observations are published Sept. 3 on the arXiv server.

Titan's Dunes and Other Features Emerge in New Images
By Preston Dyches, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Titan's Dunes and Other Features Emerge in New Images
https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2933/titans-dunes-and-other-features-emerge-in-new-images/

The Milky Way’s Heart May Have Stopped Forming Stars | IFLScience
http://www.iflscience.com/space/the-milky-ways-heart-may-have-stopped-forming-stars/
The closer you get to the center of the galaxy, the more crowded it becomes with stars, at least until reaching the black hole at its core.
However, a survey of the Milky Way’s inner reaches suggests there is a near-complete shortage of young stars around the central hub, throwing
a major query into our view of galactic evolution, and how things may one day look.

Cepheid variables are an exceptionally valuable tool in understanding the universe. These supergiant stars pulse in brightness on a regular
cycle related to how much light they emit on average. By measuring the length of a Cepheid’s cycle, it is possible to work out how bright
it truly is, enabling us to determine its distance. This property has allowed us to measure the scale of our own and nearby galaxies.

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/sa-visual/visualizing-hurricanes/

Solar System Exploration
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/galleries/juno-how-do-jupiter-and-earth-compare

Dust devil for 2 minutes at MSFC construction site
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrIe4ALYHRE

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Scientists Discover What Extraordinary Compounds May Be Hidden Inside Uranus and Neptune
http://www.astrowatch.net/2016/09/scientists-discover-what-extraordinary.html

Through the looking glass: a look down a TESS camera barrel at MIT Lincoln Laboratory:

http://physicsworld.com/...st-stars-and-galaxies-are-not-as-old-as-we-thought-say-planck-astronomers
The dark ages of the universe were nearing their end 700 million years after the Big Bang, which is 150 million years later than previous measurements indicated.
That is the conclusion according to astronomers who have analysed data from the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft. The research provides important
information about when the first stars and galaxies formed in the early universe.

The first billion years of cosmic history are shrouded in mystery. This shroud began to lift when ultraviolet light from the first stars and galaxies ionized
the fog of neutral hydrogen gas that filled the universe. This time period is known as the epoch of reionization and was more or less complete about 12.9 billion
years ago, or about 900 million years after the Big Bang. However, exactly when reionization began has long been a source of debate amongst astronomers.

Massive holes 'punched' through a trail of stars likely caused by dark matter
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-massive-holes-trail-stars-dark.html
The discovery of two massive holes punched through a stream of stars could help answer
questions about the nature of dark matter, the mysterious substance holding galaxies together.

Researchers have detected two massive holes which have been 'punched' through a stream of stars just outside the Milky Way,
and found that they were likely caused by clumps of dark matter, the invisible substance which holds galaxies together and
makes up a quarter of all matter and energy in the universe.

The scientists, from the University of Cambridge, found the holes by studying the distribution of stars in the Milky Way.
While the clumps of dark matter that likely made the holes are gigantic in comparison to our Solar System – with a mass between
one million and 100 million times that of the Sun – they are actually the tiniest clumps of dark matter detected to date.

The search for alien life is getting bigger, weirder and more contentious
https://www.spaceandintelligence.com/...or-alien-life-is-getting-bigger-weirder-and-more-contentious

Weird Star System Scientist Have Been Checking For Aliens Just Got Weirder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhuAeokbwRs

Record-holding US astronaut and two Russians return to Earth
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-record-holding-astronaut-russians-earth.html