A billion pixels, a billion stars - physicsworld.com
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/indepth/2016/sep/08/a-billion-pixels-a-billion-stars
The Gaia spacecraft is conducting the most ambitious and thorough census of our galaxy ever attempted,
gathering data on 100,000 stars every hour. With the mission’s first major data release due this month,
Gerry Gilmore and Floor van Leeuwen explain how the spacecraft works and assess its likely impact on
the field of astrophysics.

Woow! Rosetta Final Approach via Matt Taylor.

Watch Matt Taylor's Vine "@esa_rosetta #FinalApproach #JMajik"
https://vine.co/v/55EmxvBrggd

In a new paper published in Physical Review Letters, physicists Yu-Sheng Liu, David McKeen, and Gerald A. Miller at the University of Washington
in Seattle have hypothesized the existence of a new particle that looks very enticing because it could simultaneously solve two important problems:
the proton radius puzzle and a discrepancy in muon anomalous magnetic moment measurements that differ significantly from standard model predictions.

Hypothetical new particle could solve two major problems in particle physics
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-hypothetical-particle-major-problems-physics.html

Rhys v Astro!
Výzkumy v ASU AV ČR (70): Útok létajících hadů - mohou vodíkové proudy fragmentovat na izolované oblaky vodíku? | Vzdálený vesmír | Články | Astronomický informační server astro.cz
http://www.astro.cz/...icich-hadu-mohou-vodikove-proudy-fragmentovat-na-izolovane-oblaky-vodiku.html

New research shines startling light on star systems that host hundreds of black holes
Ripples in fabric of space-time? Hundreds of undiscovered black holes: New research shines startling light on star systems that host hundreds of black holes -- ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160907215155.htm

Computer simulations of a spherical collection of stars known as 'NGC 6101' reveal that it contains hundreds of black holes,
until now thought impossible. Recent observations already found black hole candidates in similar systems, with this research
enabling astrophysicists to map black holes in other clusters. These systems could be the cradle of gravitational wave emission,
'ripples' in the fabric of space-time.

The southernmost part of Pluto that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft could "see" during closest approach in July 2015
contains a range of fascinating geological features, and offers clues into what might lurk in the regions shrouded
in darkness during the flyby.

New Horizons spacecraft Image Shows Pluto’s Methane Snowcaps. Space News.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br8xhn5jads

Princeton University - Cold War-era satellite dish, restored by Princeton scientists, becomes teaching tool
https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S47/15/45G61/index.xml?section=topstories

Experimental Physics and the TIROS satellite dish
https://vimeo.com/169234610

Reconciling dwarf galaxies with dark matter
http://phys.org/news/2016-09-dwarf-galaxies-dark.html
Dwarf galaxies are enigmas wrapped in riddles. Although they are the smallest galaxies, they represent some of the biggest mysteries
about our universe. While many dwarf galaxies surround our own Milky Way, there seem to be far too few of them compared with standard
cosmological models, which raises a lot of questions about the nature of dark matter and its role in galaxy formation.

New theoretical modeling work from Andrew Wetzel, who holds a joint fellowship between Carnegie and Caltech, offers the most accurate
predictions to date about the dwarf galaxies in the Milky Way's neighborhood. Wetzel achieved this by running the highest-resolution
and most-detailed simulation ever of a galaxy like our Milky Way. His findings, published by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, help
to resolve longstanding debates about how these dwarf galaxies formed.

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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.