The Most Amazing Space Stories This Week!

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The Week's Top Space Stories

Satellites are monitoring Hurricane Florence, NASA's new mission will study the thinning ice sheets in Antarctica, a newfound exoplanet may answer questions about mid-sized worlds and experts say a Space Force might cause more problems than it solves. These are just some of this week's top stories from Space.com.

Preparing for Hurricane Florence

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Preparing for Hurricane Florence

Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as Hurricane Florence, a Category 2 storm as of Sept. 13, approached landfall on the eastern coast of the United States. The National Hurricane Center expects portions of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia to be affected by potentially life-threatening rainfall. Satellites are closely monitoring Florence's structure and path. [Full Story: Hurricane Florence Makes Its Way Toward North Carolina]

[See Also: Watch Hurricane Florence Churn Toward the East Coast in NASA and NOAA GIFs]

Spot Comet 21P this month!

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Spot Comet 21P this month!

This September, set your gaze skyward and look for a bright comet whose orbit Jupiter captured. Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner will be visible by binoculars, but it will be easier to enjoy with a small telescope. [Full Story: A Bright Green Comet Will Grace September's Skies]

Thinning ice sheets are focus of new mission

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Thinning ice sheets are focus of new mission

NASA plans to launch the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 spacecraft this weekend. The satellite is designed to travel over a thousand orbital paths every 3 months and retrace its steps to take incredibly precise measurements of ice sheet depth with bright-green laser beams. [Full Story: How NASA Will Use a Space Laser to Measure Earth's Thinning Ice Sheets]]

Was there water on a young Earth?

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This Week's Top Space Stories!

The Week's Top Space Stories

Preparing for Hurricane Florence

Preparing for Hurricane Florence

Spot Comet 21P this month!

Spot Comet 21P this month!

Thinning ice sheets are focus of new mission

Thinning ice sheets are focus of new mission

Was there water on a young Earth?