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Antarctic ozone hole has closed in near-record time for 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2019
Seeing the ozone hole permanently vanish won’t be for another decade, but for 2019, it has sealed itself up in near-record time

By David Aragorn
Earth was on the other side of the galaxy when dinosaurs reigned 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2019
Apart from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, there aren’t many connections between space and dinosaurs outside of the imagination. But that all changed when NASA research scientist Jessie Christiansen brought the two together in an animation on social media this month.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Finds Mysterious Oxygen Fluctuations on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover sniffed out an unexpected seasonal variation to the oxygen on Mars, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
TRANSIT OF MERCURY–OUT OF THIS WORLD IMAGES 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2019
Millions of people on Earth witnessed the transit of Mercury yesterday when the tiny black form of the first planet crossed the face of the sun.

By David Aragorn
Superfast star found leaving Milky Way at 1,700km per second 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
Astronomers say S5-HVs1 ventured close to supermassive black hole before being ejected

By David Aragorn
First-Generation Stars Formed More Quickly than Previously Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas that formed just 850 million years after the Big Bang. The chemical composition of the object reveals that the first generation of stars formed quickly and enriched the Universe with the elements they synthesized.

By David Aragorn
SpaceX Launches 60 More Mini Satellites for Global Internet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s NICER Telescope Captured Massive Thermonuclear Blast Deep in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
The burst released as much energy in 20 seconds as our sun provides in 10 days.

By David Aragorn
New ESA-Assisted Experiment Grows Human Tissue in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 12, 2019
This study could lead to growing artificial blood vessels in space, ready for human surgery on Earth.

By David Aragorn
The full November beaver moon will soon be shining, along with the Taurid meteor shower 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 12, 2019
The next full moon of 2019 — nicknamed the “beaver moon” — will reach its peak Tuesday morning, Nov. 12. It is the second to last full moon on the 2019 lunar calendar and it happens to arrive when the annual Taurid meteor shower will be at its best.

By David Aragorn