Space

Astronomers have spotted a new type of storm on Saturn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 29, 2019
The tempests are larger than other squalls but smaller than massive Great White Spots

By David Aragorn
It’s an asteroid! No, it’s the new smallest dwarf planet in our solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 29, 2019
A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet — which could make it the smallest in the solar system — after new research revealed it’s shape, astronomers said on Monday.

By David Aragorn
Settlement or Colonization in Space, Which One Is More Humanistic?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 28, 2019
In the future, we’re expected to have sites on other planets, and the conflict about it is that if they should be called settlement or colonization.

By David Aragorn
SOFIA Spots Debris from Catastrophic Collision between Two Rocky Exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 26, 2019
Astronomers using NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have observed an unusually warm, dusty debris disk around BD +20 307, a binary star system located 300 light-years away in the constellation of Aries. Their results suggest that an extreme collision between two rocky planetary bodies is the most likely origin for the warm dust in the BD +20 307 system.

By David Aragorn
Strontium is the first heavy element detected from a neutron star merger 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 26, 2019
The find supports the idea that these smashups create many of the elements heavier than iron

By David Aragorn
Nasa planet hunting spacecraft starts looking for aliens as part of new project 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 26, 2019
‘We’re looking forward to working together as we try to answer one of the most profound questions about our place in the universe: Are we alone?’

By David Aragorn
Mystery Moon ‘gel’ revealed in new photograph 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 25, 2019
China has published a new image showing the strange substance found by Yutu-2 on the dark side of the Moon.

By David Aragorn
A collision of neutron stars created a fireworks element in space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2019
Two years ago astronomers for the first time observed the collision of two neutron stars, which created gravitational waves and light and created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead. These elements were scattered across the universe in a kilonova — similar to a supernova — after the initial fireball.

By David Aragorn
Jeff Bezos Unveils Blue Origin’s Dream Team to Land NASA Astronauts on the Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2019
Draper, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman join the team.

By David Aragorn
Rocket Lab plans to send small satellites to the Moon with Photon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2019
Only really, really little astronauts need apply

By David Aragorn