Space

How tardigrades protect their DNA to defy death 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 11, 2019
A ‘fluffy cloud’ of protein shields water bears’ DNA from radiation, drying and other damage

By David Aragorn
Tiny walking rover bound for the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 11, 2019
A lunar rover which will explore the moon on foot in 2021 was unveiled in London on Thursday.

By David Aragorn
A DOUBLE GIGANTIC JET 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
Since sprites were discovered in the late 1980s, researchers have photographed thousands of the strange upward-reaching lightning bolts. Their oversized cousins, Gigantic Jets, are far more rare. Only dozens have been photographed. It is no wonder, then, that observers are still seeing new behaviors in this type of powerful “super sprite.” On Oct. 2nd, photographer Frankie Lucena may have recorded the first example of a “double Gigantic Jet.”

By David Aragorn
Ten years after ‘suicide’ mission, NASA thirsts for lunar water 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
A decade after NASA sent a rocket crashing into the moon’s south pole, spewing a plume of debris that revealed vast reserves of ice beneath the barren lunar surface, the space agency is racing to pick up where its little-remembered project left off.

By David Aragorn
Saturn overtakes Jupiter as host to most moons in solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2019
The gas giant has 82 moons, surpassing the 79 known to orbit its larger neighbour

By David Aragorn
Nobel prize in physics awarded to cosmology and exoplanet researchers 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 9, 2019
James Peebles laid foundation for modern cosmology while Swiss pair found first exoplanet

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2019
If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA’s Curiosity rover.

By David Aragorn
First meat grown in space lab 248 miles from Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 9, 2019
Israeli company successfully cultures bovine cells on International Space Station

By David Aragorn
NASA Wants To Land On Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 8, 2019
The top priority of a robotic lander mission to Jupiter’s potentially life-supporting moon Europa should be investigating the composition and chemistry of its subsurface ocean, scientists say.

By David Aragorn
NASA Ocean Monitoring Mission Ends After 11 Years 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 8, 2019
Data will still be gathered by the satellite’s successor.

By David Aragorn