Space

Spacewatch: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 targets final asteroid landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
Two target markers deployed around Ryugu ahead of lander’s planned descent next month

By David Aragorn
NASA couldn’t find India’s crashed Moon lander, and hope is fading fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
It’s now been nearly two full weeks since India’s lunar lander, Chandrayaan-2, went quiet moments before what was supposed to be a soft landing on the Moon.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 19, 2019
466 million years ago, the break-up of a large space rock may have led to major changes in our planet’s biodiversity

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole reached record brightness this year 0
- Space
- September 19, 2019
The behemoth at the center of the galaxy flared up in near-infrared wavelengths

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s Rings May Be Ancient After All 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
The age debate has taken another turn.

By David Aragorn
Titan’s Small Methane-Filled Lakes are Explosion Craters: Study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
Small methane-filled lakes on the surface of Titan were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the hazy moon’s surface, according to a new analysis of radar data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

By David Aragorn
Gravitational waves from a ringing black hole support the no-hair theorem 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
General relativity suggests the spacetime oddities can be fully described by their mass and spin

By David Aragorn
Rare metallic asteroids might have erupted molten iron 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
The metallic asteroid Psyche has mystified scientists because it is less dense than it should be, given its iron-nickel composition. Now, a new theory could explain Psyche’s low density and metallic surface.

By David Aragorn
First picture of interstellar comet ‘Borisov’ screaming through our solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 17, 2019
The alien space rock has a pronounced tail and a hyperbolic path, suggesting it comes from beyond our solar system

By David Aragorn
Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs was as strong as 10 billion atomic bombs, study says 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 16, 2019
When a colossal space rock came crashing down 66 million years ago onto what is now the Yucatan Penninsula in Mexico, it triggered widespread changes on Earth and abruptly ended the reign of the dinosaurs. Now, researchers are focusing on learning the extent of the asteroid’s destructive might and the immediate aftermath at ground zero, a location now known as the Chicxulub crater.

By David Aragorn