Space

Scientists still can’t agree on the universe’s expansion rate 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2019
A new study leaves the puzzle of the Hubble constant unresolved

By David Aragorn
ESA confirms asteroid will miss Earth in 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2019
Asteroid 2006 QV89, a small object 20 to 50 metres in diameter, was in the news lately because of a very small, one-in-7000 chance of impact with Earth on 9 September 2019.

By David Aragorn
‘Wonderful Feeling to Be Back.’ Astronaut Michael Collins Returns to Apollo 11 Launch Site on 50th Anniversary 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 17, 2019
Michael Collins revisited the exact site of the historic 1969 launch to the moon Tuesday precisely 50 years after his famous mission alongside fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

By David Aragorn
Catch These Events Celebrating Apollo 11 Moon Landing’s 50th Anniversary 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 16, 2019
Get these moon landing celebrations on your calendar for this summer!

By David Aragorn
India’s space agency cancels mission to moon just one hour before launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 16, 2019
Officials say ‘technical snag’ observed in launch system with countdown already well under way

By David Aragorn
Scientists work out way to make Mars surface fit for farming 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2019
Aerogel sheet mimics Earth’s greenhouse effect and could help to create fertile oases

By David Aragorn
Hayabusa2 stirs up rubble on surface of Ryugu, pokes asteroid with sampling horn 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 13, 2019
Second successful excursion for JAXA boffins

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover a black hole that shouldn’t exist 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
This supermassive black hole weighs approximately 250 million times more than the Sun

By David Aragorn
Japan’s Hayabusa2 touches down on asteroid again, collects first-ever subsurface samples 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
The space probe Hayabusa2 successfully touched down for the second time on the asteroid Ryugu, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said Thursday, adding that it believes subsurface samples have been collected for the first-ever time.

By David Aragorn
Hubble spots black hole surrounded by material that shouldn’t be there 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2019
The Hubble Space Telescope, which is operated by NASA and the ESA, is fantastic for spotting objects residing in the distant reaches of space. Black holes, which are impossible to actually see, give their position away thanks to the galaxies that often surround them, but a new survey has revealed a black hole with a disc of material that, according to what we think we know about black holes, shouldn’t even be there.

By David Aragorn