Space

Space station mold survives high doses of ionizing radiation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2019
New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference in Bellevue, Wa.

By David Aragorn
No Signs of Aliens in the Closest 1,300 Stars, Hunt Funded by Russian Billionaire Reveals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2019
While the truth might be out there, technological aliens don’t seem to be — at least not yet.

By David Aragorn
Amateur Astronomers Help the Ministry of Defence Track Space Objects and Prevent Collisions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2019
Astronomers from the Basingstoke Astronomical Society are using commercially available telescopes to help the Ministry of Defence.

By David Aragorn
Space miners race to an asteroid worth quintillions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 4, 2019
Could 16 Psyche make every person on Earth a billionaire? The space mining race is heating up.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s TESS mission finds its smallest planet yet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 4, 2019
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered a world between the sizes of Mars and Earth orbiting a bright, cool, nearby star. The planet, called L 98-59b, marks the tiniest discovered by TESS to date.

By David Aragorn
Scientists conclude cigar-shaped interstellar object not an alien spaceship 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 4, 2019
After investigating the nature of a mysterious and apparently cigar-shaped object called ‘Oumuamua spotted in 2017 speeding through our solar system, astronomers remain uncertain over how to classify it, but are confident it is not an alien spaceship.

By David Aragorn
Researchers Now Say That Black Holes May Form without Collapsing Stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 3, 2019
Black holes have traditionally been believed to have formed exclusively from stellar remnants. New indirect evidence suggests otherwise.

By David Aragorn
NASA to send drone to Saturn’s moon for clues on human origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2019
NASA plans to send a drone named Dragonfly to Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan, the agency said Thursday, announcing the space agency’s latest high-profile mission to explore the solar system for clues on humanity’s origins. “Today I am proud to announce that our next New Frontiers mission, Dragonfly, will explore Saturn’s largest moon, Titan,” NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said in a video teleconference.

By David Aragorn
This was the moment a car-size asteroid exploded above Puerto Rico 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2019
Such an explosion has energy equivalent to more than 6,000 tonnes of TNT

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Snap Thermal Images of Uranian Ring System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2019
The rings of the ice giant Uranus are invisible to all but the largest telescopes — they weren’t even discovered until 1977. However, they are surprisingly bright in the new thermal images taken by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The new images allowed astronomers for the first time to measure the temperature of rings particles: minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 196 degrees Celsius).

By David Aragorn