Space

Ultima Thule may be a frankenworld 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2019
Astronomers are closer to uncovering the distant space rock’s origin story

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Surprise Discovery on Bennu Just Changed What We Know About Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2019
A shock discovery is in from Bennu. The NASA spacecraft analysing the asteroid has observed it shooting out plumes of dust that surround it in a dusty haze – a phenomenon we’ve never seen in an asteroid before.

By David Aragorn
‘Unseen’ Meteor That Exploded Over Bering Sea Caught on Camera After All 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 26, 2019
A meteor that snuck by the world’s telescopes and exploded over the Bering Sea was caught on camera after all.

By David Aragorn
Astronauts work on ISS power upgrades in first spacewalk of 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2019
NASA astronauts Nick Hague, pictured top, and Anne McClain spent more than six and a half hours outside the International Space Station on March 22, 2019.

By David Aragorn
Big Questions About Small Worlds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2019
Scientists who study the solar system tend to ask big questions: How was our solar system formed? Where did the building blocks of life come from? What hazards from above threaten life on our planet? To find answers, they’re looking more and more at small worlds.

By David Aragorn
Planet Venus: Hopes rise of new mission to the hothouse world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2019
The longstanding idea that Venus is geologically dead is a “myth”, scientists say.

By David Aragorn
Evidence of ice age at Martian north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2019
Using radar data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team found evidence of an ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars. Ice ages on Mars are driven by processes similar to those responsible for ice ages on Earth, that is, long-term cyclical changes in the planet’s orbit and tilt, which affect the amount of solar radiation it receives at each latitude.

By David Aragorn
China shares stunning new moon photos with the world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2019
China has released hundreds of images of the moon, taken by its Chang’e 3 lander and its companion rover, Yutu. It’s been 50 years since the first lunar photos were taken by astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. China is the third nation to land on the Moon, with the USA and the USSR preceding them.

By David Aragorn
Japan to make crater on asteroid to get underground samples 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2019
This Sept. 23, 2018 image captured by Rover-1B, and provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

By David Aragorn
US detects huge meteor explosion 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2019
A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere in December, according to Nasa.

By David Aragorn