Space

Merging magnetic blobs fuel the sun’s huge plasma eruptions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2019
Before coronal mass ejections, plasma shoots up, breaks apart and then comes together again.

By David Aragorn
Physicists Use Seven-Qubit Quantum Computer to Simulate Scrambling inside Black Holes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 8, 2019
A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute, the University of Maryland, the University of California Berkeley and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics has implemented a test for quantum scrambling, a chaotic shuffling of the information stored among a collection of quantum particles. The team’s experiment, carried out on a group of seven ions, demonstrated a new way to distinguish between scrambling and true information loss.

By David Aragorn
Canada’s long-awaited space strategy emphasizes AI, EO and deep-space robotics 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2019
The Canadian government unveiled Wednesday its long awaited national space strategy, focusing on artificial intelligence, deep-space robotic systems, Earth-observation capabilities and searching for new ventures with the European Space Agency.

By David Aragorn
Pluto and Charon’s Ancient Craters Indicate Deficit of Very Small Kuiper Belt Objects 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2019
Collisions between bodies in our Solar System produce impact craters on large objects at a rate that depends on the population of impacting small bodies. By mapping the scars of ancient impacts on the surfaces of Pluto and its moon Charon, planetary researchers have discovered a surprising lack of very small objects (from 300 feet to 1 mile, or 91 m to 1.6 km, in diameter) in the Kuiper Belt.

By David Aragorn
Israel’s first moon mission spacecraft sends back selfie 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2019
Image shows part of Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in background

By David Aragorn
Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a Johns Hopkins study that used a new understanding of rock fracture and a new computer modeling method to simulate asteroid collisions.

By David Aragorn
Ancient Mars Had Planet-Wide Groundwater System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
Observations by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter show evidence of an ancient planet-wide groundwater system on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule that has docked on the ISS 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
A new astronaut capsule, which launched on Saturday from Florida on a Falcon rocket, has successfully guided itself into the International Space Station using computers and sensors.

By David Aragorn
Mars Rover Resumes Science Mission After Computer Glitch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
It’s a massive undertaking to get a rover to the surface of Mars, so NASA designs its robots to last for at least a couple of months. Luckily, most of them operate for much longer. Opportunity was recently declared lost after 15 years on the red planet. Curiosity is still going strong after more than

By David Aragorn
3 explanations for ‘Oumuamua that aren’t alien spaceships 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
Possibilities for the interstellar object include a fluffy fractal and a comet skeleton

By David Aragorn