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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover weighed the mountain it’s climbing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 1, 2019
Rock under the rover’s wheels is more like soil than cement, a clue to how Mount Sharp formed

By David Aragorn
What Spacecraft Will Enter Interstellar Space Next?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 31, 2019
In December 2018, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft reached interstellar space, following the example of its sister, Voyager 1. Right now, only five spacecraft have been launched capable of making such a grand exit, including the Voyagers. The remaining three are Pioneers 10 and 11, and New Horizons. Which one will be the next to make a great escape?

By David Aragorn
How to escape a black hole: Simulations provide new clues about powerful plasma jets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2019
Interplay of twisting magnetic field, ‘negative-energy’ particles

By David Aragorn
The future of space-based astronomy may depend on two large ground-based telescopes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2019
At the largest conference of astronomers in the United States, the biggest astronomy mission under development was virtually a no-show.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Find Dark Energy May Vary Over Time 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 30, 2019
A new study using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton suggests that dark energy may have varied over cosmic time, as reported in our latest press release.

By David Aragorn
Once Around the Sun! NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Aces 1st Trip Around Our Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2019
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed its first loop around the sun and entered the second of 24 planned orbits.

By David Aragorn
Where is Earth’s submoon?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2019
Planets orbit stars and moons orbit planets, so it was natural to ask if smaller moons could orbit larger ones

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Have Made a Breathtaking Image Staring Deeper Into Space Than Ever Before 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2019
A few years ago, the Hubble Space Telescope did something amazing: over the course of 841 orbits and hundreds of exposures, it imaged a tiny region of space in the constellation of Fornax, peeling back the layers of time by 13 billion years, to just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Warn of Steady Increase in Asteroid Impacts on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2019
One of the scientists involved in the study pointed out that although the number of space rocks striking earth is increasing, the probability of an asteroid strike wiping out mankind is extremely low.

By David Aragorn
Earth’s Essential Elements for Life Probably Came from Another Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 28, 2019
Planetary researchers believe that our Moon was created more than 4.4 billion years ago in a catastrophic collision between proto-Earth and a hypothetical planet-sized body known as Theia. According to new research, our planet received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and other life-essential elements from that planetary collision.

By David Aragorn