Space

The potential for habitability on these exoplanets is tilting in the right direction 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 3, 2018
Life needs a stable climate.

By David Aragorn
Aliens Don’t Exist: Our Solar System Is an Anomaly, Study Claims 0
- Another Point of View, From Around the Web, Space
- July 1, 2018
All of this adds a new layer to the search for life on other planets: apart from finding planets in the “Goldilocks” area, where they are neither too far nor too close to their star….

By Claude Limberger
Precipitation explains Mars’ fluvial patterns, astronomers claim 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2018
A variety of geological patterns on Mars suggests the Red Planet once hosted water. Several of these patterns recall the fluvial steam networks found on Earth.

By David Aragorn
Mars dust storm may lead to new weather discoveries 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2018
Mars is experiencing an estimated 15.8-million-square-mile dust storm, roughly the size of North and South America. This storm may not be good news for the NASA solar-powered Opportunity rover, but one Penn State professor sees this as a chance to learn more about Martian weather.

By David Aragorn
Scientists find evidence of complex organic molecules from Enceladus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2018
Using mass spectrometry data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, scientists found that large, carbon-rich organic molecules are ejected from cracks in the icy surface of Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

By David Aragorn
Daring Japanese mission reaches unexplored asteroid Ryugu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2018
Hayabusa-2 will hover above its target and release four landing probes before touching down to collect samples to return to Earth.

By David Aragorn
Claims That NASA Has Published Dodgy Asteroid Data Just Got More Serious 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2018
We have peer review!

By David Aragorn
ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2018
New results indicate interstellar nomad `Oumuamua is a comet

By David Aragorn
Why the United States needs a Space Force 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2018
Space needs jealous advocacy. When the Chinese shot down their own satellite in 2007, Air Force and other DoD leaders were heard saying that there was no way to defend space.

By David Aragorn
Charon at 40: Four Decades of Discovery on Pluto’s Largest Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2018
The largest of Pluto’s five moons, Charon, was discovered 40 years ago today by James Christy and Robert Harrington at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona – only about six miles from where Pluto itself was discovered at Lowell Observatory. They weren’t even looking for satellites of Pluto – Christy was trying to refine Pluto’s orbit around the Sun.

By David Aragorn