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Exiled Asteroid Discovered in Outer Reaches of Solar System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 9, 2018
ESO telescopes find first confirmed carbon-rich asteroid in Kuiper Belt

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find exoplanet atmosphere free of clouds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 9, 2018
Scientists have detected an exoplanet atmosphere that is free of clouds, marking a pivotal breakthrough in the quest for greater understanding of the planets beyond our solar system.

By David Aragorn
Lakes on the moon? Boffins think they’ve found the evidence 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 9, 2018
Watery remains of meteorites could be trapped in craters

By David Aragorn
Scientists Have Figured Out When And How Our Sun Will Die, And It’s Going to Be Epic 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 8, 2018
Too bad humans won’t be around to see it.

By David Aragorn
UK developing options for satellite system to rival EU’s Galileo 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2018
Prime Minister Theresa May has asked experts to look into options for a British satellite navigation system to rival the European Union’s Galileo project amid a row over attempts to restrict Britain’s access to sensitive information after Brexit.

By David Aragorn
Proof of ‘Planet Nine’ May Be Sewn into Medieval Tapestries 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2018
The far reaches of the outer solar system may be home to an icy giant — a hypothetical planet scientists have dubbed “Planet Nine.”

By David Aragorn
Mining asteroids could unlock untold wealth – here’s how to get started 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2018
Several privately funded space companies are locked in a race to claim the trillions of pounds worth of precious metals thought to exist in asteroids. The UK has now entered the race, with the Asteroid Mining Corporation becoming the first of these new firms in the country.

By David Aragorn
NASA sending robotic geologist to Mars to dig super deep 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2018
Six years after last landing on Mars, NASA is sending a robotic geologist to dig deeper than ever before to take the planet’s temperature.

By David Aragorn
SUNSPOTS VANISHING FASTER THAN EXPECTED 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 2, 2018
Sunspots are becoming scarce. Very scarce. So far in 2018 the sun has been blank almost 60% of the time, with whole weeks going by without sunspots.

By David Aragorn
NASA Reveals New Results from Galileo’s Historic Flyby of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 2, 2018
On June 27, 1996, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft made humanity’s first flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon, discovering that it is the only moon known to possess an internally generated magnetic field.

By David Aragorn