Space

About 17,000 Big Near-Earth Asteroids Remain Undetected: How NASA Could Spot Them 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
Humanity needs to step up its asteroid-hunting game.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Juno Mission Provides Infrared Tour of Jupiter’s North Pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 16, 2018
Scientists working on NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter shared a 3-D infrared movie depicting densely packed cyclones and anticyclones that permeate the planet’s polar regions, and the first detailed view of a dynamo, or engine, powering the magnetic field for any planet beyond Earth.

By David Aragorn
Planetary nurseries are far more varied and beautiful than we expected 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 12, 2018
Planets are basically just giant dust bunnies.

By David Aragorn
What is Alpha Centauri hiding? Searches for Earth-like planets ramp up around our nearest stellar neighbor 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2018
Alpha Centauri, a three-star system just 4 light-years away that is the sun’s nearest neighbor, ought to be a great place to look for Earth-like planets. But last week, at a meeting of the European Astronomical Society (EAS) here, astronomers lamented the way the system has thwarted discovery efforts so far—and announced new efforts to probe it.

By David Aragorn
This is the COOLEST! Everything that’s Orbiting the Earth Right Now 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2018
Okay, if you’ve got some spare time, check out this amazing website called Stuff in Space. It’s a simulation of every satellite (alive or dead), space station, and large piece of space junk orbiting the Earth right now.

By David Aragorn
Two asteroid missions will help shape the economy of the 21st century 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 11, 2018
Later in 2018, two robotic probes, launched by NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will each reach separate asteroids.

By David Aragorn
Researchers Find Evidence of Thousands of Black Holes in the Center of Our Galaxy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
New research finds potentially thousands of black holes orbiting within a few light-years of the galactic center.

By David Aragorn
All Galaxies Take a Billion Years to Rotate. Which Is Really Cool, and Totally Weird.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Big or small, dense or empty, it’s one thing they all share.

By David Aragorn
This Space Junk Removal Experiment Will Harpoon & Net Debris in Orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
The first experiment designed to demonstrate active space-debris removal in orbit has just reached the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.

By David Aragorn
X-rays could sterilize alien planets in (otherwise) habitable zones 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study.

By David Aragorn