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Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 5714 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2018
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 5714.

By David Aragorn
Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 27, 2018
When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. What happens if gravity is no longer part of the equation?

By David Aragorn
NASA Can Use Paint To Save Earth From Asteroid Impact 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 26, 2018
Asteroid Bennu, a space rock the size of the Empire State Building, is expected to fly by close to Earth in 2135.

By David Aragorn
Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Evolve and Change 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2018
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has detected recent changes in Ceres’ surface, revealing that the dwarf planet is a dynamic planetary body that continues to evolve and change. The results are published in two papers in the journal Science Advances.

By David Aragorn
Rare metals on Mars and Earth implicate colossal impacts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2018
New research has revealed that a giant impact on Mars more than four billion years ago would explain the unusual amount of “iron loving” elements in the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
A star disturbed the comets of the solar system in prehistory 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
New evidences of the passage of the Scholz’s star

By David Aragorn
Now Russia wants to nuke threatening asteroids, too 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to use nuclear weapons to divert an incoming asteroid, and now Russian researchers are singing a very similar tune.

By David Aragorn
‘Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
New research finds that ‘Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.

By David Aragorn
Nasa’s plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
If the asteroid Bennu collided with Earth, it would have an impact 80,000 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

By David Aragorn
Mars’ oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars’ putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed several hundred million years earlier and were not as deep as once thought.

By David Aragorn