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‘HAMMER’ Time? Spacecraft Could Nuke Dangerous Asteroid to Defend Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2018
The next time a hazardous asteroid lines Earth up in its crosshairs, we may be ready for the threat.

By David Aragorn
NASA astronaut who spent a year in space now has different DNA from his twin 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 13, 2018
Space travel is dangerous for a lot of very obvious reasons — traveling off of Earth on a rocket has its risks, after all — but even when everything goes well it seems that a brief stay in space has the potential to alter a person’s very DNA.

By David Aragorn
NASA Saw Something Come Out Of A Black Hole For The First Time Ever 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 13, 2018
You don’t have to know a whole lot about science to know that black holes normally suck things in, not spew things out. But NASA detected something mighty bizarre at the supermassive black hole Markarian 335.

By David Aragorn
EQUINOX CRACKS IN EARTH’S MAGNETIC FIELD 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 13, 2018
The vernal equinox is less than 10 days away. That means one thing: Cracks are opening in Earth’s magnetic field.

By David Aragorn
The Arrhythmic Beating of a Black Hole Heart 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 10, 2018
At the center of the Centaurus galaxy cluster, there is a large elliptical galaxy called NGC 4696. Deeper still, there is a supermassive black hole buried within the core of this galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Finds Huge System of Dusty Material Enveloping the Young Star HR 4796A 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 10, 2018
Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to uncover a vast, complex dust structure, about 150 billion miles across, enveloping the young star HR 4796A.

By David Aragorn
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2018
Experts say it is impossible to plot where module will re-enter the atmosphere, but the chance is higher in parts of Europe, US, Australia and New Zealand

By David Aragorn
A peculiar galactic clash 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2018
Galaxies are not static islands of stars — they are dynamic and ever-changing, constantly on the move through the darkness of the Universe. Sometimes, as seen in this spectacular Hubble image of Arp 256, galaxies can collide in a crash of cosmic proportions.

By David Aragorn
ALMA and IRAM Telescopes Reveal Inner Web of Orion Nebula 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2018
New data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and the IRAM 30-m telescope have been used to create one of the largest high-resolution mosaics of a star formation region produced so far at millimeter wavelengths.

By David Aragorn
NASA Juno Findings – Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 8, 2018
Data collected by NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter indicate that the atmospheric winds of the gas-giant planet run deep into its atmosphere and last longer than similar atmospheric processes found here on Earth. The findings will improve understanding of Jupiter’s interior structure, core mass and, eventually, its origin.

By David Aragorn