Space

‘Killer’ asteroid headed our way! When to fear space rocks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2021
On Asteroid Day, a reminder. The ones to worry about are almost never the ones in the alarmist headlines.

By David Aragorn
“Space is for everyone”: Europe’s Space Agency to hire first disabled astronaut 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 2, 2021
The European Space Agency hopes to hire and launch the world’s first physically disabled astronaut and several hundred would-be para-astronauts have already applied for the role, ESA head Josef Aschbacher told Reuters on Friday.

By David Aragorn
ESO Telescopes Observe First Light from Gravitational Wave Source 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 1, 2021
ESO’s fleet of telescopes in Chile have detected the first visible counterpart to a gravitational wave source. These historic observations suggest that this unique object is the result of the merger of two neutron stars. The cataclysmic aftermaths of this kind of merger — long-predicted events called kilonovae — disperse heavy elements such as gold and platinum throughout the Universe. This discovery, published in several papers in the journal Nature and elsewhere, also provides the strongest evidence yet that short-duration gamma-ray bursts are caused by mergers of neutron stars.

By David Aragorn
An atomic clock that could revolutionize space travel just passed its first test 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 1, 2021
The Deep Space Atomic Clock could help spacecraft reach distant destinations on their own

By David Aragorn
This moon-sized white dwarf is the smallest ever found 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 1, 2021
The dead star is also spinning extremely fast and has a powerful magnetic field

By David Aragorn
Gravitational waves reveal the first known mergers of a black hole and neutron star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2021
An elusive source of ripples in spacetime has finally been found

By David Aragorn
New type of supernova discovered by astronomers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2021
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova, or star explosion, and it provides a new window into the violent life cycle of stars. The new research, focused on supernova 2018zd, confirms a prediction made by University of Tokyo astronomer Ken’ichi Nomoto more than 40 years ago.

By David Aragorn
Giant ghostly ‘hand’ stretches through space in new X-ray views 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2021
An enormous ghostly hand stretches through the depths of space, its wispy fingers pressing against a glowing cloud.

By David Aragorn
‘Mega comet’ discovered flying into solar system: scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 28, 2021
Astronomers have reportedly discovered that a large object moving from the outer reaches of the solar system will approach as close as Saturn’s orbit in the next decade.

By David Aragorn
Tide Teams up With NASA to Help Astronauts Do Laundry in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 26, 2021
It’s one small step for stains…

By David Aragorn