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More hints of Martian hot springs may hold promise for Mars 2020 mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 27, 2017
One potential landing site appears to have ridges that hint at past hydrothermal activity

By David Aragorn
Why NASA is freezing the Hubble Space Telescope’ s successor ahead of 2018 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2017
The super-sized successor to NASA’s legendary Hubble Space Telescope is more than a year away from deploying its massive two-storey tall, gold-plated mirrors in the harshness of deep space. That’s why scientists are busy freezing the US$9 billion, 6,200 kilogram spacecraft to see if they can break it here on Earth.

By David Aragorn
MASSIVE EXPLOSION ON THE FARSIDE OF THE SUN 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2017
On Sunday July 23rd, a spectacular CME emerged from the farside of the sun.

By David Aragorn
Ancient, massive asteroid impact could explain Martian geological mysteries 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2017
The origin and nature of Mars is mysterious. It has geologically distinct hemispheres, with smooth lowlands in the north and cratered, high-elevation terrain in the south. The red planet also has two small oddly-shaped oblong moons and a composition that sets it apart from that of the Earth.

By David Aragorn
Ross 128: Mystery Radio Signals Detected From Red Dwarf Star Just 11 Light-Years Away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2017
Scientists have discovered mystery signals coming from a star 11 light-years away. The “very peculiar” pulses appear to be unique to the red dwarf, scientists say, with observations of similar nearby stars showing no similar behavior.

By David Aragorn
There’s a compelling reason scientists think we’ve never found aliens, and it suggests humans are already going extinct 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2017
Unchecked climate change would eventually lead to widespread devastation on Earth.

By David Aragorn
Space sound waves around Earth: Electrons whistle while they work?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2017
NASA’s Van Allen Probes have observed a new population of space sound waves, called plasmaspheric hiss, which are important in removing high-energy particles from around Earth that can damage satellites.

By David Aragorn
NASA just discovered the first food source for potential aliens 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2017
Searching for aliens is a tricky business. Most likely, the first alien life we discover will be hidden beneath miles of ocean on a distant world like Jupiter’s moon Europa or Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

By David Aragorn
Planets like Earth may have had muddy origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2017
Scientists have long held the belief that planets — including Earth — were built from rocky asteroids, but new research challenges that view.

By David Aragorn
There Might Be 100 Billion Brown Dwarfs in the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2017
A new study of a nearby cluster of newly formed stars reveals that brown dwarfs may rival stars in the Milky Way in number, with one brown dwarf for every two bona fide stars.

By David Aragorn