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How the Full Moon briefly vanished, nearly a thousand years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2021
On this day in weather history, an extremely rare ‘dark’ lunar eclipse occurred on the 5th of May, in the year 1110, but how?

By David Aragorn
‘Out-of-control’ Chinese rocket falling to Earth could partially survive re-entry 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2021
Long March 5B is doing 27,600km/h in failing orbit, with eventual crash site unknown, after launching space station hub

By David Aragorn
How long is the solar system’s longest day? Venus has the answer.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 5, 2021
Data obtained by bouncing radio waves off Venus – treating it, as one scientist said, like a giant disco ball – is providing new insight into Earth’s closest planetary neighbor, including a precise calculation of the duration of a Venusian day.

By David Aragorn
Two Huge Asteroids to Zip Past Earth This Week 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 4, 2021
It’s a big week for big asteroids as two huge space rocks at least the size of football fields—but potentially much bigger—are due to make a close approach to Earth.

By David Aragorn
How did you spend your week? NASA pretended to crash an asteroid into Earth.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 4, 2021
More than a year into a very real crisis, experts gathered virtually to confront a second emergency, a potential asteroid impact — but this disaster, fortunately, was entirely hypothetical.

By David Aragorn
Life could be hiding deep under Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2021
With enough water, underground Mars rocks could support microbial life, a new study says.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter’s mission with Perseverance has been extended 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2021
The Ingenuity helicopter proved it could fly on Mars. Now it has loftier goals. Having passed all its original engineering tests, the tiny spacecraft will now begin a new job, supporting the Perseverance rover in its science mission.

By David Aragorn
How the most distant object ever made by humans is spending its dying days 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2021
Voyager 1 continues to observe the farthest corners of the solar system—but it may not for long.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Perseverance rover split CO2 to make breathable air on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2021
The experiment also shows that astronauts can make rocket fuel for their trip back to Earth

By David Aragorn
Astronomers release new all-sky map of Milky Way’s outer reaches 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2021
The highlight of the new chart is a wake of stars, stirred up by a small galaxy set to collide with the Milky Way. The map could also offer a new test of dark matter theories.

By David Aragorn