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‘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
Mars helicopter photographs Mars rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 30, 2021
The American space agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has photographed the Perseverance rover.

By David Aragorn