Space

December’s stunning Geminid meteor shower is born from a humble asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
How does a space rock make such an impressive display of shooting stars?

By David Aragorn
China successfully lands spacecraft on moon to retrieve lunar rocks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
China successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon’s surface on Tuesday in a historic mission to retrieve lunar surface samples, Chinese state media reported.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers spotted colliding neutron stars that may have formed a magnetar 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 3, 2020
A recent stellar flash may have signaled the birth of a highly magnetic, spinning stellar corpse

By David Aragorn
Black holes may not exist, but fuzzballs might, wild theory suggests 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
Black holes are, by far, the most mysterious objects in the universe. They are objects in the cosmos where all of our knowledge of physics completely breaks down.

By David Aragorn
We’re Coming for the Asteroids. Are the Asteroids Coming for Us?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
At least eight asteroid missions are underway or coming soon, a recogntion of these objects’ scientific fascination—and their potential danger.

By David Aragorn
Australian scientists map millions of galaxies with new telescope 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
Australian scientists say they have mapped a million new galaxies using an advanced telescope in the desert.

By David Aragorn
Galaxy survives a ravenous black hole by birthing 100 stars a year 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 2, 2020
The most active type of black holes are believed to consume so much material surrounding them that they could eventually eliminate their entire host galaxy. The process of consuming matter around the black hole is intense enough that, in some instances, it creates a highly energetic object called a quasar that is one of the brightest objects in the universe. Researchers have discovered a galaxy that survives the ravenous black hole at its center by creating new stars.

By David Aragorn
Runaway stars may create the mysterious ultraviolet glow around some galaxies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- December 1, 2020
The bright, young stars are located in regions where gas is too tenuous for new stars to form

By David Aragorn
Betelgeuse went dark, but didn’t go supernova. What happened?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 30, 2020
The bright star’s great dimming may have been a big dust burp

By David Aragorn
ESA Is Going To Spend $102 Million To Remove a Single Piece of Space Junk 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 28, 2020
How much would you be willing to spend to remove a piece of space debris? Does $102 million sound like enough? That is how much a contract between the European Space Agency (ESA) and a Swiss start-up named ClearSpace SA is worth, and the entire contract is to simply remove a single piece of space debris.

By David Aragorn