Space

Can ripples on the sun help predict solar flares?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2020
Scientists analyze sunquakes to pinpoint flare energy source, perhaps predict flare severity

By David Aragorn
A three-agent robotic system for Mars exploration 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2020
Mars, also known as the red planet, has been the focus of numerous research studies, as some of its characteristics have sparked discussions about its possible inhabitability. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a few other space agencies have thus sent a number of rovers and other spacecraft to Mars with the hope of better understanding its geology and environment.

By David Aragorn
Stellar winds hint at how planetary nebulae get their stunning shapes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2020
Red giant stars reveal that planets or even other stars may influence the shells of gas and dust

By David Aragorn
Nasa outlines plan for first woman on Moon by 2024 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2020
The US space agency (Nasa) has formally outlined its $28bn (£22bn) plan to return to the Moon by 2024.

By David Aragorn
‘Pi planet’ alien world takes 3.14 days to orbit its star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2020
The pi planet’s surface is probably too hot to support life as we know it.

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s ocean moon Enceladus has fresh ice in unexpected place 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2020
Enceladus may be even more interesting than we thought.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Find Two Massive Exoplanets in Nearby Binary System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2020
Astronomers have discovered two planets orbiting a bright dwarf star in the binary stellar system Gliese 414.

By David Aragorn
Comet discovered to have its own northern lights 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2020
An atmospheric light show previously relegated to planets and Jupiter moons is found on comet using data from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft

By David Aragorn
This is what life on Venus might look like – and how we’ll find it 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2020
The discovery of phosphine on Venus hints at life in its clouds, but finding out won’t be easy

By David Aragorn
NASA Invites Media to Launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite from West Coast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 19, 2020
Media accreditation is open for the launch of the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite, an international collaboration between NASA and several partners. This is the first of two identical satellites to be launched sequentially to continue observations of sea level change for at least the next decade. The spacecraft is targeted for liftoff Nov. 10 at 2:31 p.m. EST (11:31 a.m. PST) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California.

By David Aragorn