Space

Rainbow meteorite discovered in Costa Rica may hold building blocks of life 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 27, 2020
It’s a good time to be a Costa Rican meteorite-hunter.

By David Aragorn
Free-Floating Exoplanets May Outnumber Stars in Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2020
Free-floating, or rogue, exoplanets — free-floating planetary-mass objects that do not orbit a star and instead travel through space — could be surprisingly common in our Milky Way Galaxy; and NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) will detect at least 250 such free-floating planets with masses down to that of Mars, according to a new paper published in the Astronomical Journal.

By David Aragorn
Ancient star explosions revealed in deep-sea sediments 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2020
A mystery surrounding the space around our solar system is unfolding thanks to evidence of supernovae found in deep-sea sediments.

By David Aragorn
Space station crew spend extra night in Russian segment as air leak investigation continues 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2020
But there’s nothing to worry about, NASA officials stressed.

By David Aragorn
Here’s The Real Truth About That ‘Election Day’ Asteroid on Its Way to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2020
If you’ve looked at the news today, you’d be forgiven for thinking a huge asteroid is on track to collide with Earth the day before the 2020 US Presidential election.

By David Aragorn
Hubble snaps close-up of celebrity comet NEOWISE 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 22, 2020
NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of comet NEOWISE, taken on Aug. 8, zero in on the visitor’s coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds its nucleus as it is heated by the Sun. This is the first time Hubble has photographed a comet of this brightness at such resolution after this close of a pass by the Sun.

By David Aragorn
Osiris-Rex mission on course for asteroid sample collection 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 22, 2020
Nasa spacecraft makes final preparations to gather material from Bennu’s surface in October

By David Aragorn
Chandra Spots High-Velocity Knots of Stellar Debris in Kepler’s Supernova Remnant 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 21, 2020
New images from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory show small knots of metal-rich debris in the remnant of Kepler’s supernova, also known as SN 1604, are moving up to 37 million km per hour (23 million mph). These are extremely high speeds for an explosion that happened over 400 years ago as seen from Earth.

By David Aragorn
Interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua could still be alien technology, new study hints 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 21, 2020
Aliens? Or a chunk of solid hydrogen? Which idea makes less sense?

By David Aragorn
In a first, astronomers spotted a space rock turning into a comet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 21, 2020
The process won’t be complete until 2063

By David Aragorn