Space

Nasa Mars rover: Perseverance robot launches to detect life on Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 1, 2020
The US space agency’s Perseverance robot has left Earth on a mission to try to detect life on Mars.

By David Aragorn
The physics of solar flares could help scientists predict imminent outbursts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 31, 2020
Large outbursts of radiation from the sun can damage infrastructure on Earth

By David Aragorn
Is there lyfe on Mars? New concept broadens search for alien organisms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 31, 2020
Research suggests standard definition of life may be too restrictive for complexities of space

By David Aragorn
The race to Mars: Why the U.S., China and the UAE are all blasting off to the red planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2020
An armada of exploration brings orbiters, rovers and a helicopter. While Mars may be some time away from human visitors, its robot population continues to swell

By David Aragorn
Why NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Uses Nuclear Energy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2020
Radioactive plutonium is crucial for keeping this and other power-hungry deep-space missions warm and working for years on end

By David Aragorn
NASA Announces The Next Astronauts To Fly On SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Spacecraft In 2021 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 30, 2020
NASA has announced the astronauts that will fly on the third crewed SpaceX mission, revealing a multi-national crew of four that will travel to the International Space Station (ISS).

By David Aragorn
Martian dreams: Mars probe part of Alberta scientist’s childhood dream 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 29, 2020
A Canadian scientist says helping NASA with a mission to Mars to look for signs of life is the fulfillment of a childhood dream.

By David Aragorn
A black hole circling a wormhole would emit weird gravitational waves 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 29, 2020
Hypothetical tunnels in spacetime could show up in LIGO and Virgo data

By David Aragorn
Mysterious meteorites came from an asteroid with a liquid metal core 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2020
Most meteorites that fall to Earth belong to one of two broad groups – there are rocky ones, and there are metallic ones that were once molten iron. But one puzzling group of meteorites appears to belong to both camps at once, and now scientists have determined that the parent body had a rocky shell and a liquid metal core, which likely generated a strong magnetic field.

By David Aragorn
Nasa Mars rover: How Perseverance will hunt for signs of past life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 28, 2020
Nasa’s Perseverance rover, due to launch to Mars this summer, will search an ancient crater lake for signs of past life. But if biology ever emerged on the Red Planet, how will scientists recognise it? Here, deputy project scientist Ken Williford explains what they’re looking for.

By David Aragorn