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All Galaxies Take a Billion Years to Rotate. Which Is Really Cool, and Totally Weird.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Big or small, dense or empty, it’s one thing they all share.

By David Aragorn
This Space Junk Removal Experiment Will Harpoon & Net Debris in Orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
The first experiment designed to demonstrate active space-debris removal in orbit has just reached the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.

By David Aragorn
X-rays could sterilize alien planets in (otherwise) habitable zones 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Intense radiation could strip away the ozone layer of Earth-like planets around other stars and render them uninhabitable, according to a new study.

By David Aragorn
Black Hole Sun: Scientists Theorize an Object That’s Part Neutron Star, Part Black Hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2018
Quantum weirdness FTW.

By David Aragorn
This Is (Probably) the Only Way Dark Matter Interacts with Ordinary Matter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2018
Dark matter has led scientists on a bit of a wild goose chase lately.

By David Aragorn
Gravitational waves created by black holes in the cenetr of most galaxies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2018
Gravitational waves may be forged in the heart of the galaxy, says a new study led by PhD student Joseph Fernandez at Liverpool John Moores University. He sets out the work in a presentation on 3rd April at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Liverpool.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Surprised by Relentless Cosmic Cold Front 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 7, 2018
This winter has brought many intense and powerful storms, with cold fronts sweeping across much of the United States. On a much grander scale, astronomers have discovered enormous “weather systems” that are millions of light years in extent and older than the Solar System.

By David Aragorn
South Korea university demonstrates people-carrying robot 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 7, 2018
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology demonstrates a robot designed for rescue missions or helping people with disabilities.

By David Aragorn
Is the Milky Way getting bigger?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 7, 2018
The galaxy we inhabit, the Milky Way, may be getting even bigger, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe – with David Tong 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- April 6, 2018
According to our best theories of physics, the fundamental building blocks of matter are not particles, but continuous fluid-like substances known as ‘quantum fields’. David Tong explains what we know about these fields, and how they fit into our understanding of the Universe.

By David Aragorn

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