NASA’s new Mars lander is in for ‘seven minutes of terror’ on Monday0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2018
InSight will tell us about the planet’s interior, but it’s got to stick the landing first.
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ALMA’s highest frequency receiver produces its first scientific result on massive star formation0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2018
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has tuned in another new channel for signals from space.
An exploding meteor may have wiped out ancient Dead Sea communities0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 22, 2018
Archaeologists at a site in what’s now Jordan have found evidence of a cosmic calamity
Fantastic Cryptids And Where To Find Them0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- November 22, 2018
Vacations come in many shapes and forms. Among the more unusual is the growing trend for cryptotourism, which the International Cryptozoology Museum estimates generates $140million annually in the US alone.
Nuclear ‘knots’ could unravel the mysteries of atoms0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2018
Structures called skyrmions might overcome hurdles in nuclear physics calculations
A ‘samurai’ swordsmith is designing a space probe0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 22, 2018
The ‘tamahagane’ steel used in traditional weapons may be the perfect material to cut through asteroids.
Scientists discovered an energetic “cosmic serpent” in our galaxy0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 22, 2018
In ancient-Egyptian mythology, Apep was the serpent god of darkness, destruction, and chaos. In contemporary astronomy, Apep is the nickname for a massive, just-discovered star system surrounded by serpentine dust swirls and officially known as 2XMM J160050.7-514245.
Astronomers spot another star that flickers like Tabby’s star0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2018
It’s unclear what’s causing the newly discovered object to blink, but it’s probably not aliens
The World’s Oldest Analog Computer, Antikythera Mechanism, Is Now Complete0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- November 21, 2018
Scientists believe that the Antikythera mechanism is the world’s oldest analog computer, and, luckily, it is now complete as the researchers found the missing component on Aegean seabed.
Tiny satellites will relay news of InSight’s Mars landing in minutes, not hours0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2018
Two CubeSats will send data back to Earth of the lander’s fate as they pass the Red Planet
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