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Orbital plan for lunar space station unveiled 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2019
Mission planners at NASA and ESA have determined the orbital path of the upcoming lunar Gateway.

By David Aragorn
Woolly mammoths went extinct 4,000 years ago — now governments want to protect them 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- July 24, 2019
It’s legal to sell mammoth ivory worth about $500 per pound, but it may allow poachers to hunt elephants and sell their ivory as mammoth ivory

By David Aragorn
What Happens in Intergalactic Space?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2019
Source: Live Science The vast voids between galaxies can stretch millions of light-years across and may appear empty. But these spaces actually contain more matter than the galaxies themselves. “If you took a cubic meter, there would be less than one atom in it,” Michael Shull, an astronomer at the University of Colorado Boulder, told

By David Aragorn
Adorable new ‘pocket shark’ species identified 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- July 23, 2019
Scientists have discovered a new type of shark that is so small that it is possible to hold it in your hand.

By David Aragorn
We’re Heading Back to the Moon and Then On to Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, when “one small step for man” became “one giant leap for mankind.”

By David Aragorn
India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission blasts off for the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
India is trying to become the fourth country to complete a controlled soft landing on the moon.

By David Aragorn
John McCain was interested in UFO research, according to Harry Reid 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- July 23, 2019
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Congress to hold hearings on UFOs, and he claims the late Sen. John McCain was interested in the unidentified flying objects, too.

By David Aragorn
Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
Modeling the shape and movement of near-Earth asteroids is now up to 25 times faster thanks to new Washington State University research.

By David Aragorn
There’s a ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in space where electronics go haywire 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2019
The South Atlantic Anomaly’s high radiation causes ISS computers to crash and telescopes shut down, dubbing it the “Bermuda Triangle of space.”

By David Aragorn
ALMA Spots Moon-Forming Disk around Young Gas Giant PDS 70c 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2019
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted a circumplanetary disk around a still-forming gaseous exoplanet called PDS 70c.

By David Aragorn