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Earth could be seen by alien civilisations on nearby exoplanets, scientists find 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 24, 2020
Earth could be visible to alien civilisations on planets outside our solar system, scientists have found.

By David Aragorn
An Ancient Maya City Had a Surprisingly Effective Water Filtration System 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- October 24, 2020
Water is essential for basic human survival. But it can also be dangerous; contaminated water can spread deadly diseases that have the potential to eradicate whole communities. Safe, clean water offers humanity one of its best chances to thrive.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid samples escaping from jammed NASA spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 24, 2020
A NASA spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week’s grab that it’s jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said Friday.

By David Aragorn
You’ve Heard of Vantablack. Scientists Just Created ‘Super White’, And It’s Very Cool 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 24, 2020
Scientists have created a super white paint that is the yin to Vantablack’s yang.

By David Aragorn
Senate bill would assign space traffic management work to Commerce Department 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
A Senate bill would authorize the Office of Space Commerce to take over civil space traffic management, but funding for that work has yet to be appropriated.

By David Aragorn
Black holes could become massive particle accelerators 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
Black holes are powerful engines of pure gravity, capable of pulling on objects so intensely that they can’t possibly escape.

By David Aragorn
Homo erectus, not humans, may have invented the barbed bone point 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- October 23, 2020
An 800,000-year-old tool may be the oldest known of its kind

By David Aragorn
Researchers discover ‘spooky’ similarity in how brains and computers see 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 23, 2020
The brain detects 3-D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision—a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that Johns Hopkins University researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects.

By David Aragorn
ALMA Spots Volcanic Plumes on Jupiter’s Moon Io 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 23, 2020
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted airborne plumes of sulfur dioxide (SO2), sulfur monoxide (SO), and potassium chloride (KCl) from Io’s active volcanoes.

By David Aragorn
NASA to Announce New Science Results About Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 22, 2020
NASA will announce an exciting new discovery about the Moon from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) at a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT Monday, Oct. 26. Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency’s website.

By David Aragorn