space

Planet Venus: Hopes rise of new mission to the hothouse world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 23, 2019
The longstanding idea that Venus is geologically dead is a “myth”, scientists say.

By David Aragorn
Evidence of ice age at Martian north pole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2019
Using radar data collected by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team found evidence of an ice age recorded in the polar deposits of Mars. Ice ages on Mars are driven by processes similar to those responsible for ice ages on Earth, that is, long-term cyclical changes in the planet’s orbit and tilt, which affect the amount of solar radiation it receives at each latitude.

By David Aragorn
China shares stunning new moon photos with the world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2019
China has released hundreds of images of the moon, taken by its Chang’e 3 lander and its companion rover, Yutu. It’s been 50 years since the first lunar photos were taken by astronauts on NASA’s Apollo 11 mission. China is the third nation to land on the Moon, with the USA and the USSR preceding them.

By David Aragorn
Japan to make crater on asteroid to get underground samples 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2019
This Sept. 23, 2018 image captured by Rover-1B, and provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows the surface of asteroid Ryugu.

By David Aragorn
US detects huge meteor explosion 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2019
A huge fireball exploded in the Earth’s atmosphere in December, according to Nasa.

By David Aragorn
Eighty-Three Quasars Spotted in Early Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2019
Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered 83 quasars in the distant Universe, from a time when the Universe was less than 10% of its present age.

By David Aragorn
Moon Mining Could Actually Work, with the Right Approach 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2019
Earth’s moon taunts. A growing chorus of experts views this “eighth continent” as a nearby world of natural resources sitting there at the edge of Earth’s gravity well, ready for the picking.

By David Aragorn
Toyota unveils manned lunar rover concept 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 15, 2019
The automotive giant has designed a new pressurized vehicle that astronauts can drive around on the moon.

By David Aragorn
ALMA observes the formation sites of solar-system-like planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2019
Researchers have spotted the formation sites of planets around a young star resembling our Sun. Two rings of dust around the star, at distances comparable to the asteroid belt and the orbit of Neptune in our Solar System, suggest that we are witnessing the formation of a planetary system similar to our own.

By David Aragorn
Small asteroid to sweep closer than moon’s distance 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2019
The house-sized asteroid – designated 2019 EA2 – will pass safely by our planet on the night of March 21-22, 2019.

By David Aragorn