space

Israel’s first moon mission spacecraft sends back selfie 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2019
Image shows part of Beresheet spacecraft with Earth in background

By David Aragorn
Asteroids are stronger, harder to destroy than previously thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
A popular theme in the movies is that of an incoming asteroid that could extinguish life on the planet, and our heroes are launched into space to blow it up. But incoming asteroids may be harder to break than scientists previously thought, finds a Johns Hopkins study that used a new understanding of rock fracture and a new computer modeling method to simulate asteroid collisions.

By David Aragorn
Ancient Mars Had Planet-Wide Groundwater System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
Observations by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter show evidence of an ancient planet-wide groundwater system on the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
Inside the SpaceX Dragon capsule that has docked on the ISS 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2019
A new astronaut capsule, which launched on Saturday from Florida on a Falcon rocket, has successfully guided itself into the International Space Station using computers and sensors.

By David Aragorn
Mars Rover Resumes Science Mission After Computer Glitch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
It’s a massive undertaking to get a rover to the surface of Mars, so NASA designs its robots to last for at least a couple of months. Luckily, most of them operate for much longer. Opportunity was recently declared lost after 15 years on the red planet. Curiosity is still going strong after more than

By David Aragorn
3 explanations for ‘Oumuamua that aren’t alien spaceships 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
Possibilities for the interstellar object include a fluffy fractal and a comet skeleton

By David Aragorn
Hiding black hole found 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 2, 2019
Astronomers have detected a stealthy black hole from its effects on an interstellar gas cloud. This intermediate mass black hole is one of over 100 million quiet black holes expected to be lurking in our Galaxy. These results provide a new method to search for other hidden black holes and help us understand the growth and evolution of black holes.

By David Aragorn
Nuclear In Space — The NETS Meeting 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 1, 2019
The NETS meeting is wrapping up today at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

By David Aragorn
Wine on Mars? The World’s Oldest Wine-Making Country Wants to Make It Happen 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 1, 2019
The first human colonists on Mars will have to forgo many of the creature comforts of Earth — things like enjoying an ozone layer, for example, or opting out of rearing genetically engineered Martian babies. Fortunately, one essential earthly amenity these hardscrabble colonists may not have to give up is wine.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Opportunity Rover Has A Gravestone In Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 1, 2019
We’re all still mourning NASA’s Opportunity rover, which the agency officially declared dead earlier this month following several months of radio silence in the wake of a heavy Martian dust storm that left Opportunity’s solar panels covered with a thick layer of red dust. But if it’s any consolation, the intrepid little rover has a fitting memorial out in the asteroid belt.

By David Aragorn