space

Gravity doesn’t leak into large, hidden dimensions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 2, 2018
Observations from neutron star smashup challenge some theories that include unknown realms

By David Aragorn
Intermediate-Sized Asteroid to Safely Pass Earth This Month 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 2, 2018
An intermediate-sized asteroid discovered sixteen years ago will fly safely past Earth on February 4, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. EST (1:30 p.m. PST, 21:30 UTC).

By David Aragorn
NASA Engineers Demonstrate Pulsar-Based Navigation in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- February 1, 2018
NASA engineers have successfully demonstrated X-ray navigation in space — a capability that could revolutionize NASA’s ability in the future to pilot robotic spacecraft to the far reaches of our Solar System and beyond.

By David Aragorn
Martian Dust Storms Linked to Atmospheric Gas Escape 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 1, 2018
Martian dust storms play a role in the ongoing process of gas escaping from the top of the planet’s atmosphere, according to a new study using observations by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

By David Aragorn
Glory From Gloom 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 31, 2018
A dark cloud of cosmic dust snakes across this spectacular wide field image, illuminated by the brilliant light of new stars.

By David Aragorn
Found: Three Super-Earths in Orbit around Cool Dwarf Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2018
Astronomers using data from the NASA Kepler spacecraft’s reborn K2 mission have found a triple system of super-Earth exoplanets around a cool star called LP 415-17.

By David Aragorn
Everything you need to know about AJ129, the 2018 ‘Super Bowl asteroid’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 30, 2018
While the Patriots battle the Eagles in Minneapolis during Super Bowl 52 (February 4th, 2018, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC) a quite large asteroid with the official name of ‘2002 AJ129’ is set to whiz by Earth, missing us by a scant 2.6 million miles.

By David Aragorn
Long Dead NASA Spacecraft Wakes Up 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 29, 2018
Using an antenna at the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA engineers have picked up signals from IMAGE, an important space weather satellite which has been lost since 2005.

By David Aragorn
Hubble’s Standout Stars Bound Together by Gravity 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 27, 2018
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a glistening and ancient globular cluster named NGC 3201 — a gathering of hundreds of thousands of stars bound together by gravity.

By David Aragorn
Chances Are, We Really Aren’t Alone! And Science Agrees!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 27, 2018
Although we have no definitive evidence, even the most skeptical of scientists have to admit that it is a statistical probability, that life, in one form or another, will exist somewhere else in the Universe.

By David Aragorn