space

NASA announces press conference over new exoplanet findings 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 22, 2017
NASA says it has some big news to tell the world.

By David Aragorn
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reaches for the stars after aborted launch, Dragon eyes encounter at ISS 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- February 22, 2017
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Sunday in an historic launch from a NASA pad, depositing a spacecraft into orbit before successfully returning to earth as Elon Musk’s SpaceX moved to stake its claim to shuttling humans into space.

By David Aragorn
Black holes are even stranger than you can imagine 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 18, 2017
Our love of black holes continues to grow as our knowledge of these celestial bodies expands. The latest news is the discovery of a rare “middleweight” black hole, a relative newcomer to the black hole family.

By David Aragorn
Will moon mining be BANNED?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 18, 2017
International space law could prevent billionaires from extracting precious metals from the lunar surface

By David Aragorn
A Little Cluster in the Big Dog 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 18, 2017
The constellation Canis Majoris, the ‘Big Dog’, is home to many fine open clusters of blue-white stars along the stubby Orion Arm of the Milky Way. There are some real gems here, including the modest but delightful open star cluster NGC 2362, a group that hosts some of the youngest-known stars. Centered on the bright star τ (tau) Canis Majoris, this cluster, in a telescope, looks like a large diamond set among many smaller blue-white gems.

By David Aragorn
NASA wants to send a life-detecting lander to Europa 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 17, 2017
It will look for life in the Jovian moon’s saltwater ocean.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Sharpens Paradox of Ancient Mars 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- February 17, 2017
Curiosity rover findings add to a puzzle about ancient Mars because the same rocks that indicate a lake was present also indicate there was very little carbon dioxide in the air to help keep a lake unfrozen.

By David Aragorn
We finally have a computer that can survive the surface of Venus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 16, 2017
Sulphuric rain is easy; not being cremated by 500°C or crushed by 90 atmospheres is hard.

By David Aragorn
Mercury’s Water Ice Deposits Have a Mysterious Origin 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 16, 2017
New analysis of observations made by NASA’s MESSENGER mission reveal where the solar system’s innermost planet’s water ice is but not where it’s from.

By David Aragorn
Aliens are probably out there, according to Winston Churchill 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 16, 2017
A newly-investigated essay from 1939 reveals Churchill’s thoughts on E.T.

By David Aragorn