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Star Vanishes: Stellar Disappearance Could Be Evidence Of Aliens, Say Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Could the sudden disappearance of stars prove of an alien civilization?

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2016
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Astronomers have recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation that is likely powered by a “direct-collapse black hole,” a type of object predicted by theorists more than a decade ago.

By David Aragorn
Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called “Warm Jupiters”, showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.

By David Aragorn
Stellar outburst brings water snowline into view 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
A violent outburst by the young star V883 Orionis has given astronomers their first view of a water “snowline” in a protoplanetary disk – the transition point around the star where the temperature and pressure are low enough for water ice to form.

By David Aragorn
How a Young Jupiter Acted as Both Protector and Destroyer 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2016
Like a boisterous older sibling, the gas giant both beat up and protected young Earth

By David Aragorn
Astronomers just discovered a Morse code message in the dunes of Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2016
NASA has spotted a series of strange, dark dunes on Mars that look uncannily like the dots and dashes that make up Morse code.

By David Aragorn
Behind the scenes of protostellar disk formation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2016
Astrophysicists researching the protoplanetary disc surrounding the young star HL Tauri discover revealing substructures within the disc that have never been seen before.

By David Aragorn
Mars canyons study adds clues about possible water 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2016
Puzzles persist about possible water at seasonally dark streaks on Martian slopes, according to a new study of thousands of such features in the Red Planet’s largest canyon system.

By David Aragorn
Water Clouds Detected And Confirmed On Brown Dwarf In A System Far, Far Away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 11, 2016
Astronomers are revealing that they have found strong evidence of water clouds detected on a body outside of the solar system during the same week NASA celebrated the entry of their JUNO spacecraft into Jupiter’s orbit.

By David Aragorn