The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock
- Home
- space
space
Looking for pieces of Venus? Try the moon0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
A growing body of research suggests the planet Venus may have had an Earth-like environment billions of years ago, with water and a thin atmosphere.
A mini fractal universe may lie inside charged black holes (if they exist)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 8, 2020
Black holes are perhaps the strangest, least-understood objects in our universe. With so much potential — being linked to everything from wormholes to new baby universes — they have sucked in physicists for decades.
Bright fireball widely seen over northeastern Mexico0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 8, 2020
A fireball is an especially bright meteor from space. It can start out icy and burn up entirely in our atmosphere, or rocky … in which case a meteorite sometimes falls to Earth’s surface. This bright fireball blazed over northeastern Mexico on Tuesday, October 6, 2020.
What kind of collision made the moon?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2020
It is thought the celestial body was created in a cosmic crash 4.5bn years ago
You need to see the Draconid meteor shower in the sky before it disappears this week0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2020
The meteor shower will peak on Wednesday night.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope passes crucial launch-simulation tests0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2020
The $9.8 billion observatory is scheduled to launch in October 2031.
Black hole revelations win the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
Mathematical calculations and observations of Milky Way stars illuminated the hidden objects
Gemini South telescope nebula photos tease Webb potential0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
A report delivered new HD images from the Gemini South telescope in Chile showing the birth of a star.
The First Black Hole Ever Seen by Humans is Glittering in Space0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
M87*, the first black hole ever to be directly imaged, has a newly-identified feature: it glitters and wobbles, according to new research.
Latest Posts
-
-
NASA’s Space Tech Prize
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 17, 2024
-
-
Top Authors
-
Carole Carle
CONTRIBUTOR
-
Heidi Hollis
CONTRIBUTOR
-
Claude Limberger
ADMINISTRATOR
-
Sid Goldberg
FORMER_PUBLISHER