From Around the Web

Scientists get hands dirty with research into medieval poop 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- October 10, 2020
Study seeks to compare microbiomes of our ancestors for clues to modern diseases

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Detect Vaporized Metals in Atmosphere of Hot Jupiter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2020
Astronomers using the HARPS (High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher) spectrograph at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile have detected gaseous magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), calcium (Ca), chromium (Cr), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni) and vanadium (V) in the atmosphere of WASP-121b, a hot-Jupiter exoplanet approximately 881 light-years away in the constellation of Puppis.

By David Aragorn
Planets more hospitable to life than Earth may already have been discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 10, 2020
At least two dozen planets outside the solar system might be better for life than Earth.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Bennu may have been home to ancient water flows 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
A stream of new studies reveals clues about Bennu’s past, just days before NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission attempts to collect rocks from the asteroid.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Directly Image Gas-Giant Exoplanet Beta Pictoris c 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer have captured the first direct images of the recently-discovered giant planet Beta Pictoris c.

By David Aragorn
Planets Don’t Wait for Their Star to Form First 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
It looks like we may have to update our theories on how stars and planets form in new solar systems.

By David Aragorn
The asteroid Bennu’s brittle boulders may make grabbing a sample easier 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 9, 2020
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is about to collect material from the space rock

By David Aragorn
Looking for pieces of Venus? Try the moon 0
- 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.

By David Aragorn
$A mini fractal universe may lie inside charged black holes (if they exist)$
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.

By David Aragorn
Reports of rising UFO sightings are greatly exaggerated 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- October 8, 2020
The pandemic has not sparked a shocking rise in UFO sightings, experts say. But the public is growing increasingly confused by ordinary objects.

By David Aragorn