From Around the Web

Mysterious ‘fast radio burst’ detected closer to Earth than ever before 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 8, 2020
Most FRBs originate hundreds of millions of light-years away. This one came from inside the Milky Way.

By David Aragorn
Nasa Trojan asteroids mission on course for October 2021 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
Lucy spacecraft has passed its system integration review and can now be assembled and tested

By David Aragorn
Lava tubes on Mars and the Moon are so wide they can host planetary bases 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
The international journal Earth-Science Reviews published a paper offering an overview of the lava tubes (pyroducts) on Earth, eventually providing an estimate of the (greater) size of their lunar and Martian counterparts.

By David Aragorn
Plato was right: Earth is made, on average, of cubes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 7, 2020
The ancient Greek philosopher was on to something, researchers found

By David Aragorn
Ancient valleys may hold clues to past life on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
Understanding whether the Red Planet’s past was warm and wet or cold and icy can offer insights about whether it was ever habitable.

By David Aragorn
Jupiter’s moons could keep each other warm by raising tidal waves 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 7, 2020
Gravitational kneading from the mammoth planet is not the satellites’ only source of heat

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk’s Mysterious Neuralink Chip Could Make You Hear Things That Were Impossible to Hear Before 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- August 6, 2020
The mysterious Neuralink chip was previously in the headlines when the founder of the company, Elon Musk, said that the chip will be able to stream music straight into the wearer’s brain–and now, the tech CEO has revealed more details about it.

By David Aragorn
Radio Astronomers Discover Saturn-Sized Exoplanet around Ultracool Dwarf 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 6, 2020
Astronomers using NSF’s Very Long Baseline Array, a continentwide system of 10 radio telescope antennas located between Hawaii and Puerto Rico, have detected a giant exoplanet in orbit around the ultracool dwarf TVLM 513-46546 (TVLM 513 for short). This is the first astrometric detection of a planet at radio wavelengths. The presence of this Saturn-like planet on a close circular orbit around tiny star represents a challenge to the current planet formation theory.

By David Aragorn
Native American stone tool technology unearthed in Yemen, Oman 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 6, 2020
Archaeologists recently discovered 8,000-year-old stone fluted points on the Arabian Peninsula, the same technology developed by Native Americans 13,000 years ago, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One.

By David Aragorn
Remains of 10,000-year-old woolly mammoth pulled from Siberian lake 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- August 6, 2020
Rare find includes skin, tendon and excrement of what is thought to be an adult male

By David Aragorn