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Elon Musk responds to claim he needs 10,000 missiles to terraform Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2020
The SpaceX CEO is not too concerned about reports that the firm would need a huge amount of missiles.

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s weird hexagon has ‘sandwich-like’ layers of hazy mists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2020
It’s hazy days for this hexagon.

By David Aragorn
Mount St. Helens isn’t where it should be. Scientists may finally know why.0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- May 19, 2020
The volcano is responsible for the deadliest eruption in the U.S., yet many mysteries remain about the closely watched peak, including why it formed in the first place.

By David Aragorn
Bizarre new species discovered… on Twitter 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 19, 2020
It all began as biologist and associate professor Ana Sofia Reboleira of the National Natural History Museum was scrolling though Twitter. There, she stumbled upon a photo of a North American millipede shared by her US colleague Derek Hennen of Virginia Tech. She spotted a few tiny dots that struck her well-trained eyes.

By David Aragorn
When Did Homo Sapiens First Appear?0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- May 19, 2020
The oldest Homo sapiens fossils that anthropologists have found thus far date to around 315,000 years ago. That means we can say that modern humans are at least that old. But our lineage likely extends further back in time — we just don’t have the fossils to prove it.

By David Aragorn
What meteors and meteorites can tell us about how the Earth was made and the origin of life 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2020
What do you think of when you hear “meteor”?

By David Aragorn
Tim Peake’s space seeds grew slower back on planet Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2020
A million rocket salad seeds were sent to the International Space Station in 2015 where they remained for six months.

By David Aragorn
CERN Physicists Create Atoms of Pionic Helium 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- May 18, 2020
Physicists from the ASACUSA (Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons) Collaboration at CERN have successfully synthesized and studied theoretically predicted but never before verified atoms of pionic helium. Their results mark the first time such spectroscopic measurements have been made on an exotic atom containing a meson.

By David Aragorn
Wiggling wheels could keep future rovers trucking in loose lunar soil 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 16, 2020
A tiny model robot slogs over terrain that would stop simpler bots in their tracks

By David Aragorn
NASA creates Artemis Accords in effort to extend its values to the Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 16, 2020
NASA said Friday it has begun negotiating a series of bilateral agreements with space agencies in other countries that want to join the Artemis Program. Essentially, partner nations would need to agree to 10 basic norms as part of their space activities, such as operating transparently and releasing scientific data.

By David Aragorn