Space

Astronomers can’t figure out why some black holes got so big so fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2018
These behemoths defy expectations of how quickly black holes feed

By David Aragorn
Space Force: President Trump wants new arm of military to battle among the stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2018
THE US military expects to fight a war in space ‘in a matter of years’. And US President Donald Trump wants to set up a new desingated unit to do just that.

By David Aragorn
NASA Science Heading to Space Ranges from the Upper Atmosphere to Microbes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 16, 2018
A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species in a third world war 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2018
Founder of SpaceX, which is working on getting humans to the planet, speaks at SXSW amid rising nuclear tension

By David Aragorn
Cosmic Clocks: Galaxies Behave Like Clocks, Rotating Once Every Billion Years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2018
An international team of astronomers from Australia, China and the United States has discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are.

By David Aragorn
Mars 2020: The Red Planet’s Next Rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2018
NASA’s next Mars rover won’t just explore the Red Planet; it will, the space agency hopes, make it so a little bit of Mars might make it to Earth.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious Gamma-Ray Signal Comes from Ancient Stars at Milky Way’s Center 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2018
An international group of researchers has discovered that an anomalous gamma-ray signal from Milky Way’s center comes from 10 billion-year-old stars, rather than dark matter as previously thought.

By David Aragorn
Kepler spacecraft nearing the end as fuel runs low 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2018
Trailing Earth’s orbit at 94 million miles away, the Kepler space telescope has survived many potential knock-outs during its nine years in flight, from mechanical failures to being blasted by cosmic rays. At this rate, the hardy spacecraft may reach its finish line in a manner we will consider a wonderful success. With nary a gas station to be found in deep space, the spacecraft is going to run out of fuel. We expect to reach that moment within several months.

By David Aragorn
Russian physicists make toy asteroids and blast them with a laser 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 15, 2018
A large team of Russian researchers from Rosatom, joined by three MIPT physicists, has modeled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an Earth-threatening asteroid.

By David Aragorn
‘HAMMER’ Time? Spacecraft Could Nuke Dangerous Asteroid to Defend Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2018
The next time a hazardous asteroid lines Earth up in its crosshairs, we may be ready for the threat.

By David Aragorn