Space

Mystery of KIC 8462852 Deepens 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 11, 2017
KIC 8462852, a main-sequence star in the constellation Cygnus, roughly 1,480 light-years away, has been in the news during the past year.

By David Aragorn
Close Approach of Asteroid 2012 TC4 Poses no Danger to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 11, 2017
The house-sized asteroid 2012 TC4 is slated to give Earth a close shave on Thursday, October 12, swooshing by our planet at approximately 5:41 UTC (1:41 a.m. EDT) at a distance of about 31,000 miles (50,000 kilometers). Although there were some worries that this rocky object could hit the Earth, latest observations confirm that it poses no danger to our home planet at all.

By David Aragorn
Mars Study Yields Clues to Possible Cradle of Life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2017
The discovery of evidence for ancient sea-floor hydrothermal deposits on Mars identifies an area on the planet that may offer clues about the origin of life on Earth.

By David Aragorn
Mystery of the moon’s tilted orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2017
Had things gone differently in the early days of the inner solar system, the magnificent spectacle of a total solar eclipse might be a monthly event.

By David Aragorn
MAJOR SPACE WEATHER EVENT ON MARS 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2017
More than 150 years after it happened, scientists are still taking about the Carrington Event—a solar storm in Sept. 1859 that sparked Northern Lights as far south as Cuba and sprayed the entire surface of Earth with high energy radiation.

By David Aragorn
New NASA study shows moon once had an atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2017
A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space.

By David Aragorn
A Dog-Killing Meteorite Just Rewrote Mars’ Volcanic History 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2017
How something as small as meteorites can change how we view something as big as Mars.

By David Aragorn
Check Out This Incredible Mars City The UAE Is Building For Training Purposes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 5, 2017
*brb, packing bags*

By David Aragorn
STEVE, THE MYSTERIOUS AURORAL ARC 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2017
A strong geomagnetic storm was brewing in the skies above Alberta, Canada, on Sept. 27th when photographer Alan Dyer looked up and saw a ribbon of purple light arcing cross the sky. It was the mysterious aurora known as “Steve”

By David Aragorn
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2017
Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions to the space between the earth and moon to prepare for trips to Mars.

By David Aragorn