Space

ASTEROID FLORENCE APPROACHES EARTH 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 1, 2017
Asteroid 3122 Florence is approaching Earth for a 7 million km close encounter on Sept. 1st.

By David Aragorn
Antares: Astronomers Snap Most Detailed Image of Star That’s Not the Sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2017
An international team of astronomers from Chile and Germany has managed to capture an image of unprecedented detail of another star — that isn’t the Sun — the red supergiant star Antares. The team has also made the first map of the velocities of material in the atmosphere of a star other than the Sun, revealing unexpected turbulence in the extended atmosphere of Antares.

By David Aragorn
Found: A star that last dazzled astronomers in 1437 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 31, 2017
It’s an explosive detective story.

By David Aragorn
Saturn Plunge Nears for Cassini Spacecraft 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 30, 2017
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is 18 days from its mission-ending dive into the atmosphere of Saturn.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Space Telescope Snaps Peculiar Galaxy Pair: NGC 5765 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 30, 2017
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a remarkable new image of a pair of interacting galaxies known as NGC 5765.

By David Aragorn
Is the “alien megastructure” around Tabby’s Star actually a ringed gas giant?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 29, 2017
KIC 8462852 (aka. Tabby’s Star) continues to be a source of both fascination and controversy.

By David Aragorn
NASA Chief: “There is More Going on Right Now in Space Than I’ve Ever Seen in My Career”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2017
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic’s upcoming space tours, and NASA’s plans for the ISS make it clear there’s a lot going on with regards to space, and NASA’s Acting Administrator couldn’t help but noticed.

By David Aragorn
Phoenicid meteor shower from dead comet arises again after 58 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 26, 2017
The Phoenicid meteor shower (named after the constellation Phoenix) was discovered by the first Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition on December 5, 1956, during their voyage in the Indian Ocean. However, it has not been observed again. This has left astronomers with a mystery: where did the Phoenicids come from and where did they go?

By David Aragorn
New Wrinkles in the Search for “Planet X”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 25, 2017
Are astronomers being misled by the quirky alignment of orbits that they’re finding in the distant Kuiper Belt?

By David Aragorn
Pioneering ESA mission aims to create artificial solar eclipses 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 24, 2017
Due to launch together in 2020, the two satellites making up Proba-3 will fly in precise formation to form an external coronagraph in space, one satellite eclipsing the sun to allow the second to study the otherwise invisible solar corona.

By David Aragorn