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Star Vanishes: Stellar Disappearance Could Be Evidence Of Aliens, Say Scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Could the sudden disappearance of stars prove of an alien civilization?

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2016
After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find evidence for ‘direct collapse’ black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
Astronomers have recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation that is likely powered by a “direct-collapse black hole,” a type of object predicted by theorists more than a decade ago.

By David Aragorn
Flavour changing neutrinos give insight into Big Bang 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 15, 2016
The question of why are we here perhaps means different things to different people, but in the field of particle physics it is a question that we may be close to finding an answer to.

By David Aragorn
Our universe could be reborn as a bouncing baby cosmos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 15, 2016
The universe could bounce through its own demise and emerge unscathed. A new “big bounce” model shows how the universe could shrink to a point and grow again, using just the cosmic ingredients we know about now.

By David Aragorn
Warm Jupiters not as lonely as expected 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
After analyzing four years of Kepler space telescope observations, astronomers from the University of Toronto have given us our clearest understanding yet of a class of exoplanets called “Warm Jupiters”, showing that many have unexpected planetary companions.

By David Aragorn
Biggest galactic map will throw light on ‘dark energy’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
An international team of astronomers has created the largest ever three-dimensional map of distant galaxies in a bid to help them understand one of the most mysterious forces in the universe.

By David Aragorn
Was A Supernova Responsible For A Mass Extinction On Earth?0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
Is it possible for a supernova explosion hundreds of light-years away to cause mass extinctions on our planet?

By David Aragorn
Stellar outburst brings water snowline into view 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 14, 2016
A violent outburst by the young star V883 Orionis has given astronomers their first view of a water “snowline” in a protoplanetary disk – the transition point around the star where the temperature and pressure are low enough for water ice to form.

By David Aragorn
How a Young Jupiter Acted as Both Protector and Destroyer 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 12, 2016
Like a boisterous older sibling, the gas giant both beat up and protected young Earth

By David Aragorn