A study of Earth’s crust hints that supernovas aren’t gold mines0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 14, 2021
A smattering of plutonium atoms embedded in Earth’s crust are helping to resolve the origins of nature’s heaviest elements.
A smattering of plutonium atoms embedded in Earth’s crust are helping to resolve the origins of nature’s heaviest elements.
What’s in a gas giant?
The classic 1979 sci-fi horror film “Alien” was advertised with the memorable tagline, “In space no can hear you scream.” It did not say anything about humming.
NASA engineers are getting one last look at the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a final test to show that its 18 gold-tinted mirror segments can unfold into a precise honeycomb configuration. After the test concludes this week, the giant instrument will be folded up, packed into a shipping container, and shipped off to French Guiana, where it will launch into space on 31 October.
Lord of the radio rings.
Methanol found around a hot, young star must have formed in cooler interstellar environs
With rubble from an asteroid tucked inside, a NASA spacecraft fired its engines and began the long journey back to Earth on Monday, leaving the ancient space rock in its rearview mirror.
Astronomers are getting some answers to an age-old question.
New technologies and techniques are searching for signs of alien life as never before. What and where will that potential life be?
Evidence seems to be mounting for a geologically and volcanically active Mars.