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Mars methane spike ‘not a seasonal event’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2016
A mysterious spike of methane picked up by the Curiosity rover two years ago has yet to reoccur.

By David Aragorn
Galactic ‘gold mine’ explains the origin of nature’s heaviest elements 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2016
Distant neutron stars colliding into each other gives scientists clues to the creation of our world’s r-process elements.

By David Aragorn
Ancient tsunami evidence on Mars reveals life potential 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 19, 2016
The signs of an ancient tsunami on Mars shows a very good spot to search for biosignatures.

By David Aragorn
Stellar mystery deepens 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2016
Using recent advancements in Australian telescope technology, a Monash University-led research team has made an unexpected discovery that a large group of stars are dying prematurely, challenging our accepted view of stellar evolution.

By David Aragorn
Supernova reserve fuel tank clue to big parents 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2016
Some supernovae have a reserve tank of radioactive fuel that cuts in and powers their explosions for three times longer than astronomers had previously thought.

By David Aragorn
New Horizons Collects First Science on a Post-Pluto Object 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 18, 2016
The New Horizons satellite has collected data about an object that is in the the Kuiper Belt.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers discover a Neptune-mass alien world with Earth-like density 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2016
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like exoplanet that is the size of Neptune.

By David Aragorn
Europa’s Ocean May Have An Earthlike Chemical Balance 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2016
A new NASA study modeling conditions in the ocean of Jupiter’s moon Europa suggests that the necessary balance of chemical energy for life could exist there, even if the moon lacks volcanic hydrothermal activity.

By David Aragorn
First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto’s Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2016
New Horizons has observed on how Pluto’s atmosphere effects ultraviolet rays passing through it, and how it effects we observe stars beyond it.

By David Aragorn
8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2016
There are about 200 billion stars in our galaxy, with 40 billion of them like our sun.

By Around the Web Editor