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Elon Musk Says We Need to Live in Glass Domes Before We Can Terraform Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2020
In a reply to a tweet, Elon Musk said we will need to live in glass domes before terraforming Mars.

By David Aragorn
China launches mission to bring back material from moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 24, 2020
China launched an ambitious mission on Tuesday to bring back rocks and debris from the moon’s surface for the first time in more than 40 years—an undertaking that could boost human understanding of the moon and of the solar system more generally.

By David Aragorn
STEVE is smearing green ‘streaks’ across the sky, and nobody knows why 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 23, 2020
The green streaks only last for 30 seconds, then vanish. What are they?

By David Aragorn
Watch a bright fireball explode over the Tasman Sea 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2020
The meteor was green, but the footage capturing it was black and white.

By David Aragorn
NASA photo shows off the great ‘cinnamon bun’ in space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2020
NASA has published a photo of a distant ‘cinnamon bun’ in space, one made of stars and gas dust collected together in an unusual way. The image was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, which observed the faint galaxy where it is located way over in the Andromeda constellation. Despite its appearance, NASA says the ‘cinnamon bun’ is a spiral galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Chemical reactions high in Mars’ atmosphere rip apart water molecules 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2020
The process, which takes four hours on average, helps explain why Mars loses water so fast

By David Aragorn
NASA’s new Mars rover is hearing vibrations in space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2020
NASA recorded audio from its Perseverance rover that is currently headed to Mars.

By David Aragorn
Planets with many neighbors may be the best places to look for life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2020
Single exoplanets with wild orbits hint at a chaotic past

By David Aragorn
Fast Radio Burst from Galactic Magnetar SGR 1935+2154 is Repeating 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2020
Astronomers have detected two more millisecond-duration radio bursts from SGR 1935+2154, a magnetar located over 14,000 light-years away in the constellation of Vulpecula. The detection supports the hypothesis that — at least some — fast radio bursts are emitted by magnetars at cosmological distances.

By David Aragorn
Unexpected Crystals In Meteorite Come From Interior Of Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 20, 2020
When the meteorite NWA 7533 was discovered in 2011, it was recognized to be rare and precious, a piece of Mars knocked off by an asteroid impact. Now planetary scientists have discovered it’s more than rare, it’s unique — the only object we’ve found forged deep inside Mars, providing an unprecedented opportunity to learn about the Martian interior.

By David Aragorn