Space

Spooky Discovery on Mars Looks Just Like an Alien Doorway0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2022
The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 13, 2022
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles across, making it larger than the state of Rhode Island. The nucleus is about 50 times larger than found at the heart of most known comets. Its mass is estimated to be a staggering 500 trillion tons, a hundred thousand times greater than the mass of a typical comet found much closer to the Sun.

By David Aragorn
Neptune is cooling down and scientists don’t know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 12, 2022
“We would expect temperatures to be slowly growing warmer, not colder.”

By David Aragorn
Ultra-fast electron rain is pouring out of Earth’s magnetosphere, and scientists think they know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 10, 2022
Electron downpours can contribute to the aurora and damage spacecraft, the researchers said.

By David Aragorn
Solar enigma: Mysterious waves spotted on Sun moving at speeds that ‘defy explanation’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 21, 2022
A MYSTERIOUS set of waves have been identified moving within the Sun travelling at a speed that the physicists who revealed them have said presently “defies explanation”.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Have Detected a Curious Dust Cloud 330 Light-Years Away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 20, 2022
Astronomers have detected a cloud of dust the size of a whole star, 330 light-years away. Its cause? A colossal smash-up between two exoplanets that were still just forming.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious ‘odd radio circles’ seen in space, new image shows 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 19, 2022
There is a new kind of mystery object in space, and after capturing their best image yet, astronomers are one step closer to understanding these celestial oddballs.

By David Aragorn
‘Absolutely phenomenal’: Webb Telescope’s first images have scientists giddy0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 18, 2022
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has passed its first assignment with flying colours, after it handed in a spectacular photo to NASA.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid spotted just before hitting Earth’s atmosphere wows astronomers0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 25, 2022
It was “probably a once-in-a-lifetime” moment for the asteroid hunter.

By David Aragorn
Black Holes Are Proof We’re Living in a Holographic Universe0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2022
This is how a black hole can exist in both two dimensions and three dimensions at the same time.

By David Aragorn