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Jupiter may be the reason Venus isn’t habitable today 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2020
Scientists believe that Jupiter may be the reason Venus can’t have nice things.

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way’s most massive star cluster may have eaten a smaller cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 1, 2020
The Milky Way’s core harbors two giants: the galaxy’s largest black hole and a cluster of tens of millions of stars around the black hole that is denser and more massive than any other star cluster in the galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Maybe Volcanoes Could Explain the Phosphine in Venus’ Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 1, 2020
The detection of phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere was one of those quintessential moments in space science.

By David Aragorn
NASA is preparing to send its $23 million toilet to space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 1, 2020
It’ll be the first new loo since the 1990s.

By David Aragorn
Nasa astronauts going back to the Moon will be bombarded with cancerous rays 200 times greater than on Earth, study finds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2020
Nasa is expected to send astronauts back to the moon by 2024

By David Aragorn
NASA and SpaceX target Halloween for first Crew Dragon launch with astronauts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2020
NASA and SpaceX confirmed the specific launch date for the first crewed mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft.

By David Aragorn
“Ultra-hot Jupiter” exoplanet where iron turns to gas discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2020
The first results from ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite (Cheops) exoplanet mission has revealed one of the hottest and most extreme planets orbiting another star. Located 322 light years away in the constellation of Libra, WASP-189 b is an ultra-hot Jupiter with a temperature so high that iron boils into a gas.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s New Mars Rover Is Ready for Space Lasers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2020
Perseverance is one of a few Mars spacecraft carrying laser retroreflectors. The devices could provide new science and safer Mars landings in the future.

By David Aragorn
Proposed Venus Balloon Mission Could Detect Life By 2022 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2020
Two researchers advocate sending a quick mission to Venus to try and quell debate over whether our sister planet’s middle atmosphere does in fact harbor some sort of microbial life.

By David Aragorn
NASA wants your help to work in the dark 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2020
NASA is awarding up to $5 million in prizes for technology that will provide power storage and management on the Moon.

By David Aragorn