Space

Space-grown lettuce to give astronauts a more varied diet 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 9, 2020
Nasa’s Veggie system will enable astronauts to safely grow nutritious fresh food

By David Aragorn
What’s in a name: Why NASA chose ‘Perseverance’ for its next Mars rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2020
The moniker captures the spirit of space exploration remarkably well, NASA officials said.

By David Aragorn
A new moon is ‘temporarily bound to the Earth,’ but 2020 CD3 is no match for our old Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 7, 2020
The capital-M Moon is special. It was not captured like this new moon. It was born of the Earth itself, in a collision nearly 5 billion years ago

By David Aragorn
Organic molecules discovered by Curiosity Rover consistent with early life on Mars: study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2020
Organic compounds called thiophenes are found on Earth in coal, crude oil and oddly enough, in white truffles, the mushroom beloved by epicureans and wild pigs.

By David Aragorn
See Mars like never before in this highest-resolution panorama ever from the Curiosity rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2020
The composite photo features 1.8 billion pixels.

By David Aragorn
Liquid water ‘lake’ revealed on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 6, 2020
Researchers have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars.

By David Aragorn
Ripples in space-time could explain the mystery of why the universe exists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 5, 2020
A new study may help answer one of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

By David Aragorn
Researchers No Longer Need Your PC’s Help to Look for Aliens: SETI@home Halted 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 5, 2020
SETI@home researchers said they have what they need.

By David Aragorn
New Candidate Particle for Dark Matter: D-Star Hexaquark 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 5, 2020
Dark matter is the mysterious substance that makes up roughly a quarter of the Universe. There is strong indirect evidence for its existence from measurements of cosmic primordial radiation, anomalies in the radial dependence of galactic rotational curves and gravitational lensing. Despite its apparently pivotal role in the Universe the physical origin of dark matter remains unknown. Scientists suspect that it is made of unseen particles that neither reflect nor absorb light, but are able to exert gravity. Two theoretical physicists at the University of York, UK, have a new candidate: a recently-discovered bosonic particle, the d*(2380) hexaquark.

By David Aragorn
Why is NASA Sending Dragonfly to Titan? Here are Five Reasons 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 4, 2020
Titan, with its methane seas and orange smog, is in some ways the most similar world to Earth that we have found.

By David Aragorn