Space

Astronomers just got a deep peek at a black hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 22, 2020
Using a technique akin to echolocation, scientists were able to map the region around a distant black hole’s event horizon in unprecedented detail.

By David Aragorn
Scientists want to turn moondust into oxygen 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 22, 2020
NASA’s plan is to return astronauts to the Moon by 2024, but the European Space Agency is working on a plan to help humans breathe on the celestial satellite — by turning moondust into oxygen.

By David Aragorn
For the first time, an asteroid has been found nearer to the sun than Venus 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 21, 2020
The space rock probably reached its orbit after a series of close encounters with rocky planets

By David Aragorn
Alien life is out there. But our theories are steering us away from it.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 21, 2020
Expect the unexpected.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk’s Space X destroys own rocket after bad weather delays first attempt 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 21, 2020
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has destroyed one of its own rockets a day after bad weather forced the company to delay its final milestone test before flying Nasa astronauts from US soil.

By David Aragorn
Canadian scientists trace 2nd strange radio signal to nearby galaxy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 20, 2020
Found in different galaxy than 1st signal, astronomers 1 step closer to finding out where these bursts thrive

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Find Evidence Life May Have Formed in Deep Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2020
The team of astronomers traced the journey of phosphorus, a key element in DNA, from star-forming regions to comets.

By David Aragorn
Moon ‘shrooms? Fungi eyed to help build lunar bases and Mars outposts 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 18, 2020
Fungus could be very much among us when humanity sets up shop on the moon and beyond.

By David Aragorn
Strange Objects Found at The Galactic Centre Are Like Nothing Else in The Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2020
There’s something really weird in the centre of the Milky Way.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Discover Five New Planets around Nearby Red Dwarfs 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2020
Astronomers have detected five new planets, eight planet candidates, and confirmed three previously reported planets, around nine nearby M-dwarf (red dwarf) stars. Among the new planets, Gliese 180d and Gliese 229Ac are super-Earths located in the conservative habitable zones of their host stars; Gliese 433c is a cold super-Neptune candidate belonging to an unexplored population of Neptune-like planets.

By David Aragorn