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The First Black Hole Ever Seen by Humans is Glittering in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
M87*, the first black hole ever to be directly imaged, has a newly-identified feature: it glitters and wobbles, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
Mars is closer to Earth this week than it will be for 15 years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2020
With no bright stars in the same part of the sky, the red planet will be unmistakeable

By David Aragorn
There’s too much gold in the universe. No one knows where it came from.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2020
Something is showering gold across the universe. But no one knows what it is.

By David Aragorn
NASA Has a New Challenge to Bring Frozen Samples of the Moon Back to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2020
When astronauts return to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo Era, they will be tasked with conducting some very lucrative science operations.

By David Aragorn
Chandra Spots Possible Extragalactic Planet in Messier 51 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2020
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have detected an extragalactic candidate planet circling a binary system in Messier 51 (also known as M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy and NGC 5194), an interacting grand design spiral galaxy located some 26 million light-years away in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

By David Aragorn
A NASA Probe May Have Found Signs of Life on Venus 40 Years Ago 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2020
Data from an old NASA mission to our sister planet may contain overlooked evidence for the gas phosphine, a potential biosignature

By David Aragorn
Space Force Will Eventually Put Troops in Orbit, Ops Boss Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2020
Military troops in the Space Force will someday deploy to orbit, one of the service’s top operations officials said Sept. 29.

By David Aragorn
Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District ‘could save lives’0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- October 2, 2020
A jet suit for paramedics which would see patients reached in minutes by a “flying” medic has been tested by the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

By David Aragorn
Astronauts trace air leak to Russian side of space station after midnight alarm 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2020
Nasa officials stress that the leak on ISS remains small and poses no danger but will send extra air supply on the next delivery

By David Aragorn
ESA Releases Solar Orbiter’s First Science Data 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2020
ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft, in collaboration with NASA, launched in February 2020 on its mission to study to Sun and it began collecting science data in June. Now, three of its ten instruments — the Energetic Particle Detector (EPD), the Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument, and the Magnetometer (MAG) — have released their first science data, revealing the state of our star in a ‘quiet’ phase.

By David Aragorn