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How common are Tatooine worlds?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 18, 2020
Luke Skywalker’s home planet is not so sci-fi after all.

By David Aragorn
Ancient mantis-man petroglyph discovered in Iran 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- March 17, 2020
A unique rock carving found in the Teymareh rock art site (Khomein county) in Central Iran with six limbs has been described as part man, part mantis. Rock carvings, or petroglyphs, of invertebrate animals are rare, so entomologists teamed up with archaeologists to try and identify the motif. They compared the carving with others around the world and with the local six-legged creatures which its prehistoric artists could have encountered.

By David Aragorn
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Shuts Down During Starlink Satellite Constellation Launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2020
The rocket’s onboard computer triggered an abort after detecting an issue with one of its engines.

By David Aragorn
An AI that mimics how mammals smell recognizes scents better than other AI 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 17, 2020
This kind of algorithm could be used in testing air quality or diagnosing medical conditions

By David Aragorn
Why is there any matter in the universe at all? New study sheds light 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 17, 2020
Scientists one step closer to understanding the mystery of matter in the universe

By David Aragorn
A Star-Bursting Galaxy Born from the Collision of Dwarfs 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2020
What happens when the large-scale drama of a violent galaxy merger plays out on small scales for a pair of dwarf galaxies? New observations document the scene of a recent dwarf-galaxy collision.

By David Aragorn
Scientists discover pulsating remains of a star in an eclipsing double star system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2020
Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered a pulsating ancient star in a double star system, which will allow them to access important information on the history of how stars like our Sun evolve and eventually die.

By David Aragorn
‘PigeonBot’ is the first robot that can bend its wings like a real bird 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 14, 2020
New insights into flight could pave the way for more nimble aerial robots

By David Aragorn
European Gateway Experiment will Monitor Radiation in Deep Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2020
The first science experiments that will be hosted on the Gateway, the international research outpost orbiting the Moon, have been selected by ESA and NASA. Europe’s contribution will monitor radiation to gain a complete understanding of cosmic and solar rays in unexplored areas as the orbital outpost is assembled around the Moon.

By David Aragorn
‘Minor planet’ bonanza: 139 new objects discovered beyond Neptune 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 14, 2020
The discoveries help boost scientists’ odds of finding the solar system’s putative Planet Nine.

By David Aragorn