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Giant iceberg scrapes past Antarctica’s fragile Brunt Ice Shelf 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2021
A full-on impact by this giant likely would have broken the already unstable ice shelf.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Telescope Discovers How Dying White Dwarf Stars Defy Aging 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2021
Astronomers have discovered that dying white dwarf stars can burn nuclear fuel in their outer shells, prolonging their lives. The discovery made using the Hubble Space Telescope runs contrary to the current view of white dwarfs as just slowly cooling inert star cores.

By David Aragorn
‘Gasps all around:’ New Burgess Shale fossil sheds light on the evolution of bigness 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web
- September 9, 2021
It was getting late and the team of paleontologists excavating a previously unexplored outcrop of the Burgess Shale was ready to call it a day. A camera crew filming the dig in Kootenay National Park had already packed it in.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Planetary Radar Spots Its 1,000th Near-Earth Asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2021
2021 PJ1, a near-Earth asteroid between 20 and 30 m (66-98 feet) across, safely flew past Earth on August 14, 2021 at a distance of over 1.7 million km (1 million miles). The approach was historic, marking the 1,000th near-Earth asteroid to be observed by NASA’s planetary radar in just over 50 years.

By David Aragorn
Firefly’s Alpha rocket detonated by Space Force during first launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2021
The rocket nailed its liftoff, but started cartwheeling mid-air before perishing in an explosive fireball

By David Aragorn
Viruses may exist ‘elsewhere in the universe’, warns scientist 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2021
Prof Paul Davies suggests viruses may form vital part of ecosystems on other planets

By David Aragorn
This premature supernova was triggered by a dead star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2021
When a dead star plunges into an active star, expect an explosion of astronomical proportions that isn’t supposed to happen yet.Astronomers were able to work out this stellar puzzle after tracing an unusual burst of bright radio waves in 2017.

By David Aragorn
Scientists Figure Out How Nematodes Can Share Memories of Danger 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 8, 2021
The roundworms can warn others to avoid bacteria by transferring genetic material.

By David Aragorn
AWS researcher merges the power of two quantum computers to help make cryptography keys stronger 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 8, 2021
A researcher from AWS has combined two quantum processors to create near-perfect randomness. It could help improve modern cryptography protocols.

By David Aragorn
Perseverance Cores Its First Martian Rock, NASA Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2021
The initial images captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument onboard NASA’s Perseverance rover show an intact Mars sample present in a sample tube after coring.

By David Aragorn