NASA

Nasa is looking for private companies to help mine the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2020
The agency announced it is buying lunar soil from a commercial provider as part of a technology development program

By David Aragorn
NSO Astronomers to play key role in two new spacecraft mission concept studies 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 11, 2020
Astronomers from NSF’s National Solar Observatory (NSO) will play important roles in two of five concept studies recently announced by NASA. These five endeavors have each been granted $1.25 million by the Heliophysics division of NASA to investigate the feasibility of cutting-edge missions to study the Sun and its connection to Earth.

By David Aragorn
Are aliens hiding in plain sight?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 8, 2020
Several missions this year are seeking out life on the red planet. But would we recognise extraterrestrials if we found them?

By David Aragorn
Nasa to study impact of ‘space weather’ on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 5, 2020
Mission proposals include analysis of sun’s atmosphere and its unseen polar regions

By David Aragorn
Rare Hot Neptune Found Orbiting Nearby Dwarf Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2020
Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and two ground-based instruments, astronomers have discovered and confirmed a transiting hot Neptune exoplanet orbiting TOI-824, a K4-type dwarf star located 210 light-years away in the constellation of Circinus.

By David Aragorn
NASA spots active galaxy that totally looks like a Star Wars TIE fighter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 28, 2020
Now we just need to find a galaxy shaped like an X-wing fighter.

By David Aragorn
‘Space guests’: Russian cosmonaut shares video showing apparent UFOs 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- August 25, 2020
A Russian cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has shared footage of what he describes as “space guests,” or UFOs, that made an unexpected appearance in a time-lapse video he captured of the southern lights.

By David Aragorn
How NASA is dealing with the ‘dent’ in Earth’s magnetic field 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 20, 2020
Earth is an enormous magnet, its iron-rich core creating a shield of magnetic field that envelopes the planet —— well, almost. A “dent” in this magnetic field known as the South Atlantic Anomaly allows charged particles from the sun to dip closer to the planet in an area over South America and the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

By David Aragorn
NASA InSight gives us the first real peek at Mars’ interior structure 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 18, 2020
Decades of exploration have given us a detailed look at the surface of Mars. Still, the Red Planet’s interior structure has always remained in the realm of speculation and estimates. Now, data sent back by a NASA lander has given us the first real look at what the planet’s interior is like.

By David Aragorn
Mars becomes Planet Hulk in eerie nightglow animation of UV-emitting atmospheric phenomenon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2020
If ever there might be a suitable world that Marvel’s Jade Giant might want to settle down on, it’s this spooky, green-tinted rendering of Mars’ nightside atmosphere delivered by the enterprising folks at NASA.

By David Aragorn