space

First methane, now oxygen: gaseous mysteries on Mars puzzle scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2019
Oxygen on Mars behaves in ways scientists can’t seem to explain yet, according to NASA.

By David Aragorn
S5-HVS1: Hypervelocity Star Ejected by Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2019
A main-sequence hypervelocity star traveling at huge speeds after being ejected by Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, was spotted by an international team of astronomers.

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: Boeing proposes direct flights to moon in 2024 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 19, 2019
US corporation says its lunar lander concept would reduce ‘complexity and risk’ of Nasa mission

By David Aragorn
Is this asteroid the littlest planet? Some astronomers think so.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2019
Although it’s just 270 miles across — about as big as Alabama — the asteroid Hygeia has surprised astronomers by being round.

By David Aragorn
Japan spacecraft starts yearlong journey home from asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2019
A Japanese spacecraft left a distant asteroid on Wednesday, starting its yearlong journey home after successfully completing its mission to gather soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system, the country’s space agency said.

By David Aragorn
Scottish scientists to use asteroid fragments in search for clues on formation of Earth’s oceans 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2019
Tiny fragments of an asteroid located more than 200 million miles from Earth could hold the key to discovering the origins of the world’s oceans, according to researchers at a Scottish university.

By David Aragorn
Antarctic ozone hole has closed in near-record time for 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2019
Seeing the ozone hole permanently vanish won’t be for another decade, but for 2019, it has sealed itself up in near-record time

By David Aragorn
Earth was on the other side of the galaxy when dinosaurs reigned 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2019
Apart from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, there aren’t many connections between space and dinosaurs outside of the imagination. But that all changed when NASA research scientist Jessie Christiansen brought the two together in an animation on social media this month.

By David Aragorn
Curiosity Finds Mysterious Oxygen Fluctuations on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2019
NASA’s Curiosity rover sniffed out an unexpected seasonal variation to the oxygen on Mars, according to new research.

By David Aragorn
TRANSIT OF MERCURY–OUT OF THIS WORLD IMAGES 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2019
Millions of people on Earth witnessed the transit of Mercury yesterday when the tiny black form of the first planet crossed the face of the sun.

By David Aragorn