space

Superfast star found leaving Milky Way at 1,700km per second 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
Astronomers say S5-HVs1 ventured close to supermassive black hole before being ejected

By David Aragorn
First-Generation Stars Formed More Quickly than Previously Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
An international team of astronomers has discovered a massive cloud of gas that formed just 850 million years after the Big Bang. The chemical composition of the object reveals that the first generation of stars formed quickly and enriched the Universe with the elements they synthesized.

By David Aragorn
SpaceX Launches 60 More Mini Satellites for Global Internet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s NICER Telescope Captured Massive Thermonuclear Blast Deep in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2019
The burst released as much energy in 20 seconds as our sun provides in 10 days.

By David Aragorn
New ESA-Assisted Experiment Grows Human Tissue in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 12, 2019
This study could lead to growing artificial blood vessels in space, ready for human surgery on Earth.

By David Aragorn
The full November beaver moon will soon be shining, along with the Taurid meteor shower 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 12, 2019
The next full moon of 2019 — nicknamed the “beaver moon” — will reach its peak Tuesday morning, Nov. 12. It is the second to last full moon on the 2019 lunar calendar and it happens to arrive when the annual Taurid meteor shower will be at its best.

By David Aragorn
Light leaking from a distant galaxy hints at a cosmic makeover’s origins 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 9, 2019
Harsh ultraviolet radiation suggests how hydrogen got ionized in the universe long ago

By David Aragorn
Hubble Sees Twelve Images of Same Galaxy Split by Gravitational Lens 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 9, 2019
An effect called strong gravitational lensing has allowed the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to see the same remote galaxy twelve times. Called PSZ1 G311.65-18.48, the galaxy is almost 11 billion light-years from Earth and has been lensed by a massive foreground galaxy cluster 4.6 billion light-years away.

By David Aragorn
This Is The Biggest Asteroid That Could Hit Earth Warns NASA Impact System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 8, 2019
NASA’s impact monitoring system has detected the largest and most dangerous asteroid that could hit Earth. If this asteroid collides with Earth, it could cause a partial extinction event on the planet.

By David Aragorn
The Universe Might Be a Giant Loop 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 8, 2019
What shape is space?

By David Aragorn