space

International Space Agencies Are Going to Smash a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2019
The time has come. We’re going to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid.

By David Aragorn
Melting Exomoon May Explain Long-Term Dimming of Milky Way’s ‘Most-Mysterious Star’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2019
A team of astrophysicists from Columbia University proposes that the strange long-term dimming of the KIC 8462852 star (also known as Tabby’s star or Boyajian’s star) is the result of a disk of debris — torn from a melting moon – that is accumulating and orbiting the star.

By David Aragorn
NASA Places Final Parts on Its Space Launch System Due to Send a Rocket to the Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2019
This will be NASA’s first moon landing since Apollo 11.

By David Aragorn
Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2019
Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of existence, approaching the theoretical maximum mass possible for a neutron star.

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 targets final asteroid landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
Two target markers deployed around Ryugu ahead of lander’s planned descent next month

By David Aragorn
NASA couldn’t find India’s crashed Moon lander, and hope is fading fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
It’s now been nearly two full weeks since India’s lunar lander, Chandrayaan-2, went quiet moments before what was supposed to be a soft landing on the Moon.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- September 19, 2019
466 million years ago, the break-up of a large space rock may have led to major changes in our planet’s biodiversity

By David Aragorn
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole reached record brightness this year 0
- Space
- September 19, 2019
The behemoth at the center of the galaxy flared up in near-infrared wavelengths

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s Rings May Be Ancient After All 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
The age debate has taken another turn.

By David Aragorn
Titan’s Small Methane-Filled Lakes are Explosion Craters: Study 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
Small methane-filled lakes on the surface of Titan were likely formed by explosive, pressurized nitrogen just under the hazy moon’s surface, according to a new analysis of radar data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

By David Aragorn