Putting Astronauts on the Moon in 2024 Is a Tall Order, NASA Says0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2019
But nobody said it was supposed to be easy.
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International Space Agencies Are Going to Smash a Spacecraft Into an Asteroid0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2019
The time has come. We’re going to smash a spacecraft into an asteroid.
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.
NASA Places Final Parts on Its Space Launch System Due to Send a Rocket to the Moon0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 21, 2019
This will be NASA’s first moon landing since Apollo 11.
Most massive neutron star ever detected, almost too massive to exist0
- 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.
Spacewatch: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 targets final asteroid landing0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 20, 2019
Two target markers deployed around Ryugu ahead of lander’s planned descent next month
NASA couldn’t find India’s crashed Moon lander, and hope is fading fast0
- 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.
Asteroid Dust Triggered an Explosion of Life on Ancient Earth0
- 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
The Milky Way’s supermassive black hole reached record brightness this year0
- Space
- September 19, 2019
The behemoth at the center of the galaxy flared up in near-infrared wavelengths
Saturn’s Rings May Be Ancient After All0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 18, 2019
The age debate has taken another turn.
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