space

NASA’s Chandra X-ray telescope celebrates 20 years in space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 25, 2019
The spacecraft launched in July 1999 and has been searching the sky ever since

By David Aragorn
Milky Way melded with smaller galaxy in long-ago cosmic crash 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2019
The Milky Way, home to our sun and billions of other stars, merged with another smaller galaxy in a colossal cosmic collision roughly 10 billion years ago, scientists said on Monday based on data from the Gaia space observatory.

By David Aragorn
If this type of dark matter existed, people would be dying of unexplained ‘gunshot’ wounds 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- July 24, 2019
Dark matter, the mysterious substance that makes up most of the mass of the universe, has proved notoriously hard to detect. But scientists have now proposed a surprising new sensor: human flesh.

By David Aragorn
Orbital plan for lunar space station unveiled 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2019
Mission planners at NASA and ESA have determined the orbital path of the upcoming lunar Gateway.

By David Aragorn
What Happens in Intergalactic Space?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2019
Source: Live Science The vast voids between galaxies can stretch millions of light-years across and may appear empty. But these spaces actually contain more matter than the galaxies themselves. “If you took a cubic meter, there would be less than one atom in it,” Michael Shull, an astronomer at the University of Colorado Boulder, told

By David Aragorn
We’re Heading Back to the Moon and Then On to Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, when “one small step for man” became “one giant leap for mankind.”

By David Aragorn
India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission blasts off for the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
India is trying to become the fourth country to complete a controlled soft landing on the moon.

By David Aragorn
Speeding up science on near-earth asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2019
Modeling the shape and movement of near-Earth asteroids is now up to 25 times faster thanks to new Washington State University research.

By David Aragorn
There’s a ‘Bermuda Triangle’ in space where electronics go haywire 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2019
The South Atlantic Anomaly’s high radiation causes ISS computers to crash and telescopes shut down, dubbing it the “Bermuda Triangle of space.”

By David Aragorn
ALMA Spots Moon-Forming Disk around Young Gas Giant PDS 70c 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 20, 2019
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have spotted a circumplanetary disk around a still-forming gaseous exoplanet called PDS 70c.

By David Aragorn