space

NASA Invests in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 12, 2019
Robotically surveying lunar craters in record time and mining resources in space could help NASA establish a sustained human presence at the Moon – part of the agency’s broader Moon to Mars exploration approach. Two mission concepts to explore these capabilities have been selected as the first-ever Phase III studies within the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program.

By David Aragorn
Colonizing the Moon Could Be the Key to Saving the Earth, Says Jeff Bezos 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 11, 2019
Colonizing the moon may be far more beneficial to the future of space travel.

By David Aragorn
Site of biggest ever meteorite collision in the UK discovered 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- June 10, 2019
Scientists believe they have discovered the site of the biggest meteorite impact ever to hit the British Isles.

By David Aragorn
Got $50 million for a vacation? NASA to open space station to private citizens 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2019
NASA will allow private citizens to stay at the International Space Station (ISS) for month-long getaways at a cost of about $35,000 per night, the U.S. space agency said on Friday.

By David Aragorn
Giant ‘thread’ of radio emissions found linking galaxy clusters 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 8, 2019
Scientists predicted that our universe’s structure resembles a huge web. We’ve finally seen one of the strands.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s first SpaceX astronauts ready for ‘messy camping trip’ to space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 7, 2019
The first U.S. astronauts chosen to fly aboard a SpaceX capsule built for NASA shrugged off a spate of design and test mishaps, saying such setbacks were “part of the process” and the new technology was far more advanced than the space shuttle program that ended eight years ago.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Warn About Possible Lethal Meteor Shower in June 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 7, 2019
Astronomers recently speculated that the Beta Taurids meteor shower that’s expected to happen this month could lead to catastrophic and fatal events on Earth. They theorized that the same event that caused the Tunguska disaster in 1908 might happen again soon.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s surprise Australian location pick for world-first rocket launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 6, 2019
The world’s biggest space agency, NASA, has chosen a tiny and remote location in Australia for a world-first rocket launch.

By David Aragorn
Exomoons may be home to extra-terrestrial life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 6, 2019
Moons orbiting planets outside our solar system could offer another clue about the pool of worlds that may be home to extra-terrestrial life, according to an astrophysicist at the University of Lincoln.

By David Aragorn
Hyperactive Comets Contain ‘Ocean-Like’ Water 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 6, 2019
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) observed the hyperactive Jupiter-family comet 46P/Wirtanen as it made its closest approach to Earth in December 2018. Now the latest analysis of SOFIA’s data reveals that water in hyperactive comets may share a common origin with Earth’s oceans, reinforcing the idea that comets played a key role in bringing water to our planet billions of years ago.

By David Aragorn