space

A new filter to better map the dark universe 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- May 9, 2019
New method cuts through galaxies’ messy emissions, provides clearer window into dark matter, dark energy

By David Aragorn
How Walter Alvarez Decoded the Chicxulub Asteroid Strike 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- May 9, 2019
Walter Alvarez’s discovery of the element iridium in the K-Pg boundary, and the discovery of the Chicxulub Crater led to the reason for the extinction of the dinosaurs.

By David Aragorn
Simulated asteroid strike flattens Manhattan 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- May 8, 2019
Space experts from several agencies failed to stop an asteroid fragment from wiping out New York City last week.

By David Aragorn
LIGO is on the lookout for these 8 sources of gravitational waves 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 7, 2019
Astronomers still hope to catch a star going supernova and a bumpy neutron star, among others

By David Aragorn
Black hole may have swallowed a neutron star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 7, 2019
Astrophysicists have detected the gravitational waves produced by a black hole colliding with a neutron star.

By David Aragorn
God of Chaos Asteroid Apophis is Headed for Earth—and NASA is Excited 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2019
On April 13, 2029, a 1,110-foot-wide asteroid known as 99942 Apophis will speed past our planet at an estimated distance of around 19,000 miles, potentially coming closer to the surface than some orbiting spacecraft.

By David Aragorn
Water found in samples from asteroid Itokawa 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 3, 2019
Up to half of Earth’s ocean water may have come from impacts by asteroids

By David Aragorn
International Space Station hit by major power shortage 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 2, 2019
SpaceX delivery delayed after old power-switching unit malfunctions

By David Aragorn
‘Alien’ grain offers clues to early solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 2, 2019
Scientists have discovered a grain of dust left over from a stellar explosion that predated our solar system.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers discover 2,000-year-old remnant of a nova 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 1, 2019
For the first time, a European research team involving the University of Göttingen has discovered the remains of a nova in a galactic globular cluster. The remnant is located near the centre of the globular cluster Messier 22 and has recently been observed using modern instruments. The results will be published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.

By David Aragorn