space

First ever black hole image released 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2019
Astronomers have taken the first ever image of a black hole, which is located in a distant galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Ferrovolcanism: Liquid Iron-Spewing Volcanoes Erupted on Metallic Asteroids, Scientists Say 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2019
Metallic asteroids are the cooled cores of disrupted planetesimals. They originated early in the history of our Solar System when planets were beginning to form. University of California Santa Cruz planetary researchers Jacob Abrahams and Professor Francis Nimmo think that as the metal cooled and solidified, volcanoes spewing liquid iron could have erupted through a solid iron crust onto the surface of the metallic asteroid.

By David Aragorn
Life could be evolving right now on nearest exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 10, 2019
Rocky, Earth-like planets orbiting our closest stars could host life, according to a new study that raises the excitement about exoplanets.

By David Aragorn
Young entrepreneur aims to send 3-D-printed rockets to space 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 9, 2019
To see Tim Ellis hunched over his laptop, alone in a room at a major space industry conference in Colorado, you can hardly imagine that he might be the next Elon Musk.

By David Aragorn
NASA launch sparks ‘alien invasion’ fears 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 9, 2019
A recent NASA rocket launch produced a strange and rather spectacular light show in the skies over Norway.

By David Aragorn
A ‘Self-Driving’ Spacecraft May Help Save Earth from Asteroid Collisions 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 9, 2019
Europe’s next asteroid mission, which could launch in 2023, will rely on the same kind of navigation technology as self-driving cars.

By David Aragorn
A Star Passing The Black Hole at The Centre of Our Galaxy Is About to Test Einstein’s Theory 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 8, 2019
In a few months, astronomers are going to be pointing their telescopes to Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

By David Aragorn
Japanese spacecraft ‘bombs’ asteroid in scientific mission 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2019
Scientists hope samples from Hayabusa 2 will provide clues about origins of life on Earth

By David Aragorn
Curiosity captured two solar eclipses on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2019
When NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover landed in 2012, it brought along eclipse glasses. The solar filters on its Mast Camera (Mastcam) allow it to stare directly at the Sun. Over the past few weeks, Curiosity has been putting them to good use by sending back some spectacular imagery of solar eclipses caused by Phobos and Deimos, Mars’ two moons.

By David Aragorn
This planetary remnant somehow survived the death of its sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 5, 2019
A rare rocky relic orbiting a white dwarf may give insight into the future of our solar system

By David Aragorn