space

‘FarFarOut’: astronomer finds potential furthest object in solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 28, 2019
Mystery shrouds ‘very faint’ planetary body that appears to be 140 times further from the sun than Earth

By David Aragorn
TESS Discovers Pair of Warm Giant Exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 27, 2019
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered two ‘warm’ gas giants orbiting a nearby dwarf star.

By David Aragorn
Colliding neutron stars shot a light-speed jet through space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 27, 2019
An emerging consensus suggests the crash can explain distant gamma-ray bursts

By David Aragorn
Failed 1970s Venus Probe Could Crash to Earth This Year 0
- From Around the Web, Skype
- February 26, 2019
Exactly when it falls back to Earth is unclear.

By David Aragorn
Japanese asteroid hunter touches down 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 26, 2019
The Hayabusa2’s target – the asteroid named Ryugu – is thought to be as old as the solar system itself.

By David Aragorn
SOLAR EXPLOSION MISSES EARTH 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 26, 2019
On Feb. 24th, a magnetic filament on the sun became unstable and erupted. The blast hurled a coronal mass ejection (CME) into space. NOAA analysts have modeled the expanding storm cloud, and they say it will miss Earth. No geomagnetic storm will result from the explosion.

By David Aragorn
Why It’ll Take Israel’s Lunar Lander 8 Weeks to Get to the Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 23, 2019
An Israeli moon lander just took to the skies, but we’ll all have to wait nearly two months for its historic touchdown try.

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: Nasa to produce new survey of the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 23, 2019
Comprehensive mission known as SPHEREx will collect data on more than 300m galaxies

By David Aragorn
NASA asteroid SHOCK: How scientist plans to SAVE mankind from HUGE space rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 22, 2019
A SCIENTIST revealed during a documentary how he could save the Earth from a devastating asteroid after NASA admitted the space rock could make a direct impact in the future.

By David Aragorn
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 successfully touches down on Ryugu asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 22, 2019
The probe was due to fire a pellet into the surface of the asteroid to try to capture dust

By David Aragorn