space

‘Farout,’ the most-distant solar system object discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 19, 2019
For the first time, an object in our solar system has been found more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the sun.

By David Aragorn
Two daring spacecraft aim to bring asteroid dust back to Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2019
The pristine space material may help explain life’s beginnings

By David Aragorn
Thousands of stars turning into crystals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2019
The first direct evidence of white dwarf stars solidifying into crystals has been discovered by astronomers at the University of Warwick, and our skies are filled with them.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid suddenly shows off a comet-like tail 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2019
A smash-up in the asteroid belt may have turned a previously calm and quiet space rock into a splashier kind of celestial object.

By David Aragorn
Steam-propelled spacecraft could explore asteroids ‘forever’, say scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2019
‘Awesome’ technology could be used to explore ‘anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity’

By David Aragorn
The Hubble telescope found the brightest quasar ever and also needs a fix 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2019
One of the premier cameras on the Hubble Space Telescope is no longer working and NASA has shut it down while the issue is investigated.

By David Aragorn
Giant leaf for mankind? China germinates first seed on moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 15, 2019
A small cotton shoot is growing onboard Chang’e 4 lunar lander, scientists confirm

By David Aragorn
Massive Exoplanet Found within Binary Star System 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 15, 2019
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of Earth orbiting a star in the low-mass binary system K2-288 (also known as EPIC 210693462, LP 413-32, NLTT 11596 and 2MASS J03414639+1816082). Dubbed K2-288Bb, the alien world could be rocky or could be a gaseous planet similar to Neptune.

By David Aragorn
A cosmic flare called the ‘Cow’ may reveal a new way that stars die 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 14, 2019
The burst of light from far away may have been a new type of supernova

By David Aragorn
Scientists May Have Witnessed The Birth of a Black Hole For The First Time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 12, 2019
A bright flare nicknamed “The Cow” may have been the birth of a black hole or neutron star.

By David Aragorn