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Holy Cow! Astronomers agog at mysterious new supernova 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2018
An event known as ‘Cow’ that has rocked astronomy since June likely offers a close look at the birth of a neutron star or black hole.

By David Aragorn
Sun’s closest solo star may have company 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2018
A large planet appears to be orbiting out near the system’s snow line.

By David Aragorn
A dark matter hurricane is crashing into Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 16, 2018
Giving our solar system a “slap in the face.”

By David Aragorn
Ice Age Asteroid Crater Discovered Beneath Greenland Glacier 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2018
It is the first impact crater discovered under one of Earth’s ice sheets, according to the scientists who found it.

By David Aragorn
Physicists measured Earth’s mass using neutrinos for the first time 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 15, 2018
The tiny particles provide an independent test of some of the planet’s key properties

By David Aragorn
Galactic Ghosts: Gaia Uncovers Major Event in the Formation of the Milky Way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2018
ESA’s Gaia mission has made a major breakthrough in unravelling the formation history of the Milky Way.

By David Aragorn
China is about to visit uncharted territory on the moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2018
One Chinese mission will bring back the first lunar rock samples in more than four decades

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Found a Black Hole Rotating So Fast, It Could Be Spinning Space Itself 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2018
Black holes, while fascinating, are hardly a new discovery – but a black hole spinning at one of the highest speeds ever, according to the Hindustan Times, is a completely different story – especially when there have only ever been four others like it.

By David Aragorn
Confirmed: Comet Dust Tail is Electrically Charged | Space News 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 14, 2018
New scientific reports are again confirming the electrical nature of one of the most mysterious phenomena in the cosmos, the comet.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Have Detected One of The Oldest Stars in The Entire Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 13, 2018
Whenever we hear of stars discovered that formed just after the Big Bang, they’re very far away, in the far reaches of the visible Universe. But now astronomers have spotted something new: a star that’s around 13.5 billion years old, right here in our own Milky Way galaxy.

By David Aragorn