space

In the hunt for aliens, satellites may light the way 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2018
If aliens love satellites as much as we do, we might be able to spot them

By David Aragorn
Saturn’s ‘ring rain’ is a surprising cocktail of chemicals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2018
A new analysis of Cassini data could shed light on the origins of the massive belts

By David Aragorn
Astronomers find first compelling evidence for a moon outside our solar system 0
- From Around the Web
- October 5, 2018
New Neptune-sized exomoon candidate has been observed around a star some 8,000 light years away

By David Aragorn
Phosphates, Key Building Blocks for Life, May Have Come from Deep Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 4, 2018
An international team of researchers from the United States, Taiwan and France provides new evidence that phosphates — a key element in the building blocks — were generated in outer space and delivered to Earth in its first one billion years by meteorites or comets. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.

By David Aragorn
New Simulation Sheds Light on Spiraling Supermassive Black Holes 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 4, 2018
A new model is bringing scientists a step closer to understanding the kinds of light signals produced when two supermassive black holes, which are millions to billions of times the mass of the Sun, spiral toward a collision.

By David Aragorn
Dwarf planet ‘The Goblin’ discovery redefining solar system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 4, 2018
Massively elongated orbit suggests object is influenced by theoretical giant Planet Nine in Oort Cloud region

By David Aragorn
Skull-shaped ‘Great Pumpkin’ asteroid to fly past Earth after Halloween 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2018
Extinct comet classified as potentially hazardous because of its size and proximity to our planet

By David Aragorn
The Moon Is Open for Business 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2018
Commercial companies are proposing lunar missions at a pace the world hasn’t seen since the Apollo program.

By David Aragorn
A New Clue In the Search for Forests on Distant Planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2018
To find signs of plant life on other worlds, it helps to understand the history of our own.

By David Aragorn
Did a Huge Impact Blast Out Moons of Mars? Old Data Bolsters Theory 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2018
Scientists have struggled for decades to explain how the two tiny moons of Mars came to be, but a new study relying on old data bolsters one of the two major hypotheses.

By David Aragorn