space

Tiny Satellites Headed to Mars Likely Are First of Many 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2018
Two tiny explorers are pushing the bounds of their kind, but if scientists have their way, the two adventurers will soon have plenty of company.

By David Aragorn
Dust Storms Rage on Saturn Moon Titan, Just Like on Mars and Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2018
Images from the 1930s captured the immensity of the American Dust Bowl, and modern snapshots reveal massive “haboob” dust storms intensely rolling over the Sahara Desert. Now, astronomers have taken pictures of something stunningly similar on an altogether alien location: They observed dust storms on Saturn’s moon Titan. The discovery of dust storms blowing across

By David Aragorn
Is NASA Paving the Way for Asteroid Mining?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2018
The agency just greenlit a robotic mission to the most metal-rich space rock in the solar system.

By David Aragorn
As Dust Clears, NASA Spots Possibly Dead Opportunity Rover From Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2018
It’s been 107 agonizing days since NASA last heard from Opportunity, raising fears that the 14-year-old rover has finally expired after being battered by a massive dust storm.

By David Aragorn
Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 27, 2018
The video is stunning: A satellite in orbit fires a net to snare a nearby target in the pioneering demonstration of space-junk-cleanup technology.

By David Aragorn
Scientists weigh in on cigar-shaped UFO, believed to carry alien life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 27, 2018
A GROUP of scientists claim to have identified a mysterious object spotted flying through space and thought to have been an alien spaceship.

By David Aragorn
The Best-Ever Photos of an Asteroid’s Rugged Terrain 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 27, 2018
A Japanese mission has captured mesmerizing views of a distant space rock.

By David Aragorn
‘Oumuamua Isn’t from Our Solar System. Now We May Know Which Star It Came From 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 26, 2018
Ever since astronomers spotted ‘Oumuamua, the first-ever object from beyond our solar system, it has offered more questions than answers: — What is it? Where did it come from? Why is it so darn weird?

By David Aragorn
They Made It! Japan’s Two Hopping Rovers Successfully Land on Asteroid Ryugu 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2018
The suspense is over: Two tiny hopping robots have successfully landed on an asteroid called Ryugu — and they’ve even sent back some wild postcards from their new home.

By David Aragorn
Mars trip radiation exposure levels revealed 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 22, 2018
Scientists have calculated the minimum level of radiation that an astronaut will be exposed to on a trip to Mars.

By David Aragorn