space

Ice Confirmed at the Moon’s Poles 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 23, 2018
In the darkest and coldest parts of its polar regions, a team of scientists has directly observed definitive evidence of water ice on the Moon’s surface.

By David Aragorn
Mystery of purple lights in sky solved with help from citizen scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 22, 2018
Citizen scientists, satellites and researchers solve the mystery of new purple lights in the sky. The lights, called STEVE, provide scientists insight into Earth’s magnetic field.

By David Aragorn
Five things we learned from last year’s Great American Eclipse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 22, 2018
It’s been a year since the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017, captured millions of imaginations as the moon briefly blotted out the sun and cast a shadow that crisscrossed the United States from Oregon to South Carolina.

By David Aragorn
‘Asteroid forensics’ could reveal the origin of water 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 21, 2018
By studying water-rich meteorites on Earth, Museum scientist Helena Bates is working out where in the solar system the meteorites – and the water they contain – originated from.

By David Aragorn
Physicists Propose Possible Death of the Universe Scenario 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- August 20, 2018
Professor Odintsov comments, “Possible future singularity was studied within the modified theory of gravity with the use of dynamical system variables. We showed that a dynamical system singularity is not always a physical singularity. A singularity might not occur, and the Universe can then evolve infinitely. However, for that to happen it must be described through alternate gravity which includes quadratic scalar invariants. Interestingly, this theory corresponds with the inflational theory of KFU AstroChallenge project supervisor Alexei Starobinsky.”

By David Aragorn
A MYSTERY IN THE MESOSPHERE 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 17, 2018
This summer, something strange has been happening in the mesosphere.

By David Aragorn
Black Hole Ghost Particle Caught Striking Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 17, 2018
Four billion years ago, an immense galaxy with a black hole at its heart spewed forth a jet of particles at nearly the speed of light.

By David Aragorn
Will new Space Force combat aliens?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2018
The question has arisen as to whether Trump’s calling for a Space Force has anything to do with recent revelations that the Pentagon was conducting secret UFO studies.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Planet-hunting TESS catches a comet before starting science 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2018
Before NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) started science operations on July 25, 2018, the planet hunter sent back a stunning sequence of serendipitous images showing the motion of a comet. Taken over the course of 17 hours on July 25, these TESS images helped demonstrate the satellite’s ability to collect a prolonged set of stable periodic images covering a broad region of the sky — all critical factors in finding transiting planets orbiting nearby stars.

By David Aragorn
Parker Solar Probe: last-minute hitch delays flight to the sun 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- August 15, 2018
US space agency postpones launch of fastest object ever made on journey to Earth’s nearest star

By David Aragorn