The asteroid rush sending 21st-century prospectors into space0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 13, 2018
A race is on to mine billions of dollars in resources from the solar system’s asteroids, fuelling our future among the stars
A race is on to mine billions of dollars in resources from the solar system’s asteroids, fuelling our future among the stars
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over the exact source of a peculiar type of faint microwave light emanating from a number of regions across the Milky Way.
New observations by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory indicate the two brightest stars in the triple-star system Alpha Centauri are not pummeling any orbiting exoplanets with large amounts of X-rays.
The rover also discovered more signs of organic molecules
The lightning struck more than twice.
NASA’s Curiosity rover has found new evidence preserved in rocks on Mars that suggests the planet could have supported ancient life, as well as new evidence in the Martian atmosphere that relates to the search for current life on the Red Planet.
Researchers confirm the first detection of a relic galaxy with the Hubble Space Telescope.
Hibernation season is over for NASA’s New Horizons probe.
A new study using X-ray data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory indicates that the neutron star merger that became the gravitational wave source, GW170817, likely created the lowest mass black hole known.
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