space

Cosmic voids and galaxy clusters could upend Einstein 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2018
New mappings of hundreds of thousands of voids and galaxy clusters are providing an opportunity to test Einstein’s theory of relativity.

By David Aragorn
A New Study Could Explain Away Some Evidence for Planet Nine 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2018
A new model provides an explanation for the bizarre orbits of distant objects in the solar system that doesn’t require influences from a massive ninth planet.

By David Aragorn
Small asteroid zipped through Earth’s atmosphere Saturday 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 5, 2018
The IAU has confirmed that the asteroid originally designated ZLAF9B2 – now called 2018 LA – disintegrated at a height of 30 miles (50 km) over South Africa on Saturday.

By David Aragorn
Naked-Eye Asteroid and More Can’t-Miss Sky Events in June 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 4, 2018
Planetary pairings, a super-bright asteroid, and the astronomical start of a new season offer plenty of reasons to look up this month.

By David Aragorn
Secrets behind Pluto’s dunes revealed 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2018
Scientists have discovered dunes on Pluto, and say they are likely to have been formed of methane ice grains released into its rarefied atmosphere.

By David Aragorn
NASA Dives Deep into the Search for Life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2018
Off the coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and more than 3,000 feet beneath the ocean surface lie the warm, bubbling springs of a volcano — a deep-sea location that may hold lessons for the search for extraterrestrial life.

By David Aragorn
See a cosmic spider caught spinning up brand new stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2018
The cosmic spider looms

By David Aragorn
Iron-Rich Rocks are Best Place to Seek Fossil Evidence of Martian Life, Scientists Say 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2018
Iron-rich rocks near ancient lake sites on Mars are the most promising and best understood astropaleontological targets, according to new research led by University of Edinburgh scientist Sean McMahon.

By David Aragorn
Cosmic collision lights up the darkness 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2018
Though it resembles a peaceful rose swirling in the darkness of the cosmos, NGC 3256 is actually the site of a violent clash. This distorted galaxy is the relic of a collision between two spiral galaxies, estimated to have occurred 500 million years ago. Today it is still reeling in the aftermath of this event.

By David Aragorn
Astronomer Names Minor Planet After Vancouver First Nation: the Tsawout Asteroid 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 31, 2018
Harvey Underwood is the proud Tsawout First Nation Chief who now gets to look up at the sky, knowing that the name of their community has a place among the stars.

By David Aragorn