space

Kepler Captures Details of Unusual Stellar Explosion: FELT Supernova 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 28, 2018
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has caught a kind of stellar explosion called a Fast-Evolving Luminous Transient (FELT) in the act.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid-bound spacecraft finds signs of life—on Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 28, 2018
A camera onboard the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured this image of the Pacific Ocean, Baja California in Mexico, and parts of the southwestern United States. The dark lines are missing data caused by short exposure times

By David Aragorn
CHINA’S DOOMED SPACE STATION 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2018
China’s Tiangong-1 space station is about to return to Earth–as a massive fireball.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Space Telescope Observes NGC 5714 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 27, 2018
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the spiral galaxy NGC 5714.

By David Aragorn
Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 27, 2018
When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. What happens if gravity is no longer part of the equation?

By David Aragorn
NASA Can Use Paint To Save Earth From Asteroid Impact 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 26, 2018
Asteroid Bennu, a space rock the size of the Empire State Building, is expected to fly by close to Earth in 2135.

By David Aragorn
Dwarf Planet Ceres Continues to Evolve and Change 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2018
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has detected recent changes in Ceres’ surface, revealing that the dwarf planet is a dynamic planetary body that continues to evolve and change. The results are published in two papers in the journal Science Advances.

By David Aragorn
Rare metals on Mars and Earth implicate colossal impacts 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 22, 2018
New research has revealed that a giant impact on Mars more than four billion years ago would explain the unusual amount of “iron loving” elements in the Red Planet.

By David Aragorn
A star disturbed the comets of the solar system in prehistory 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
New evidences of the passage of the Scholz’s star

By David Aragorn
Now Russia wants to nuke threatening asteroids, too 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
It was just days ago that a team of scientists from NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration spoke at length about the potential to use nuclear weapons to divert an incoming asteroid, and now Russian researchers are singing a very similar tune.

By David Aragorn