space

‘Oumuamua likely came from a binary star system 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2018
New research finds that ‘Oumuamua, the rocky object identified as the first confirmed interstellar asteroid, very likely came from a binary star system.

By David Aragorn
Nasa’s plan to deflect deadly asteroid will not work on asteroid that could collide with Earth, study finds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
If the asteroid Bennu collided with Earth, it would have an impact 80,000 times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima

By David Aragorn
Mars’ oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptions 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2018
A new scenario seeking to explain how Mars’ putative oceans came and went over the last 4 billion years implies that the oceans formed several hundred million years earlier and were not as deep as once thought.

By David Aragorn
Chances of hearing from alien life increasingly slim, say scientists 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2018
Finding alien life is the holy grail of space exploration, but the chances of hearing from existing unearthly civilisations are increasingly slim, a study says.

By David Aragorn
Astronomers can’t figure out why some black holes got so big so fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2018
These behemoths defy expectations of how quickly black holes feed

By David Aragorn
Space Force: President Trump wants new arm of military to battle among the stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 17, 2018
THE US military expects to fight a war in space ‘in a matter of years’. And US President Donald Trump wants to set up a new desingated unit to do just that.

By David Aragorn
NASA Science Heading to Space Ranges from the Upper Atmosphere to Microbes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 16, 2018
A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species in a third world war 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2018
Founder of SpaceX, which is working on getting humans to the planet, speaks at SXSW amid rising nuclear tension

By David Aragorn
Cosmic Clocks: Galaxies Behave Like Clocks, Rotating Once Every Billion Years 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 16, 2018
An international team of astronomers from Australia, China and the United States has discovered that all galaxies rotate once every billion years, no matter how big they are.

By David Aragorn
Mars 2020: The Red Planet’s Next Rover 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 15, 2018
NASA’s next Mars rover won’t just explore the Red Planet; it will, the space agency hopes, make it so a little bit of Mars might make it to Earth.

By David Aragorn