space

Out-of-This-World Diamond-Studded Rock Just Got Even Weirder 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 20, 2018
The diamonds that are studding the Hypatia stone probably formed from the shock when the space rock blasted through Earth’s atmosphere.

By David Aragorn
Missing matter in the Sun’s interior 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 19, 2018
It is often assumed that a structure’s surface can be appropriately represented as a two-dimensional area, completely flat and devoid of any depth. However, in reality, two-dimensional surfaces do not exist in nature, if zoomed in sufficiently even the most seemingly flat surface has 3-dimensional structure. This can pose a problem when physics that have been formulated with two-dimensions are re-examined using a more realistic 3D model.

By David Aragorn
Supermassive black hole eats, burps and naps 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2018
It’s not just us humans who get sleepy after big meals. Black holes do, too.

By David Aragorn
Citizen scientists discovered an unusual new solar system not even NASA could find 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 18, 2018
In NASA’s efforts to explore the endless expanse of space, the agency eventually came to a realization: there is simply too much data. Missions like the one embarked upon in 2009 by the Kepler space telescope yield such a tremendous amount of data that there’s no efficient way for an individual scientist or even a team of scientists at NASA to pour through it all. That’s when they made a realization — instead of handling everything internally, NASA could make this data publicly available so that citizen scientists all over the world would be able to dig in.

By David Aragorn
Flash of light in Michigan is likely a meteor, says National Weather Service 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2018
The night sky briefly lit up in Michigan on Tuesday night, with a bright flash of light and a loud noise that startled residents.

By David Aragorn
This Is What The Entire Known Universe Looks Like in a Single Image 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2018
Isn’t it beautiful? This is an illustrated logarithmic scale conception of the observable Universe with the Solar System at the centre.

By David Aragorn
Life Is Common in the Universe, New Analysis of Meteorites Suggests 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 17, 2018
Is there life on other planets?

By David Aragorn
Spitzer and Hubble Telescopes Provide 3D Journey through Magnificent Orion Nebula 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2018
By combining the visible and infrared capabilities of NASA’s Spitzer and NASA/ESA Hubble space telescopes, a team of specialists at NASA’s Universe of Learning program has created a spectacular, three-dimensional, fly-through movie of the famous Orion Nebula, a diffuse nebula in the constellation Orion.

By David Aragorn
Ingredients for life revealed in meteorites that fell to Earth 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2018
Two wayward space rocks, which separately crashed to Earth in 1998 after circulating in our solar system’s asteroid belt for billions of years, share something else in common: the ingredients for life. They are the first meteorites found to contain both liquid water and a mix of complex organic compounds such as hydrocarbons and amino acids.

By David Aragorn
Huge Water Reserves Found All Over Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 16, 2018
New NASA images show layers of ice peeking out of eroded cliffs—a potential boon for future humans on the red planet.

By David Aragorn