space

The asteroids most likely to hit Earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 15, 2018
These asteroids all have a small but real chance of hitting Earth in the next century

By David Aragorn
Meteorites reveal story of Martian climate 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2018
New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that trapped gasses in ancient Martian meteorites pin down the timing and effectiveness of atmospheric escape processes that have shaped Mars’ climate.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious Ancient Egyptian Rock Made of Tiny Diamonds Formed Before the Solar System Existed 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- January 12, 2018
Mysterious fragments of a rock known as the Hypatia stone, found in the Egyptian desert in 1996, traces its origins back to even before the very first days of the solar system, according to a new paper published in the journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

By David Aragorn
Two astronomers, a hundred years apart, use stars to measure the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 12, 2018
Henrietta Leavitt (left) and Kate Hartman (right) — two astronomers a century apart studying Cepheid variable stars.

By David Aragorn
How humans might outlive Earth, the sun…and even the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 11, 2018
It all starts with a little planet-hopping!

By David Aragorn
Low-energy electrons may spark some space chemistry 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- January 11, 2018
Bonds and chemical groups found in biomolecules form in ices bombarded by the electrons

By David Aragorn
How massive is Supermassive? Astronomers measure more black holes, farther away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 11, 2018
Today, astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) announced new measurements of the masses of a large sample of supermassive black holes far beyond the local Universe.

By David Aragorn
Space NASA may send ‘Dragonfly’ drone to an alien world 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 11, 2018
Proposed quadcopter would study the potential habitability of Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan.

By David Aragorn
How Phosphorus Helped Oxygenate Earth’s Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 10, 2018
Life in Earth’s oceans may have had a slow start because phosphorus — a key nutrient of life — was not recycled through the biosphere fast enough. The finding, by scientists at the University of Washington and the University of St Andrews, UK, could explain why it took so long for Earth’s atmosphere to become oxygenated.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Juno Orbiter Delivers Spectacular New Photos of Jupiter 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 10, 2018
NASA has released beautiful new images of Jupiter’s turbulent atmosphere from the tenth close flyby of its Juno spacecraft.

By David Aragorn