space

Mystery of the moon’s tilted orbit 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2017
Had things gone differently in the early days of the inner solar system, the magnificent spectacle of a total solar eclipse might be a monthly event.

By David Aragorn
MAJOR SPACE WEATHER EVENT ON MARS 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2017
More than 150 years after it happened, scientists are still taking about the Carrington Event—a solar storm in Sept. 1859 that sparked Northern Lights as far south as Cuba and sprayed the entire surface of Earth with high energy radiation.

By David Aragorn
New NASA study shows moon once had an atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2017
A new study shows that an atmosphere was produced around the ancient Moon, 3 to 4 billion years ago, when intense volcanic eruptions spewed gases above the surface faster than they could escape to space.

By David Aragorn
A Dog-Killing Meteorite Just Rewrote Mars’ Volcanic History 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2017
How something as small as meteorites can change how we view something as big as Mars.

By David Aragorn
Check Out This Incredible Mars City The UAE Is Building For Training Purposes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- October 5, 2017
*brb, packing bags*

By David Aragorn
STEVE, THE MYSTERIOUS AURORAL ARC 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 2, 2017
A strong geomagnetic storm was brewing in the skies above Alberta, Canada, on Sept. 27th when photographer Alan Dyer looked up and saw a ribbon of purple light arcing cross the sky. It was the mysterious aurora known as “Steve”

By David Aragorn
Lockheed Martin unveils reusable water-powered Mars lander 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2017
Governments and private firms are collaborating on projects to send humans to new frontiers, with NASA planning missions to the space between the earth and moon to prepare for trips to Mars.

By David Aragorn
SpaceX wants to build the Swiss Army knife of rockets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2017
One rocket to rule them all.

By David Aragorn
Elon Musk: SpaceX can colonise Mars and build moon base 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2017
Musk says project codenamed BFR would also allow commercial travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour

By David Aragorn
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to be Launched Spring 2019 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2017
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope now is planning to launch between March and June 2019 from French Guiana, following a schedule assessment of the remaining integration and test activities. Previously Webb was targeted to launch in October 2018.

By David Aragorn