space

Does the organic material of comets predate our solar system?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 12, 2017
The Rosetta space probe discovered a large amount of organic material in the nucleus of comet ‘Chury.’

By David Aragorn
The Meteorite Hunters of British Columbia Are Out in Full Force 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 9, 2017
They’re looking for remnants of the fireball that burned up over their province this past weekend.

By David Aragorn
MAJOR X-CLASS SOLAR FLARE (UPDATED)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2017
On Sept. 6th at 1202 UT, sunspot AR2673 unleashed a major X9.3-class solar flare–the strongest solar flare in more than a decade. X-rays and UV radiation from the blast ionized the top of Earth’s atmosphere, causing a strong shortwave radio blackout over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean: Link to blackout map. Above: The extreme

By David Aragorn
Northern Lights in Ohio? Sun Storm May Ramp Up Auroras Tonight!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 7, 2017
People as far south as Ohio and Indiana may be able to see the northern lights tonight (Sept. 6), thanks to a powerful sun storm.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Florence Has Two Small Moons, NASA Radar Reveals 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 6, 2017
Astronomers working with NASA’s 230-foot (70-m) Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, CA, have released the first radar images of the near-Earth asteroid (3122) Florence. The images show the asteroid has two small moons.

By David Aragorn
Nasa to wake up New Horizons spacecraft for voyage into mysterious Third Zone 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 6, 2017
Nasa is to wake up its New Horizons spacecraft next month following a five month hibernation, ahead of a journey deeper into one of the most mysterious regions of the Solar System.

By David Aragorn
RCMP receive dozens of calls from Alberta to B.C. about reported fireball in sky 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 5, 2017
Many people said on social media that they also heard and felt a deafening boom after it passed

By David Aragorn
Mining complex on the moon? UFO hunter claims structures visible on lunar surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space, UFO News
- September 5, 2017
A UFO hunter claims to have spotted a mining complex on the surface of the Moon.

By David Aragorn
NASA may make a mechanical computer to navigate Venus’ surface 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 5, 2017
21st century, meet IRL steampunk.

By David Aragorn
Equatorial jet in Venusian atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 5, 2017
Observations by Japan’s Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki have revealed an equatorial jet in the lower to middle cloud layer of the planet’s atmosphere, a finding that could be pivotal to unraveling a phenomenon called superrotation.

By David Aragorn