space

NASA Politely Clarifies It Is Not Running A Child Slave Colony On Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 6, 2017
NASA spokesman: “There’s only one stupid rumor on the internet? Now that’s news.”

By David Aragorn
Forget Coal: Asteroid Mining Is Coming Sooner Than You Think 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 5, 2017
Robots are paving the way toward lucrative space mining as NASA and private startups launch pioneering prospecting missions to precious metal-rich asteroids.

By David Aragorn
Mars Opportunity rover has image of unidentified metallic object, puts internet in a frenzy 0
- From Around the Web, Space, UFO News
- July 4, 2017
It’s shiny. It’s sharp. It’s on Mars. It must be aliens! What appears to be a chunk of metal photographed by the Opportunity Rover has UFO buffs in a spin.

By David Aragorn
New branch in family tree of exoplanets discovered 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 1, 2017
Since the mid-1990s, when the first planet around another sun-like star was discovered, astronomers have been amassing what is now a large collection of exoplanets—nearly 3,500 have been confirmed so far.

By David Aragorn
Is the Universe Conscious?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2017
Some of the world’s most renowned scientists are questioning whether the cosmos has an inner life similar to our own.

By David Aragorn
NASA Is Figuring Out How to Use AI to Build Autonomous Space Probes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- June 30, 2017
Who needs humans?

By David Aragorn
Super-Earths 10 Times More Massive than Earth –“Magnetic Fields Could Allow Them to Harbor Life”0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2017
With the discovery of thousands of planets beyond the solar system, scientists are eager to learn if rocky “super-Earths,” up to 10 times more massive than Earth, might also be able to harbor life.

By David Aragorn
Giant ‘Mirror’ Planets Found in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 30, 2017
If confirmed, the shiny new worlds may help astronomers better understand how strange planets known as hot Jupiters are created.

By David Aragorn
Rare extreme helium star identified by astronomers 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2017
Astronomers have identified another rare example of an extreme helium star.

By David Aragorn
Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 27, 2017
What would happen if you took two galaxies and mixed them together over millions of years? A new image including data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the cosmic culinary outcome.

By David Aragorn