space

‘Rogue planet’ spotted 100 light-years away 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2016
Astronomers have spotted a “rogue planet” – wandering the cosmos without a star to orbit – 100 light-years away.

By David Aragorn
The Comet that Changed Civilization – And May Do Again 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2016
A comet was recorded by the Egyptians described a brilliant disk much larger than the full moon as it flew across the sky with ten tails. Ancient Egyptians described a comet just barely passing the Earth.

By David Aragorn
Planet in star system nearest our Sun ‘may have oceans’0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 7, 2016
A rocky planet discovered in the “habitable” zone of the star nearest our Sun may be covered with oceans, researchers at France’s CNRS research institute said Thursday.

By David Aragorn
Our galaxy’s most-mysterious star is even stranger than astronomers thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2016
A star known by the unassuming name of KIC 8462852 in the constellation Cygnus has been raising eyebrows both in and outside of the scientific community for the past year.

By David Aragorn
Are planets setting the sun’s pace?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 6, 2016
HZDR researchers suggest a link between the solar cycle and the tidal effects of Venus, the Earth and Jupiter

By David Aragorn
Superfast spinning stars cause strangest weather in the universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 5, 2016
Like a sped-up movie, planets orbiting stars that spin rapidly might go through their seasons in double time.

By David Aragorn
Are Those Spidery Black Things On Mars Dangerous? (Maybe)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 4, 2016
There have been black ‘spidery’ specks showing up all over on Mars’ surface, showing up every Martian spring.

By David Aragorn
Phobos: Facts About the Doomed Martian Moon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 3, 2016
The moon orbiting over Mars, Phobos, is slowly falling towards the surface of the red planet.

By David Aragorn
Final descent image from Rosetta spacecraft 1
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 1, 2016
A new image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was taken by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft shortly before its controlled impact into the comet’s surface on Sept. 30, 2016.

By David Aragorn
Spiral arms: Protoplanetary disk around a young star exhibits spiral structure 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 30, 2016
Astronomers have found a distinct structure involving spiral arms in the reservoir of gas and dust disk surrounding the young star Elias 2-27.

By David Aragorn