space

GEOMAGNETIC STORM TODAY 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 29, 2016
As predicted, a high-speed stream of solar wind is buffeting Earth’s magnetic field.

By David Aragorn
Mystery radio bursts may be pulsars bumping into asteroids 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2016
It’s a case of pulsar ping-pong. Repeating radio bursts from space may be the result of pulsars colliding with asteroids in faraway stellar systems.

By David Aragorn
Hyperboreae Undae 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2016
An image of the Hyperboreae Undae was taken by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laporatory, showing us a very interesting, almost scale-like image.

By David Aragorn
X-rays that don’t come from any known source 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 28, 2016
NASA-funded sounding rocket solves one cosmic mystery, reveals another

By David Aragorn
What It Would Be Like to Live On a Comet 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 27, 2016
Though ancient cultures often saw comets as harbingers of doom, the cosmic “dirty snowballs” are now viewed as important objects that could help scientists learn more about the early evolution of the solar system.

By David Aragorn
NASA to release details of ‘surprising activity’ on Europa 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
NASA has announced a teleconference to be held on Monday afternoon next week, during which it will present new findings from images of Europa, one of the largest of Jupiter’s 67 known moons, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

By David Aragorn
Black holes belch fire after devouring cosmic spaghetti, studies show 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
By examining ‘echoes’ of infrared light, scientists were able to measure the intensity of black hole flare.

By David Aragorn
Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft to end epic trek with comet crash landing 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 24, 2016
After 12 years chasing a comet across more 6 billion km of space, European scientists will end the historic Rosetta mission by crash landing the spacecraft on the surface of the dusty, icy body at the end of the month.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s ‘heart’ sheds light on a possible buried ocean 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 23, 2016
Ever since NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto last year, evidence has been mounting that the dwarf planet may have a liquid ocean beneath its icy shell.

By David Aragorn
Forget Mars, Why Not Colonize Venus Instead?1
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 23, 2016
Elon Musk has announced plans to colonize Mars in the near future and NASA is planning a manned mission to the red planet in the 2030’s, but for some reason we aren’t talking about Venus.

By David Aragorn