space

Strange ‘dark hydrogen’ may exist deep inside giant gas planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2016
Jupiter and Saturn could have a layer of darkness beneath their colourful surfaces – previously unseen “dark hydrogen”.

By David Aragorn
Hubble reveals stellar fireworks in ‘skyrocket’ galaxy 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 29, 2016
Fireworks shows are not just confined to Earth’s skies. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular fireworks display in a small, nearby galaxy, which resembles a July 4th skyrocket.

By David Aragorn
Sugar derivatives in meteorites shows enantiomeric excess 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 22, 2016
A slice from the 4.5-billion-year-old Allende meteorite. This rock was formed along with the solar system.

By David Aragorn
Newborn giant planet grazes its star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 21, 2016
While monitoring a star barely two million years old called V830 Tau, located in the Taurus stellar nursery some 430 light years away, that an international team of astronomers discovered the youngest known hot Jupiter.

By David Aragorn
‘Space tsunami’ causes the third Van Allen Belt 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 20, 2016
Scientists have observed huge plasma waves from space that has battered into earth like a giant space tsunami.

By David Aragorn
Unexpected excess of giant planets in star cluster 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 17, 2016
Astronomers have found far more planets like this in the cluster than expected.

By David Aragorn
Second gravitational wave detected from ancient black hole collision 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 17, 2016
Following February’s historic announcement, LIGO has again spotted ripples in the fabric of spacetime, from the collision of a second set of black holes

By David Aragorn
Black holes and measuring gravitational waves 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 16, 2016
The supermassive black holes found at the centre of every galaxy, including our own Milky Way, may, on average, be smaller than we thought, according to work led by University of Southampton astronomer Dr Francesco Shankar.

By David Aragorn
Small planets hiding in giant cloaks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2016
Hazes and clouds high up in the atmospheres of exoplanets may make them appear bigger than they really are, according to new research by astronomers at the Space Research Institute (IWF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

By David Aragorn
First detection of methyl alcohol in a planet-forming disc 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 15, 2016
The organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol) has been found by the Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the TW Hydrae protoplanetary disc.

By David Aragorn