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Scientists discover ‘hell planet’ where its seas are molten lava and it rains rocks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
The scientists used computer simulations to predict conditions

By David Aragorn
About half of Sun-like stars could host rocky, potentially habitable planets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
According to new research using data from NASA’s retired planet-hunting mission, the Kepler space telescope, about half the stars similar in temperature to our Sun could have a rocky planet capable of supporting liquid water on its surface.

By David Aragorn
Big Black Holes Dominate New Gravitational-Wave Catalog 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 7, 2020
Gravitational-wave scientists have unveiled their latest catalog of events, revealing a surprising number of massive black holes.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious radio signal is coming from inside our galaxy, scientists announce 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2020
Mysterious, intense blasts of radio energy have been detected from within our own galaxy, astronomers have said.

By David Aragorn
Mars 2020 Spacecraft is Midway to Red Planet, NASA Says 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2020
On October 27, 2020, at 4:40 EDT (1:40 p.m. PDT), NASA’s Mars 2020 spacecraft, which includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter, reached its halfway point — 235.4 million km (146.3 million miles) — on its journey to Mars.

By David Aragorn
When to see November’s meteor showers and an eclipse 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2020
Life may be dull as we all stay home to curb the spread of COVID-19, but sky-watchers are set to have a bumper November. According to EarthSky, the South and North Taurid meteor showers are due to appear this month, followed by a Leonid meteor shower and a penumbral lunar eclipse.

By David Aragorn
Clay subsoil at Earth’s driest place may signal life on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- November 6, 2020
Earth’s most arid desert may hold a key to finding life on Mars.

By David Aragorn
How many alien civilizations are out there? A new galactic survey holds a clue.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2020
The Milky Way is full of habitable real estate, with roughly half of all sunlike stars hosting Earth-size worlds that could be friendly to life.

By David Aragorn
Burst of radio waves in Milky Way probably came from neutron star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2020
First fast radio burst found in our galaxy is traced to magnetar 30,000 light years away

By David Aragorn
Mars Express Spots Triple Crater on Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 5, 2020
ESA’s Mars Express orbiter has spotted three overlapping craters in Noachis Terra, an extensive landmass in the southern hemisphere of Mars.

By David Aragorn