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This Space Rock’s Weird Chemistry Suggests It Came From a Supernova 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 2, 2022
A rare stellar death may have formed a rock that eventually landed in Egypt.

By David Aragorn
The Sun Is Made of Way More Metal Than We Thought 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 1, 2022
Astronomers have found that the sun is more metallic than we previously thought, potentially solving an astronomical mystery that scientists have grappled with for years.

By David Aragorn
Something’s Glowing at The Galactic Core, And We Could Be Closer to Solving The Mystery0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 30, 2022
Something deep in the heart of the Milky Way galaxy is glowing with gamma radiation, and nobody can figure out for sure what it might be.

By David Aragorn
Researchers found a new roadblock in the quest to inhabit the Moon0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 27, 2022
A new study says that growing plants on the Moon is possible. But it causes a massive amount of stress on the plants. The researchers published their findings in Communications Biology. It’s the first study to show success at growing plants in lunar soil returned from the Apollo missions all those years ago.

By David Aragorn
Extreme ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar Detected Just 3,000 Light-Years Away0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2022
There are some strange objects lurking in our galaxy, and astronomers have just spied an extreme new candidate roughly 3,000 to 4,000 light-years away.

By David Aragorn
Stronger gravity in the early universe may solve a cosmological conundrum0
- Earth Mysteries
- May 24, 2022
The inflationary epoch that caused our universe to rapidly expand in its earliest moments may be connected to the modern era of dark energy, thanks to a phantom component of the cosmos that changes the strength of gravity as the universe evolves, a physicist proposes in a new paper.

By David Aragorn
Spooky Discovery on Mars Looks Just Like an Alien Doorway0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2022
The surface of Saturn’s moon Titan looks a bit like Earth and a new study finally explains why.

By David Aragorn
Hubble Confirms Largest Comet Nucleus Ever Seen0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 13, 2022
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has determined the size of the largest icy comet nucleus ever seen by astronomers. The estimated diameter is approximately 80 miles across, making it larger than the state of Rhode Island. The nucleus is about 50 times larger than found at the heart of most known comets. Its mass is estimated to be a staggering 500 trillion tons, a hundred thousand times greater than the mass of a typical comet found much closer to the Sun.

By David Aragorn
Neptune is cooling down and scientists don’t know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 12, 2022
“We would expect temperatures to be slowly growing warmer, not colder.”

By David Aragorn
Ultra-fast electron rain is pouring out of Earth’s magnetosphere, and scientists think they know why0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 10, 2022
Electron downpours can contribute to the aurora and damage spacecraft, the researchers said.

By David Aragorn