space

Spacewatch: Nasa delays James Webb space telescope to October 2021 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2020
Delay is result of coronavirus pandemic and technical challenges as troubled project is set to cost £6.8bn

By David Aragorn
Astronomers Directly Image Two Giant Exoplanets around Young Sun-Like Star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 24, 2020
Astronomers using the SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research) instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered a second planetary-mass companion orbiting TYC 8998-760-1, a 16.7-million-year-old solar-type star previously known to host one giant planet. The researchers have also managed to directly image this multi-planet system.

By David Aragorn
Astrophysicists Have Made the Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2020
This is the result of a 20-year collaboration of several hundred scientists from around 30 different institutions around the world.

By David Aragorn
Scientists find ‘lost’ planet in breakthrough that could help us discover alien life 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 23, 2020
World was spotted by Nasa telescopes – but then disappeared, until now

By David Aragorn
Asteroid shower rained space rocks on Earth and the moon 800 million years ago 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2020
An asteroid shower thought to have struck the moon and Earth 800 million years ago may have helped trigger Earth’s greatest ice ages, a new study finds.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity rover is about to drill into this weird rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 22, 2020
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has arrived at its next drilling location and plans to take samples of a rock known as “Breamish.”

By David Aragorn
Likely active volcanoes found on Venus, defying theory of dormant planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
Researchers identify 37 ring-like structures known as coronae that are believed to be living volcanoes

By David Aragorn
The Pentagon Moves To Launch Its Own Experimental Mini Space Station 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
The goal is for the space-based platform to support various test, training, and other missions, possibly with humans aboard in the future.

By David Aragorn
New insight into the origin of water on the earth 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 21, 2020
Scientists have found the interstellar organic matter could produce an abundant supply of water by heating, suggesting that organic matter could be the source of terrestrial water.

By David Aragorn
NASA announces seven-month launch delay for JWST 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- July 18, 2020
NASA officials said Thursday the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope will be delayed seven months to Oct. 31, 2021, a schedule slip that takes into account work slowdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the amount of testing required on the observatory before its shipment to French Guiana for liftoff on a European Ariane 5 rocket.

By David Aragorn