space

This black-hole collision just made gravitational waves even more interesting 0
- Space
- April 24, 2020
An unprecedented signal from unevenly sized objects gives astronomers rare insight into how black holes spin.

By David Aragorn
Scientists observe celestial smash-up around nearby star 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 23, 2020
Scientists have observed what appears to be the aftermath of a violent collision between two planetary building blocks orbiting a large and luminous star, a glimpse of the type of carnage that may have been commonplace early in our solar system’s history.

By David Aragorn
Study: Long-Duration Spaceflight Affects Brain Volume 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- April 22, 2020
A new study led by Professor Larry Kramer from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston suggests that the impact of microgravity is far-reaching, potentially causing brain volume changes and pituitary gland deformation.

By David Aragorn
Mysterious ‘disappearing’ exoplanet was just a big cloud of asteroid trash, study suggests 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 22, 2020
The alleged exoplanet was bright and vivid in 2004, then totally vanished by 2014.

By David Aragorn
The Lyrid meteor shower of 2020 peaks tonight!0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 21, 2020
You may not be able to see the moon in the sky tonight, but if you look up for long enough at a dark, clear sky, you may catch some “shooting stars.”

By David Aragorn
Spacewatch: IM-1 mission takes aim at moon’s Ocean of Storms 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 21, 2020
Intuitive Machines announces its Nova-C lander will target touchdown near Vallis Schröteri

By David Aragorn
Interstellar gatecrasher 2I/Borisov is no ordinary comet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 21, 2020
Scientists have discovered that a comet called 2I/Borisov – only the second interstellar object ever detected passing through the solar system – is surprisingly different in its composition from comets hailing from our celestial neighborhood.

By David Aragorn
2 architects are building a habitat to live on the moon. They’re going into total isolation in Greenland for 3 months to test it.0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 20, 2020
A Danish architecture firm is building a prototype for eventual lunar habitation, asking “what does it take to live on the moon?”.

By David Aragorn
A star orbiting the Milky Way’s giant black hole confirms Einstein was right 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 18, 2020
Decades of observations revealed the rotation of the star’s elliptical orbit

By David Aragorn
Major new breakthrough could help reveal origin of the universe, scientists say 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 17, 2020
Scientists have made a major breakthrough that could help us understand the origin of our universe, they say.

By David Aragorn