space

Astronomers have found the edge of the Milky Way at last 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Our galaxy spans 1.9 million light-years, a new study finds

By David Aragorn
NASA explains why weird, wheel-like blip in space images is not a UFO 0
- From Around the Web, Space, UFO News
- March 24, 2020
It might look like Deep Space Nine is visiting our solar system, but it has a scientific explanation.

By David Aragorn
Newfound Comet ATLAS is getting really bright, really fast 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
For years, amateur astronomers have been waiting for a bright, naked-eye comet to pass by Earth — and finally, such an object may have arrived.

By David Aragorn
Nasa shortlists four astrophysics missions for 2025 launch 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 24, 2020
Four proposals will get funds for nine months of study before two are chosen to go ahead

By David Aragorn
Japan’s asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 21, 2020
The carbon-rich asteroid Ryugu may have come together just 10 million years or so ago.

By David Aragorn
Looking for Slope Streaks 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 20, 2020
Dust and sand slide down slopes on Mars in little avalanches.

By David Aragorn
Asteroid Ryugu likely link in planetary formation 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2020
The solar system formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago. Numerous fragments that bear witness to this early era orbit the sun as asteroids. Around three-quarters of these are carbon-rich C-type asteroids, such as 162173 Ryugu, which was the target of the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission in 2018 and 2019.

By David Aragorn
NASA Fixed Mars InSight Lander by Making It Hit Itself With Shovel 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 19, 2020
NASA told its InSight lander to thwack its shovel free of the Martian soil, and it worked.

By David Aragorn
Humans Really Are Made of Stardust, and a New Study Proves It 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 18, 2020
For decades, science popularizers have said humans are made of stardust, and now, a new survey of 150,000 stars shows just how true the old cliché is: Humans and their galaxy have about 97 percent of the same kind of atoms, and the elements of life appear to be more prevalent toward the galaxy’s center, the research found.

By David Aragorn
The asteroid Ryugu has a texture like freeze-dried coffee 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 18, 2020
This porous space rock could reveal details of how planets formed

By David Aragorn