space

NASA Launches Plans to Build Spacecraft in Space 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 8, 2020
NASA has contracted several companies to test a satellite-building robot in space.

By David Aragorn
Comet 67P Repeatedly Changed Colour During the Historic Rosetta Mission 0
- From Around the Web, UFO News
- February 8, 2020
A review of data taken over the course of the two-year Rosetta mission shows that comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was sometimes reddish in appearance, while at other times it assumed a bluish hue. Sounds weird, but scientists have come up with a sensible explanation that doesn’t involve aliens with paint guns.

By David Aragorn
Spectacular rainbow cloud in space spawned by cosmic showdown between stars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 7, 2020
The red giant star engulfed its smaller stellar companion

By David Aragorn
Dead monster galaxy found lurking in the distant universe 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 7, 2020
An ultramassive monster galaxy dating back to the early days of the universe lived fast and died young, astronomers say in a new study.

By David Aragorn
MAVEN Detects Sporadic ‘Layers’ and ‘Rifts’ in Martian Ionosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 5, 2020
NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft has detected sporadic ‘layers’ and ‘rifts’ in the ionosphere — the electrically charged part of the upper atmosphere — of Mars.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s icy heart makes winds blow 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 5, 2020
A “beating heart” of frozen nitrogen controls Pluto’s winds and may give rise to features on its surface, according to a new study.

By David Aragorn
Exploding meteor captured on doorbell camera 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 4, 2020
Doorbell cameras seem to be everywhere these days and this has resulted in all manner of unusual “blink and you’ll miss it” incidents being caught on film that would have otherwise gone unseen.

By David Aragorn
When did the universe ‘wake up’?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 4, 2020
It was a big moment for our cosmos when the first stars awoke, but it’s an elusive one for scientists.

By David Aragorn
Voyager 2 Went Into Fault Protection Mode, But Engineers Brought it Back Online 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 4, 2020
NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft went into fault protection mode on Tuesday January 28th. The fault protection routines automatically protect the spacecraft in harmful conditions. Both Voyagers have these routines programmed into their systems.

By David Aragorn
Looking for Life Beyond Earth: The Search for Habitable Exoplanets 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 4, 2020
The search for potentially-habitable planets has heated up in recent years, and it’s only going to get hotter as the decade unfolds!

By David Aragorn