Space

When Black Holes and Neutron Stars Collide, These Are The Possible Results.

A quark star is a hypothesized type of object more dense than a Neutron star but not dense enough to form a black hole. Long ago theorized, could such an object be observed via, and even made possibly through, gravitational waves? This is not a likely out ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - May 5 2019 - 3:13am

'Forbidden' Planet Found In The 'Neptunian Desert'

A Neptunian planet named NGTS-4b has been found in what should be a 'Neptunian Desert' using the Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) observing facility, designed to search for transiting planets on bright stars. NGTS-4b is so small other ground ...

Article - News Staff - May 28 2019 - 6:48pm

Find The Fettuccine: To Find Evidence Of Life On Mars, Look For Rocks That Look Like Pasta

Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense (Sulfuri), the bacterium that controls the formation of rocks that look like pasta on Earth is ancient and thrives in harsh environments that are similar to conditions on Mars. That's why cute robots on the surface ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2019 - 10:57am

A Mesmerizing Double Shadow On Jupiter

Last night I was absolutely mesmerized by observing the transit of Ganymede and Io, two of Jupiter's largest four moons, on Jupiter's disk. Along with them, their respective ink-black shadows slowly crossed the illuminated disk of the gas giant. ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - Jun 6 2019 - 4:22am

NASA Opens ISS to Tourist, Roscosmos Did It First. A Long Time Ago!

N ASA welcoming private space flight participants is not new and it is misleading to call these people "tourist". ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Jun 7 2019 - 11:41am

There's An Anomaly Under The Solar System's Largest Crater

A mysterious large mass of material has been discovered beneath the Moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, the largest crater in our solar system. The crater, thought to have been created about 4 billion years ago, is oval-shaped and as wide as 2,000 kilomet ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2019 - 12:31pm

Sodium Chloride On Jupiter's Moon Europa Means Its Subsurface Ocean May Be Like Ours

A familiar table salt ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, finds a recent analysis. Using a visible light spectral analysis, planetary scientists have discovered that the yellow color visible on portions ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2019 - 9:50pm

Cool Halo Gas Kinematics Keeps Time With Galactic Disks

Astronomers using data from the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered a dizzying cosmic choreography among typical star-forming galaxies; their cool halo gas appears to be in step with the galactic disks, spinning in the same direction.  This is the first ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2019 - 6:13pm

Space Fans Can Buy Apollo Program Mementos At Auction Today

RR Auction in Boston has a selection of pretty interesting Apollo program stuff, but you have to bid before 7PM. This is the perfect time to sell, the 50th anniversary of the moon landing is a month away, so it may not be the perfect time to buy. I have ma ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 20 2019 - 3:51pm

Frozen Sperm In Outer Space

Work presented today at European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology meeting showed said that a lack of difference in a range of sperm characteristics observed in frozen sperm samples exposed to microgravity and those maintained in ground conditio ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2019 - 5:00am