Ancient stars shed light on Earth’s similarities to other planets0
- From Around the Web, Space
- October 19, 2019
New method used to study planets’ geochemistry implies that Earth is not unique
New method used to study planets’ geochemistry implies that Earth is not unique
NASA’s InSight rover has dug its ‘mole’ about two centimeters into the surface of Mars, the space agency announced today.
NASA has carried out its first all-female spacewalk, but hints of outdated thinking about women in space remain.
Boeing is in charge of building the SLS rockets that will fly NASA astronauts to the Moon in 2024.
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed 3D motions of gas in a planet-forming disk. At three locations in the disk around a young star called HD 163296, gas is flowing like a waterfall into gaps that are most likely caused by planets in formation. These gas flows have long been predicted and would directly influence the chemical composition of planet atmospheres.
Wednesday, October 16th 2019, 5:00 pm – Hubble zooms in on our latest intersellar visitor
Engineers are working on an engine concept that may very well be impossible.
Evidence of unusual solar activity that potentially represents three huge solar storms has been discovered in ancient Assyrian cuneiform tablets. The magnetic storms documented in astrological reports correspond to tree ring data indicating events took place around 660 BC.
Astronomers have revealed that comet 2I/Borisov is remarkably similar to comets from our own solar system.
NASA has unveiled its new next-generation spacesuits, which will take us to the Moon and Mars, and they’ve come a long way from anything we’ve seen before.