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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: 2 Studies, 1 Planet! Inside a Race to Discover a Water Vapor World
Water vapor, and likely clouds that rain liquid water, have been discovered on an exoplanet that lies in the habitable zone of its star. But there's an issue.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Watch an Asteroid Fly by Earth Today in a Live Webcast from Slooh!
This weekend you can see live telescope views of an asteroid hurtling past Earth, thanks to astronomy broadcaster Slooh.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: 1st Color Photo of Interstellar Comet Reveals Its Fuzzy Tail
Astronomers have taken the first color photo of a potentially interstellar comet, and it looks spectacular.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: On Friday the 13th, Don't Be Freaked Out by the 'Micromoon'
A full moon on Friday the 13th is spooky enough, but hold on to your black cats. September's full moon will also be a "micromoon."
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: This Ridiculously Speedy Star Might Be Running Away from a Rare, Unproven Type of Black Hole
Astronomers have discovered a bright, young star that is running away from home. Why?
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: 2 Asteroids Will Harmlessly Fly By Earth This Weekend, But NASA Will Wave Hello Anyway!
It's always nice to see old friends, and NASA's asteroid-monitoring team has a busy schedule this weekend (Sept. 13 and 14) doing just that.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: ‘Blue Stragglers’ in Space May Mask True Age of Star Clusters in Hubble Views
By spying on star clusters in a nearby galaxy, the Hubble Space Telescope has shown that star clusters aren't always as old as they appear.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Gargantuan 'Bubbles' of Radio Energy Spotted at the Center of Our Galaxy. How'd They Get There?
Two huge bubbles of radio energy swirling out of the Milky Way's middle could be evidence of an ancient cosmic explosion — or maybe the start of a new one.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: This Comet Might Be from Interstellar Space. Here's How We Could Find Out.
At first, it was just another bright, fuzzy speck in the sky. But it may turn out to be something much more exciting: the second known object to hurtle through our solar system…
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io May Not Have a Magma Ocean After All
The volcanic atmosphere may be all the moon needs.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: NASA's WFIRST Space Telescope, a Refurbished Spysat Eye, Passes Early Review
NASA's repurposed spy telescope is ready for the next stage of development.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Watch NASA's SLS Megarocket Get Ready for New US Moon Missions (Video)
NASA is hard at work getting its new, moon-bound rocket and spacecraft ready for Artemis 1, the next mission of the agency's program, which aims to eventually land humans on the lunar surface.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Right Again, Einstein! Wobbling Pulsar Confirms General Relativity
A pulsar 25,000 light-years away is wobbling in a weird way. But Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted it more than a century ago.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Discovery! Water Vapor — and Likely Clouds, Rain, Too — Found on Strange Alien Planet
In a major first, scientists have detected water vapor and possibly even liquid water clouds that rain in the atmosphere of a strange exoplanet that lies in the habitable zone of…
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Is Interstellar Travel Really Possible?
Interstellar flight is a real pain in the neck.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Launchpad Fire Forces Japan to Call Off Cargo Ship Launch to Space Station: Report
Japan called off a planned cargo ship launch to the International Space Station today (Sept. 10) after a fire erupted on the launch platform for the mission's rocket, according to press reports.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Europe's ArianeWorks Aims for Reusable Rockets (with a Very SpaceX Look)
Europe's rocket-launching industry is gearing up to go reusable.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Japan to Launch Robotic Cargo Ship to Space Station Today. Watch It Live
Liftoff is at 5:33 p.m. EDT (2133 GMT).
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: Rare Meteorites May Have Formed During Large Impact on Wet Mars
The birthplace of two meteorites from Mars was apparently a zone with two craters: new findings that scientists might use to unlock secrets on the Red Planet.
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zathras (66)in #newslink • 6 years ago
Newslink: 3 Asteroids Are Zipping Past Earth Today
Three asteroids are expected to hurtle past Earth today (Sept. 9). One will pass as near as 310,000 miles (500,000 kilometers) — closer than any potential asteroid near-miss for the next three months.
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