Space News
China begins operating world's largest radio telescope
Phys.org - 25 Sep 2016 11:55
The world's largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China's rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of internati...
Do Dolphins Dream of Space Travel?
Scientific American - 25 Sep 2016 21:00
Little red stars pose big questions in the search for intelligent life --
News Alert! -- Don't Miss Monday's NASA TV Livecast of New Discoveries on Jupiter's Europa (VIEW)
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Sep 2016 19:11
"First, perhaps, it might be best to understand why anyone would want to land on Europa at all. Europa - the second of Jupiter's four large satellites - is clearly a special place," says Caltech's Mike Brown, the Richard...
ALMA Spots Possible Formation Site of Icy Giant Planet
SpaceRef - 25 Sep 2016 18:39
Astronomers have found signs of a growing planet around TW Hydra, a nearby young star, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA)....
Rocker Grace Potter Honors Women of NASA in Music Video
SPACE.com - 25 Sep 2016 18:00
Singer-songwriter Grace Potter debuted an inspiring new space-themed music video highlighting the accomplishments of past, present and future women of NASA.
"Beyond Science Fiction" --Chinese Quantum Physics Breakthrough Enables New Radar Capable of Detecting 'Invisible' Targets 100 Kilometers Distant
The Daily Galaxy - 25 Sep 2016 15:37
The breakthrough relies on 'spooky' quantum-physics phenomenon of entanglement, dubbed by Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance." Until recently, the idea of quantum radar had remained largely confined to scien...
Drilling at Unfathomable Alien Landscapes - All in a Sols (Day's) Work for Curiosity
Universe Today - 25 Sep 2016 05:59
Our beyond magnificent Curiosity rover has just finished her latest drilling campaign - at the target called "Quela" - into the simply unfathomable alien landscapes she is currently exploring at the "Murray Buttes" regio...
Why Are Stars Different Colors?
Universe Today - 25 Sep 2016 03:39
Stars are beautiful, wondrous things. Much like planets, planetoids and other stellar bodies, they come in many sizes, shapes, and even colors. And over the course of many centuries, astronomers have come to discern seve...