Space News
New technique could elucidate earliest stages of planet's life
Phys.org - 10 Mar 2020 14:24
A new kind of astronomical observation helped reveal the possible evolutionary history of a baby Neptune-like exoplanet.
Asteroid Bennu is Getting Some Official Names for its Surface Features
Universe Today - 10 Mar 2020 17:25
Late last summer, NASA and the International Astronomical Union's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (a.k.a WGPSN) approved the naming convention for features on Bennu, the asteroid currently being orbited a...
Neutron star with measured at 11 kilometers radius
Phys.org - 10 Mar 2020 16:44
An international research team led by members of the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) has obtained new measurements of how big neutron stars are. To do so, they combined a g...
Space industry sees growing effects of coronavirus outbreak
Space News - 10 Mar 2020 05:09
As the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak grows worldwide, executives believe the space industry will not be immune from its effects but also may not be hurt as badly as other sectors. SpaceNews.com
White House might consider space policies on cybersecurity, supply chain, nuclear power
Space News - 10 Mar 2020 01:29
The next National Space Council policy directive is likely to be on cybersecurity for space. SpaceNews.com
NASA center in California issues mandatory work-from-home order after employee tests positive for coronavirus
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 00:29
NASA's Ames Research Center in California has issued a mandatory call for employees to work from home after one worker tested positive for the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19.
Musk: we're not spinning off Starlink
Space News - 10 Mar 2020 00:24
SpaceX has no plans to make Starlink a separate business, Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and chief executive, said March 9. SpaceNews.com
Is the end near for Mars Odyssey? Trump's proposed 2021 budget could doom long-lived mission
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 00:01
The proposed 2021 budget could cancel Odyssey by default due to timing challenges.
Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, it's not Because They've Discovered Aliens
Universe Today - 10 Mar 2020 23:46
After 20 years in operation, SETI@home program recently announced that it is taking a hiatus to sort through the mountain of data they've accumulated. The post Seti@home is on Pause. Unfortunately, it’s not Because The...
'Star Trek' shields up: US lawmakers advised to use Vulcan greeting to avoid coronavirus exposure
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 23:10
As coronavirus continues to spread around the world, lawmakers suggest another measure to prevent the spread of disease: a Vulcan greeting.
Launch industry puts emergency plans in place for coronavirus, but missions so far remain on schedule
Space News - 10 Mar 2020 23:03
ULA's Tory Bruno: "We are limiting non essential business travel but that doesn't include launch and rockets." SpaceNews.com
'Cosmos: Possible Worlds' Episode 1 takes viewers on a wild ride with the Ship of Imagination
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 22:56
Monday (March 9) marked the kickoff of the third season of the venerable "Cosmos" series on the National Geographic channel.
See the 2020 Super Worm Moon over NYC and Washington, D.C. in these awesome photos
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 22:56
Photographers celebrated the first "supermoon" of the year by capturing some breathtaking images of the bigger-than-usual full moon over the U.S. Capitol and New York City.
Life Could be Common Across the Universe, Just Not in Our Region
Universe Today - 10 Mar 2020 21:49
The building blocks of life can, and did, spontaneously assemble under the right conditions. That’s called spontaneous generation, or abiogenesis. Of course, many of the details remain hidden to us, and we just don’t...
Study suggests Earth and Moon not identical oxygen twins
Phys.org - 10 Mar 2020 21:45
Scientists at The University of New Mexico have found that the Earth and Moon have distinct oxygen compositions and are not identical in oxygen as previously thought according to a new study released today in Nature Geos...
Rare double brown dwarf eclipse spotted in surprise discovery
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 21:38
Astronomers scouring the cosmos for new planets have made a chance discovery, identifying the rare eclipse of two brown dwarfs.
What is the Fifth Force?
Discover - 10 Mar 2020 21:05
Scientists in Hungary claim to have found a new particle that reveals a fifth force of nature.
Commercial geospatial startups: beware the valley of death
Space News - 10 Mar 2020 20:53
It's not easy for commercial geospatial intelligence products to make their way into day-to-day operations of defense and intelligence agencies. SpaceNews.com
The 10 greatest Picard moments from 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 20:52
We've compiled this list of Picard's 10 greatest moments over the course of TNG.
This stunning 4K video re-creates Apollo 13's perilous trip around moon
SPACE.com - 10 Mar 2020 20:24
Astronauts aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft had survived an explosion and reduced oxygen before their next tricky venture, on April 14, 1970: a 25-minute pass by the far side of the moon, out of communication with Earth.
Astronomers use slime mold model to reveal dark threads of the cosmic web
Phys.org - 10 Mar 2020 19:23
A computational approach inspired by the growth patterns of a bright yellow slime mold has enabled a team of astronomers and computer scientists at UC Santa Cruz to trace the filaments of the cosmic web that connects gal...
Science Release: Astronomers Use Slime Mould to Map the Universe's Largest Structures
PTTU - 10 Mar 2020 19:00
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