Curated by John Schmit

Sunday, December 26, 2021

Week 52

 

 News From Around The Web

 


'29 days on the edge:' What's next for NASA's newly launched James Webb Space Telescope

Engine computer problem delays first SLS launch

Research into ageing set to blast into space

Largest collection of free-floating planets found in the Milky Way

Out of the Shadows of the Maria Gordon notch: Sols 3328-3329

Primordial Black Holes Could Explain Dark Matter and the Growth of Supermassive Black Holes at the Same Time

Hundreds of new pulsating variable stars detected

5 space missions to look forward to now that Webb has launched

Could martian dust storms help astronauts keep the lights on?

Astronomers Snap New Radio Image of Small Magellanic Cloud

Honeywell, SES and Hughes demonstrate Multinetwork Airborne Connectivity

NASA’s DART Spacecraft Captures Its First Images

2 NASA Earth Science Missions Aiming for 2022 Launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Earth and Mars were formed from inner solar system material

China’s FAST Radio Telescope: Over 500 New Pulsars Identified

Best Image Ever Taken of Stars Buzzing Around the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole

Spaceport Snowdonia and Spaceport Cornwall plans alive

The space station race

Radio Astronomers Spot Bipolar Outflow from Centaurus A’s Supermassive Black Hole

SpaceX is Hoping to Turn Atmospheric CO2 Into Rocket Fuel

The earliest atmosphere on Mercury

The Bottom of Valles Marineris Seems to Have Water Mixed in With the Regolith


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Sunday, December 12, 2021

Week 50

 


 News From Around The Web

 


NASA Launches a New X-ray Observatory

China sends classified Shijian satellites into orbit with milestone Long March launch

SPHERE Directly Images Wide-Orbit Gas Giant in Nearby Binary System

Hubble is Fully Operational Once Again

Building a private space station

Planetary scientist suggests loss of water to space on Mars may be tied to lower atmospheric factors

New rocket test facility under construction in Scotland

South Australia’s Oculus Observatory hosts passive radar to track space objects

"Newer, nimbler, faster:" Venus probe will search for signs of life in clouds of sulfuric acid

Astronomers spy record-breaking eruption on young sunlike star

Curiosity Mars Rover: Magnificent Views

Successful and diverse harvest in darkness and eternal ice

Visualizing the propagation path of electromagnetic waves from space to ground

Gravitational Waves Should Permanently Distort Space-Time

A special sleeping bag could help astronauts with vision issues in space

Infant stars identified at the center of our galaxy

Hubble telescope spots a complex cloud of gas expanding into space

How the private space race is allowing NASA to explore new frontiers

NASA's eventual farewell to tiny Mars helicopter could be emotional

How TIMED Flies

Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth during northern spring, scientists argue



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Sunday, December 5, 2021

Week 49

 


 News From Around The Web

 


Space station dodges space debris from decades-old Pegasus rocket

Team builds first living robots that can reproduce

NASA Plans to Retire the Space Station in 2030 and Replace it with Commercially Owned “Destinations”in Low Earth Orbit

NASA awards $415 million for private space stations amid ISS transition questions

Onwards and Sidewards for Curiosity on Sol 3313

A new exoplanet: Meet GJ 367b, an iron planet smaller and denser than Earth

ESA's Mars Express unravels mystery of martian moon using 'fake' flybys

How would we give aliens directions to Earth?

Astrophysicists Search for Gravitational-Wave Signals from Ultralight Boson Clouds

InSight Peers Deep Below the Surface on Mars

Rocket Lab Reveals Neutron Launch Vehicle’s Advanced Architecture

Did the solar wind create Earth’s water?

Orbex to use Calor BioLPG for Prime launch

Exoplanets in debris disks

Watch a virtual black hole rip apart 4 stars like a cosmic Hunger Games in this stunning NASA simulation

Beads of glass in meteorites help scientists piece together how solar system formed

Dwarf Galaxy Leo I Hosts Strangely Massive Black Hole, Astronomers Say

Studying our solar system's protective bubble

A one-way phone call at Mars

An Upcoming Asteroid Mission Will be Able to Peer 100 Meters Under the Surface

Lightweight space robot with precise control developed

 


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