Josh GardnerScience China’s Rover Finds Layers of Surprise Under Moon’s Far Side The New York Times - Kenneth ChangChina’s robotic Chang’e-4 spacecraft did something last year that had never been done before: It landed on the moon’s far side, and Yutu-2, a small rover it was carrying, began trundling through a crater
Josh GardnerSpace NASA's VIPER moon mission to seek out lunar water slips to 2023 space.com - Meghan Bartels NASA is delaying the launch of a long-lived rover designed to sniff out water on the moon. The agency announced plans for the new VIPER mission (the …
Josh GardnerThe Future So hot: Watch NASA crank up an Orion motor that could help save astronauts' lives CNET - Amanda Kooser NASA takes another step forward in prepping the Artemis moon-mission spacecraft.
Josh GardnerSpace Chinese moon rover peers beneath surface of mysterious lunar far side space.com - Mike Wall China's far-side moon mission has turned its history-making gaze underground. The Chang'e 4 spacecraft touched down on the floor of the 115-mile-wide …
Josh GardnerEarth Earth's got a new 'moon' – here's what to expect The Conversation UK - David Rothery The Minor Planet Centre has just announced that the Earth has been orbited by a second moon for the past three years or so. But while excitement …
Josh GardnerElysium Planitia 15-million-year-old crater on Earth reveals clues about Mars' watery past space.com - Samantha Mathewson Meteorite samples from an ancient impact site in Germany may offer new clues about the history of oceans and life on Mars. Ries Crater, or Nördlinger …
Josh GardnerNot without a fight from the US Space Force!!!!!Space Can a rogue star kick Earth out of the solar system? space.com - Paul Sutter
Josh GardnerSupernovae Oddly dimming star isn’t about to explode after all National Geographic - Nadia DrakeAfter weeks of inexplicable dimming, the star Betelgeuse in the constellation Orion is perking back up, suggesting that it won’t go supernova anytime soon. Rumors of Betelgeuse’s impending death have greatly
Josh GardnerSpace Mars lander reveals new details about the Red Planet's strange magnetic field space.com - Elizabeth Howell The magnetic field in one zone on Mars is about 10 times stronger than scientists expected, and it's changing rapidly. New data gathered from NASA's …
Josh Gardner Gravitational Waves Have Revealed a Stellar Mystery The Atlantic - Dana NajjarQuantaA surprising star collision is. making scientists rethink what they know about the universe. Last spring, the gravitational-wave observatory known as LIGO caught its second-ever glimpse of two neutron
Josh GardnerScience Mars is humming. Scientists aren’t sure why. National Geographic - Mars 101NASA’s latest robotic geologist is starting to reveal the red planet’s pulse. Under its frigid, dusty surface, Mars is humming. The quiet, constant drone periodically pulses with the beat of quakes rippling
Josh GardnerObituaries Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Featured in 'Hidden Figures,' Dies at 101 The New York Times - Margalit FoxThey asked Katherine Johnson for the moon, and she gave it to them. Wielding little more than a pencil, a slide rule and one of the finest mathematical minds in the country, Mrs. Johnson, who died at on
Josh GardnerSpace Surprise! There's more water on Jupiter than anyone thought space.com - Elizabeth Howell Newly released data from NASA's Juno probe shows that water may make up about 0.25% of the molecules in the atmosphere over Jupiter's equator. While …
Josh Gardner A massive new planet that dwarfs Jupiter was just found lurking nearby bgr.com - Mike Wehner In our solar system, Jupiter is king. It’s far larger than the other planets in our system and it absolutely dwarfs Earth. But in the grand scheme of …
Josh GardnerSpace What's up with that rock? China's moon rover finds something strange on the far side. space.com - Andrew Jones China's Yutu-2 lunar rover has discovered what appear to be relatively young rocks during its recent exploration activities on the lunar far side. The …
Josh GardnerThe Future NASA discovered a dark, freaky pit on Mars and stared into the shadowy abyss CNET - Amanda Kooser Enhance!
Josh GardnerOxygen Scientists Found Breathable Oxygen in Another Galaxy for the First Time VICE - Becky FerreiraAstronomers have spotted molecular oxygen in a galaxy far far away, marking the first time that this important element has ever been detected outside of the Milky Way. This momentous “first detection extragalactic
Josh GardnerScience Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear fusion tech newatlas.com - By Loz Blain "We are sidestepping all of the scientific challenges that have held fusion energy back for more than half a century," says the director of an …
Josh GardnerQuantum Mechanics How the universe could possibly have more dimensions space.com - Paul Sutter String theory is a purported theory of everything that physicists hope will one day explain … everything. All the forces, all the particles, all the …
Josh GardnerUniverse These 4 Pieces Of Evidence Have Already Taken Us Beyond The Big Bang Forbes - Ethan SiegelPerhaps the most compelling part of any remarkable story is its origin: how it all began. We can take that question back as far as we want, asking what came before and gave rise to whatever we were asking
Josh GardnerScience ‘Radical Change’ Needed After Latest Neutron Star Collision | Quanta Magazine Quanta Magazine - Dana Najjar A recent neutron star merger has defied astronomers’ expectations, leading them to question longstanding ideas about neutron stars and the supernovas …
Josh Gardner Trump's improbable moonshot - Axios Axios - Miriam Kramer NASA is unlikely to meet its deadline of sending astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2024, even with a large influx of funding. Why it matters: …
Josh Gardner SpaceX inks deal to fly space tourists to orbit - Axios Axios - Miriam Kramer SpaceX has penned a deal with the space tourism outfit Space Adventures to launch private citizens to orbit aboard the company's Crew Dragon …
Josh Gardner Cosmic rays change atmosphere of Saturn's moon, Titan - Axios Axios - Miriam Kramer Galactic cosmic rays from outside of the solar system may change the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan, according to a new study. Why it matters: …
Josh GardnerUniverse $100 million project to hunt for alien life releases trove of data - Axios Axios - Miriam Kramer A privately-funded hunt for intelligent extraterrestrial life has turned up empty so far, but a newly-released trove of data could aid in the …
Josh GardnerSpace The 30-year anniversary of the Pale Blue Dot - Axios Axios - Miriam Kramer Thirty years ago, a probe headed for distant space turned around and took a final photo of Earth. Context: Known as the "Pale Blue Dot," the image has …
Josh GardnerGalaxies Strange signals coming from space every 16 days are puzzling scientists TNW - The Cosmic CompanionAn odd radio signal is coming from space, starting and stopping in regular 16-day cycles. A team of Canadian astronomers was the first to report finding the source, which they discovered using a novel
Josh GardnerSpaceX SpaceX will launch its first 4 tourists into orbit as soon as 2021 TNW - Napier LopezWe all knew it was coming eventually, but it seems Elon Musk‘s SpaceX is finally gearing up to launch its first tourists into orbit. The company will start off by sending four private citizens in an experience
Josh GardnerUniversity of Pittsburgh Scientists Discover Another New Phase of Matter Popular Mechanics - By Caroline DelbertScientists from the University of Pittsburgh have discovered a new specialized phase of matter. By electrifying an interface made of lanthanum aluminate and strontium titanate, the researchers observed
Not without a fight from the US Space Force!!!!!
