It was only the second flight for what is the most powerful rocket now available on Earth, improving on its spectacular test launch in 2018. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/falcon-heavy-launch-spacex.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Tag: Space and Astronomy
A Gas Could Hint at Signs of Life on Mars. Why Hasn’t a New Spacecraft Found It?
Two spacecraft have detected methane in the Martian air. But the Trace Gas Orbiter, with more sensitive instruments, has come up empty. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/mars-methane-life.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Falcon Heavy Launch Postponed by SpaceX
The most powerful rocket now available on Earth will wait another day for its next journey to orbit and back. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/falcon-heavy-launch-spacex.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
What Is a Black Hole? Here’s Our Guide for Earthlings
Welcome to the place of no return — a region in space where the gravitational pull is so strong that not even light can escape it. This is a black hole. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/science/what-is-black-hole.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Expected Soon: First-Ever Photo of a Black Hole
Have astronomers finally recorded an image of a black hole? The world will know on Wednesday. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/science/black-hole-photo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
At Long Last, a Glimpse of a Black Hole
This week scientists are expected to release images of the silhouette of this elusive and inscrutable astronomical object. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/08/opinion/black-hole.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Cows on Mars!
A European orbiter detected whiffs of methane in the Martian atmosphere. Of undetermined origin. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/opinion/mars-methane-gas.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
For Deeper Insights, Japanese Space Mission Bombed an Asteroid to Make a Crater
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft aimed to advance its study of the rock called Ryugu by making a hole on its surface with a copper projectile. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/hayabusa2-ryugu-crater.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Trilobites: Watch Two Eclipses on Mars, Recorded by NASA’s Curiosity Rover
Phobos and Deimos, the two Martian moons, got between the red planet and the sun in March. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/mars-eclipse-moons-phobos-deimos.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Apocalypse Next? Astronomers Find a Chunk of Planet Around a Distant, Dead Star
A disk of debris around a faraway white dwarf offers a glimpse of our own planet’s eventual fate. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/science/white-dwarf-fragment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss