The weird, repeating signals from deep space just tripled
2 min read · 11 saves · 2019-08-19 · Eric Mack · Fast radio bursts are getting more attention from scientists, who can now detect more of them.
Astronomers discover "deep structure" under Moon's largest crater
1 min read · 2019-06-10 · The strange mass extends to "depths of more than 300 km [186 miles]" according to the paper.
Scientists Mull the Astrobiological Implications of an Airless Alien Planet
4 min read · Paywall possible · 2019-08-19 · A rocky world devoid of atmosphere arouses debate over the habitability of the Milky Way’s most common star systems
Sorry, Elon: terraforming Mars would take 3,500 nukes per day
2019-08-19 · Musk: 0 Basic arithmetic: 1
Researchers want to build a space station to recycle junk in Earth’s orbit
4 min read · 11 saves · 2019-08-04 · There are about 22,000 large objects orbiting the Earth, including working and broken satellites and bits of old rocket from past space expeditions. If…
Jupiter may have absorbed a smaller planet
2019-08-14 · An ancient collision is scientists' best explanation for the planet's unusually diffuse core.