NRL launches space weather instrument on NASA satellite
Credit: NASA WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver ...
Tag: Experiments in Space
Technology to use hot air balloons for rocket launches competes in a startup battlefield
Credit: Michael Hepfer/Leo Aerospace WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leo Aerospace, a Purdue University-affiliated startup looking to launch rockets with the ...
The Milky Way kidnapped several tiny galaxies from its neighbor
UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic CloudCredit: ...
Artemis, meet ARTEMIS: Pursuing Sun science at the moon
Credit: E. Masongsong, UCLA EPSS By 2024, NASA will land astronauts, including the first woman and next man, on the ...
Teams of mobile 3D printing robots could fix bridges on Earth and build them to Mars
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - Commercial 3D printing -- or additive manufacturing (AM) -- ...
Telescope seeking new planets launches via football field-sized balloon
Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars' glareCredit: Photo credit: NASA LOWELL, ...
Nova Southeastern University Researcher urges use of microbes for space colonization
Any permanent human space settlement will require beneficial microbesCredit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - With the recent celebration ...
Bridge between quantum mechanics and general relativity still possible
Credit: provided by University of Science and Technology of China Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the ...
New space discovery sheds light on how planets form
A young planet and a bright star offer glimpses into the past and futureCredit: Elisabeth Newton HANOVER, N.H. - July ...
Three Mars rovers set to blast off in 2020
Since ancient times, the Red Planet has captured the imaginations of scientists, writers and the general public. In July 2020, ...
New measurement of universe’s expansion rate is ‘stuck in the middle’
Red giant stars observed by Hubble Space Telescope used to make an entirely new measurement of how fast the universe ...
New safer, inexpensive way to propel small satellites
Micropropulsion system that provides robust, efficient option, reduces contamination risks is presented at IEEE Pulsed Power and Plasma Science ConferenceCredit: ...
NASA selects UMD-led proposal to upgrade lunar instruments placed by Apollo missions
UMD physicist for Apollo experiment gets chance to send next gen version to moonCredit: Doug Currie, University of Maryland COLLEGE ...
Designed for space travel, new device can collect, analyze liquid as it passes by planets
Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington has engineered a device ...