Supercomputer shows ‘Chameleon Theory’ could change how we think about gravity
Credit: Christian Arnold/Baojiu Li/Durham University. Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's theory of General Relativity might not be ...
Tag: Experiments in Space
Quantum satellite combines art with science
The National University of Singapore's scientific satellite brings into space a message from The Golden Record 2.0, a play written ...
Collision course: Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space safe
Credit: Dstl Heavy traffic is commonplace on Earth but now congestion is becoming an increasing problem in space. With over ...
SwRI-led team studies binaries to make heads or tails of planet formation
Kuiper Belt object orientations support streaming instability hypothesisCredit: HST/StSci/SwRI/Simon Porter SAN ANTONIO -- June 25, 2019 -- A Southwest Research ...
NRL payloads deployed by SpaceX to study space weather and spacecraft propulsion
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of NASA/Ball Aerospace) WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers designed and built two science payloads that ...
SwRI scientist develops novel algorithm to aid search for exoplanets
Machine learning tool allows scientists to search stellar data for likely exoplanet host starsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser SAN ANTONIO -- June ...
Graphene goes to space!
The Graphene Flagship participates in a sounding-rocket launch in collaboration with the European Space Agency to test the printing of ...
Star tours
Astronomy bot speeds up search for Jupiter's twinsCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Astronomers have a new tool in their search for extraterrestrial ...
NRL, Southwest Research Institute to add PUNCH to NASA’s solar mission
Credit: Graphic courtesy of PUNCH Team/Southwest Research Institute WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with Southwest Research Institute ...
Comet interceptor: ESA selects new mission to an ancient world
The Comet Interceptor space mission led by UCL has been selected as the first €150M mission for the European Space ...
NASA’s Webb Sunshield undergoes rocket fitting, more testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory's spacecraft bus and the sunshield, ...
UTMB researchers learned how to better combat muscle loss during space flights
GALVESTON, Texas - A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has further documented how muscles ...
New study dramatically narrows the search for advanced life in the universe
Toxic gases limit the types of life we could find on habitable worldsCredit: (Graphic courtesy of Christopher Reinhard/Georgia Tech) RIVERSIDE, ...
Precision calibration empowers largest solar telescope
The latest research, reported in the SPIE Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, will support the most powerful ground-based ...