Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe
UC Riverside-led team's technique relied on determining the mass of galaxy clustersCredit: Mohamed Abdullah, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A ...
Tag: Experiments in Space
Can ripples on the sun help predict solar flares?
Scientists analyze sunquakes to pinpoint flare energy source, perhaps predict flare severityCredit: UC Berkeley graphic by Juan Camilo Buitrago-Casas Solar ...
Device could help detect signs of extraterrestrial life
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c01628 Although Earth is uniquely situated in the solar system to support creatures ...
SwRI scientist searches for stellar phosphorus to find potentially habitable exoplanets
Stellar chemical compositions used as proxy for potentially habitable systemsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 16, 2020 -- A Southwest ...
SwRI-led study indicates sand-sized meteoroids are peppering asteroid Bennu
Research uses data from NASA's OSIRIS-REx missionCredit: NASA/GSFC/University of Arizona SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 9, 2020 -- A new study ...
The story of a cosmological experiment
The dark energy surveyCredit: World Scientific How does our universe function? Why is it expanding and why is the expansion ...
Surprise on Mars
Credit: NASA / JPL An observer standing on Mars would see the planet's moon Phobos cross the sky from west ...
Researchers develop dustbuster for the moon
Credit: IMPACT lab A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is pioneering a new solution to the problem ...
CU scientists create batteries that could make it easier to explore Mars
NASA-funded research recently reported in an American Chemical Society journalCredit: CU College or Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Electrifying research ...
Perovskite and organic solar cells rocketed into space
Credit: DLR MORABA For the first time, researchers in Germany sent perovskite and organic solar cells on a rocket into ...
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
New insight to inform future NASA missionsCredit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Our solar system has one habitable planet -- Earth. A new study ...
New biomaterial could shield against harmful radiation
New form of melanin has ability to protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment, spaceflightCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill.-- ...
Grant awarded to UC Riverside physicist to explore the dark sector
Proposed work is expected to significantly increase knowledge of dark matterCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The John ...
Mini-‘Marsquakes’ measured by InSight lander show effects of sun and wind
Kyushu University research based on NASA InSight Martian lander seismometer data reveals different sources of different types and frequencies of ...