The Antarctic: study from Kiel provides data about the structure of the icy continent
European Space Agency publishes a 3D model of the AntarcticCredit: © Planetary Visions (credit: ESA/Planetary Visions) The Antarctic is one ...
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Swiss space telescope CHEOPS: Rocket launch set for December 17, 2019
Credit: ESA / ATG medialab CHEOPS (short for CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) consists of a space telescope developed and assembled by ...
NRL, NASA combine to produce sun imagery with unprecedented clarity
Credit: (U.S. Navy/Released) WASHINGTON -- Early returns from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's camera on NASA's latest mission to study ...
Sun’s close-up reveals atmosphere hopping with highly energetic particles
New data from the first two orbits by NASA's Parker Solar ProbeCredit: Image by Jamey Szalay and David McComas; Adapted ...
NASA’s exoplanet-hunting mission catches a natural comet outburst in unprecedented detail
This animation shows an explosive outburst of dust, ice and gases from comet 46P/Wirtanen that occurred on September 26, 2018 ...
GPS inventors honored by HRH the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace today
The 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering is awarded to Dr. Brad Parkinson, Hugo Fruehauf, Dick Schwartz, and James Spilker, ...
A study of Saturn’s largest moon may offer insights for earth
Researchers report significant seasonal variation in Titan's energy budgetCredit: NASA/Cassini/Kevin Gill Scientists studying the weather and climate of Titan, Saturn's ...
SwRI-built instrument confirms solar wind slows farther away from the Sun
Research could help predict when New Horizons spacecraft will cross the termination shockCredit: Figure courtesy of Southwest Research Institute; background ...
Solving fossil mystery could aid quest for ancient life on Mars
Credit: Sean McMahon The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks ...
Satellite broken? Smart satellites to the rescue
Aerospace engineers are developing technology to repair and refuel stranded satellites in space.Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services When satellites break, ...
Caught in afterglow: 1st detection of Inverse Compton emission from dying gamma-ray burst
Researchers from the Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP) within the Department of Physics at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) collaborate ...
NASA’s Fermi, swift missions enable a new era in gamma-ray science
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil ...
Hubble studies gamma-ray burst with highest energy ever seen
Credit: NASA, ESA and M. Kornmesser NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a peek at the location of the ...
How LISA pathfinder detected dozens of ‘comet crumbs’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA ...
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