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Tag: EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE
The anatomy of a planet
ETH researchers analyse marsquakes
Mars: Scientists determine crustal thickness
Based on the analysis of marsquakes recorded by NASA’s InSight mission, the structure of Mars’s crust has now been determined in absolute numbers for the first time. Beneath the InSight landing site, the crust is either approximately 20 or 39…
NIH Director Francis Collins and NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins to keynote joint session at ISSRDC
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), July 20, 2021 – The 2021 International Space Station Research and Development Conference (ISSRDC) will include a virtual keynote session that will feature two key science figures: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins…
NASA returns Hubble Space Telescope to science operations
NASA has returned the science instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope to operational status, and the collection of science data will now resume. This will be the first science data collected since the payload computer experienced a problem on June…
SwRI to adapt mass spectrometer for lunar missions
Instrument to identify resources needed for future human exploration
National Astronomy Meeting 2021: Media invitation
Around 850 astronomers and space scientists will gather online from 19 – 23 July, for the Royal Astronomical Society National Astronomy Meeting 2021 (NAM 2021) hosted by the University of Bath. Postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the…
A star in a distant galaxy blew up in a powerful explosion, solving an astronomical mystery
Giant explosion in space illuminates thousand-year mystery
SwRI’s Bolton receives NSS Space Pioneer Award
National Space Society recognizes accomplishments in opening the space frontier
SwRI-led team addresses mystery of heavy elements in galactic cosmic rays
MMS data reveal a mechanism for accelerating heavy ions
How a supermassive black hole originates
UC Riverside-led study points to a seed black hole produced by a dark matter halo collapse
Queqiao: The bridge between Earth and the far side of the moon
Researchers explain the design of the relay communication satellite that enabled us to peek at the hidden face of the moon
CHIME telescope detects more than 500 mysterious fast radio bursts in its first year of operation
Observations quadruple the number of known radio bursts and reveal two types: One-offs and repeaters
From burglar alarms to black hole detectors
Super sensors as possible outputs of a quantum gravity experiment
Largest aerospace society names Sandia researcher ‘Engineer of the Year’
‘Jack-of-all-trades’ improves future spacefaring calculations
A new dimension in the quest to understand dark matter
UC Riverside dark matter research program targets assumptions about particle physics
The dark matter particle explorer has measured high-precision cosmic ray helium energy spectrum
Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) Collaboration directly observed a spectral softening of helium nuclei at about 34TeV for the first time. This work was based on measurements data of the helium spectrum with kinetic energies from 70 GeV to 80…
To give astronauts better food, engineers test a fridge prototype in microgravity
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Astronauts have been going to space since 1961, but they still don’t have a refrigerator to use for keeping food cold on long missions to the moon or Mars. Through experiments conducted in microgravity, a team…
Candid cosmos: eROSITA cameras set benchmark for astronomical imaging
An overview and performance assessment of the seven cameras of eROSITA, a space x-ray telescope launched in 2019
SwRI-led PUNCH mission passes important milestone
Solar wind imaging satellites one step closer to 2023 launch
‘Smart shirt’ takes a trip to space for science
High-tech shirt non-intrusively monitors astronauts’ health during spaceflight
Measuring neutron star squeezability
NICER collaboration, NASA astronaut reveal size of most massive neutron star, highlight Space Station science
City, University of London consortium wins highly competitive ESA funding
Funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), City, University of London will be spearheading the development of next-generation AI-based guidance, navigation and control (GNC) systems for space exploration. A research consortium led by City’s Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems,…
New research shows that Mars did not dry up all at once
Mars had dry and wet eras and dried up for good 3 billion years ago
New study sews doubt about the composition of 70 percent of our universe
Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance that makes it possible for the universe to expand at an ever-increasing rate. But in a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers te
Venus plots a comeback
In terms of space exploration, Mars is all the rage these days. This has left our closest neighbor, Venus — previously the most attractive planet to study because of its proximity and similar atmosphere to Earth — in the lurch.…
Japan-Germany international joint experiment on space optical communication
NICT’s optical ground station successfully received downlink light from DLR’s small satellite-mounted optical terminal (OSIRISv1)
SwRI scientists help identify the first stratospheric winds measured on Jupiter
Jovian jet streams above the cloud tops measured using the aftermath of comet collision
Astronauts in crewed missions to Mars could misread vital emotional cues
A study simulating the effects of weightlessness also finds that impaired cognitive performance cannot be counteracted by short periods of artificial gravity
Icy ocean worlds seismometer passes further testing in Greenland
The NASA-funded Seismometer to Investigate Ice and Ocean Structure (SIIOS) performed well in seismic experiments conducted in snowy summer Greenland, according to a new study by the SIIOS team led by the University of Arizona published this week in Seismological…
Skoltech and MIT researchers identify optimal human landing system architectures to land on the Moon
Researchers from Skoltech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have analyzed several dozen options to pick the best one in terms of performance and costs for the ‘last mile’ of a future mission to the Moon – actually delivering astronauts…
Three bacterial strains discovered on space station may help grow plants on Mars
In order to withstand the rigors of space on deep-space missions, food grown outside of Earth needs a little extra help from bacteria. Now, a recent discovery aboard the International Space Station (ISS) has researchers may help create the ‘fuel’…
NASA partners with companies to test satellite fixtures for robotic grappling
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has chosen three companies to participate in a new partnership to test and evaluate satellite servicing technologies. Altius Space Machines of Broomfield, Colorado, Honeybee Robotics of Brooklyn, New York, and Orbit Fab…
Ideas for future NASA missions searching for extraterrestrial civilizations
A researcher at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) is the lead author of a study with proposals for “technosignatures” -evidence for the use of technology or industrial activity in other parts of the Universe- for future NASA missions.…
Engineers propose solar-powered lunar ark as ‘modern global insurance policy’
The ambitious project proposed by a University of Arizona team aims to preserve humankind – and animal-kind, plant-kind and fungi-kind – in the event of a global crisis
New study highlights first infection of human cells during spaceflight
Astronauts face many challenges to their health, due to the exceptional conditions of spaceflight. Among these are a variety of infectious microbes that can attack their suppressed immune systems. Now, in the first study of its kind, Cheryl Nickerson, lead…
How fast is the universe expanding? Galaxies provide one answer.
New measure of Hubble constant highlights discrepancy between estimates of our cosmic fate
A super-Earth is discovered which can be used to test planetary atmosphere models
During the past 25 years astronomers have discovered a wide variety of exoplanets, made of rock, ice and gas, thanks to the construction of astronomical instruments designed specifically for planet searches. Also, using a combination of different observing techniques they…
Earth has a hot new neighbour — and it’s an astronomer’s dream
A rocky planet discovered in the Virgo constellation could change how we look for life in the universe
Planetary science intern leads study of Martian crust
Team explored the relationships between the strength of the magnetic field on planet’s surface and the composition of the crust in the Terra Sirenum-Terra Cimmeria region
SwRI scientist captures evidence of dynamic seasonal activity on a Martian sand dune
Research finds that airborne dust plumes are produced by sliding blocks of dry ice each spring
Life from Earth could temporarily survive on Mars
Study shows sending microbes to Earth’s stratosphere, to test their endurance to Martian conditions, can reveal their potential use and threats to space travel
SwRI scientists image a bright meteoroid explosion in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Juno’s UVS instrument makes relatively rare observation of common events
Optical measurement technology and space data to increase the effectiveness of forestry
The University of Vaasa, Skogstekniska klustret and Adopticum are together researching how optical measurement technologies and satellite data can be used to increase the efficiency of the activities of the forestry’s value chain
The CLASP2 space experiment achieves an unprecedented map of the Sun’s magnetic field
Every day space telescopes provide spectacular images of the solar activity. However, their instruments are blind to its main driver: the magnetic field in the outer layers of the solar atmosphere, where the explosive events that occasionally affect the Earth…
Research highlights ways to protect astronaut cardiovascular health from space radiation
Review explores ways that space radiation can damage cardiovascular health, and discusses how we can protect astronauts, from vitamin C to spinach
Young planets with teenage sun give space studies a lift
New planetary system offers glimpse into how planets evolve
Origami-inspired antenna technology for use in small satellites
A multidisciplinary team engineered a small, light, and low-cost deployable antenna for nano- and micro-satellite communications
Northwestern scholar to talk about science of teams in space at AAAS
Complex systems expert Noshir Contractor to speak at virtual AAAS press briefing at 12 p.m. ET, Feb. 10
NASA’s first mission to the trojan asteroids installs its final scientific instrument
With less than a year to launch, NASA’s Lucy mission’s third and final scientific instrument has been integrated onto the spacecraft. The spacecraft, which will be the first to explore the Trojan asteroids—a population of small bodies that share an…