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UrduA study of female astronauts has assessed the risk of blood clots associated with spaceflight
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Study reveals how spaceflight affects risk of blood clots in female astronauts
A study of female astronauts has assessed the risk of blood clots associated with spaceflight
SwRI awarded $12.8 million to develop space weather instrument
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration funds magnetometer to monitor solar wind as it approaches Earth
Scientific machine learning paves way for rapid rocket engine design
Researchers from the Oden Institute are developing a faster modeling technique for rocket engine designers to test performance in different conditions
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate ‘self-interacting dark matter’ model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax
Satellite galaxies of the Milky Way help test dark matter theory
UC Riverside physicists demonstrate ‘self-interacting dark matter’ model can be tested using astronomical observations of Draco and Fornax
SwRI-led PUNCH mission achieves milestone
NASA mission will study the creation of the solar wind
Proposed SwRI/UNH mission LEAPs forward
NASA selected LargE Area burst Polarimeter mission for further development
Innovative technologies for satellites
Some satellites are only slightly larger than a milk carton. This type of construction is now to be given a further simplified architecture and thus become even lighter and more cost-effective: This is the goal of the teams of Professors…
Sulfur ‘spices’ alien atmospheres
They say variety is the spice of life, and now new discoveries from Johns Hopkins researchers suggest that a certain elemental ‘variety’–sulfur–is indeed a ‘spice’ that can perhaps point to signs of life. These findings from the researchers’ lab simulations…
3D printing and moon dust: an astronaut’s kit for future space exploration?
Milan, 6 April 2020 – Can 3D Printers support extra-terrestrial colonisation in Space? One of the major challenges related to space exploration is the development of production technologies capable of exploiting the few resources available in extra-terrestrial environment. Laser 3D…
Paired with super telescopes, model Earths guide hunt for life
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet’s evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth’s own geologic epochs. The models will be spectral templates for astronomers to use in the approaching new era…
BU astrophysicist and collaborators reveal a new model of our heliosphere
The heliosphere is a vast region, extending more than twice as far as Pluto. It casts a magnetic “force field” around all the planets, deflecting charged particles that would otherwise muscle into the solar system and even tear through DNA.…
SwRI supports commercial satellite servicing
Avionics for critical systems support first Mission Extension Vehicle, satellite docking
SwRI supports commercial satellite servicing
Avionics for critical systems support first Mission Extension Vehicle, satellite docking
New type of pulsating star discovered
Astronomers find one-sided pulsator with citizen scientists providing crucial clue
First official names given to features on asteroid Bennu
Asteroid Bennu’s most prominent boulder, a rock chunk jutting out 71 ft (21.7 m) from the asteroid’s southern hemisphere, finally has a name. The boulder – which is so large that it was initially detected from Earth – is officially…
Lunar lasers and cosmic crops: NASA funds UArizona space exploration missions
NASA funding will support UArizona teams working on ways to harvest water and produce crops in space.
Space lettuce
Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist long-distance space missions
Caltech & JPL launch hybrid high rate quantum communication systems
Caltech and JPL have been successful partners in space exploration since the mid-1930s. In their tradition of intermixing in unique ways fundamental science, technology and engineering they develop a collaborative multi-disciplinary cross-agency research program to advance and accelerate scalable hybrid…
NJIT researchers ready follow-up investigation bound for International Space Station
NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of space-bound studies at the International Space Station (ISS) when a new payload of experimental samples launches to the station with the SpaceX CRS-20 commercial cargo resupply mission. NJIT’s Boris Khusid,…
Researcher receives grant to study effects of hypersonic shock waves
Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Young Investigator Research Program. The three-year grant,…
Researcher receives grant to study effects of hypersonic shock waves
Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research’s Young Investigator Research Program. The three-year grant,…
First direct observation of elusive waves reveals energy channels in the solar atmosphere
For the first time a team of researchers observed directly torsional Alfvén waves in the solar corona. The discovery sheds light on the origin of magnetic waves and their role in the heating of Sun’s outer atmosphere.
Astronomy student discovers 17 new planets, including Earth-sized world
University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA’s Kepler mission. Over its original four-year mission, the Kepler satellite looked for planets, especially…
First direct observation of elusive waves reveals energy channels in the solar atmosphere
For the first time a team of researchers observed directly torsional Alfvén waves in the solar corona. The discovery sheds light on the origin of magnetic waves and their role in the heating of Sun’s outer atmosphere.
Astronomy student discovers 17 new planets, including Earth-sized world
University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA’s Kepler mission. Over its original four-year mission, the Kepler satellite looked for planets, especially…
Examining ice giants with NASA’s Webb telescope
Far-flung Uranus and Neptune — the ice giants of our solar system — are as mysterious as they are distant. Soon after its launch in 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will change that by unlocking secrets of the atmospheres…
‘Mars quakes’: First seismological data help understand the Red Planet’s composition
The SEIS seismometer from NASA’s InSight mission measured a total of 174 probable ‘Mars quakes’ in the first months since its launch at the end of February 2019. That is slightly more than one quake every two days. These data…
‘Mars quakes’: First seismological data help understand the Red Planet’s composition
The SEIS seismometer from NASA’s InSight mission measured a total of 174 probable ‘Mars quakes’ in the first months since its launch at the end of February 2019. That is slightly more than one quake every two days. These data…
SwRI delivers ultraviolet instrument for ESA’s Jupiter mission
Scientists will use UVS to study the structure, composition of the atmospheres of Jupiter and its moons
SwRI delivers ultraviolet instrument for ESA’s Jupiter mission
Scientists will use UVS to study the structure, composition of the atmospheres of Jupiter and its moons
Magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected
Fluctuations in field provide clues about upper atmosphere
First direct seismic measurements of Mars reveal a geologically active planet
Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the moon
Want to catch a photon? Start by silencing the sun
Quantum breakthrough uses light’s quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communications
Magnetic field at Martian surface ten times stronger than expected
Fluctuations in field provide clues about upper atmosphere
First direct seismic measurements of Mars reveal a geologically active planet
Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the moon
Want to catch a photon? Start by silencing the sun
Quantum breakthrough uses light’s quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communications
How to deflect an asteroid
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid
How to deflect an asteroid
MIT engineers devise a decision map to identify the best mission type to deflect an incoming asteroid
SwRI models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation
Simulations of early impacts produce a mixed Mars mantle
SwRI models hint at longer timescale for Mars formation
Simulations of early impacts produce a mixed Mars mantle
NRL-built camera provides view into sun’s polar regions
WASHINGTON — The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and -built heliospheric camera, known as SoloHI, to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented views of the Sun’s North and South poles. The spacecraft, a NASA and European…
NRL-built camera provides view into sun’s polar regions
WASHINGTON — The Solar Orbiter mission will use a U.S. Naval Research Laboratory-designed and -built heliospheric camera, known as SoloHI, to provide unique perspectives and unprecedented views of the Sun’s North and South poles. The spacecraft, a NASA and European…
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission enters design phase
SwRI manages IMAP payload, payload systems engineering
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe mission enters design phase
SwRI manages IMAP payload, payload systems engineering
Status report: OSIRIS-REx completes closest flyover of sample site nightingale
Preliminary results indicate that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of site Nightingale yesterday as part of the mission’s Reconnaissance B phase activities. Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site, is located within a crater high in asteroid…
Status report: OSIRIS-REx completes closest flyover of sample site nightingale
Preliminary results indicate that NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft successfully executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of site Nightingale yesterday as part of the mission’s Reconnaissance B phase activities. Nightingale, OSIRIS-REx’s primary sample collection site, is located within a crater high in asteroid…
New SwRI models reveal inner complexity of Saturn moon
Enceladus’ subsurface ocean composition hints at habitable conditions
New SwRI models reveal inner complexity of Saturn moon
Enceladus’ subsurface ocean composition hints at habitable conditions