http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) —A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's most important frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget and the extent to which fast-changing phenomena, like clouds, contribute to that imbalance. http://phys.org/news287938274.html Space & Earth Thu, 16 May 2013 15:51:31 EST news287938274 For some University of Colorado Boulder undergraduates, designing, building and flying small satellites is becoming a large part of their hands-on education. http://phys.org/news284908039.html Space & Earth Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:07:35 EST news284908039 NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) recently selected E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat) as one of 24 small satellites to fly as secondary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. http://phys.org/news283512033.html Space & Earth Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:20:40 EST news283512033 (Phys.org)—It'll look like hundreds of postage stamps fluttering toward Earth—each an independent satellite transmitting a signal unique to the person who helped send it to space. http://phys.org/news273998312.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:38:42 EST news273998312 (Phys.org) -- Eleven tiny satellites called CubeSats will accompany a spy satellite into Earth orbit on Thursday, Aug. 2, inaugurating a new type of inexpensive, modular nanosatellite designed to piggyback aboard other NASA missions. http://phys.org/news262980623.html Space & Earth Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:10:41 EST news262980623 NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, NASA field centers and Department of Defense organizations. http://phys.org/news248509621.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:27:13 EST news248509621 (PhysOrg.com) -- When the M-Cubed satellite, built by University of Michigan students, goes into orbit, it will become the first CubeSat to test a NASA instrument for major space missions. It is scheduled to be launched on Oct. 28. http://phys.org/news238830953.html Space & Earth Wed, 26 Oct 2011 06:57:18 EST news238830953 and went perfectly -- December 8 at Cape Canaveral, with the newly developed Falcon 9 heavy lift vehicle sending into earth orbit a packet of nanosatellites, including a unit that the USC Viterbi School's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) and its Department of Astronautical Engineering's Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) jointly played a key role in developing. http://phys.org/news211481130.html Space & Earth Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:00:01 EST news211481130 Right now, 10 to 15 Rubik's Cube-sized satellites are orbiting high above Earth. Known as cube satellites, or "CubeSats," the devices help researchers conduct simple space observations and measure characteristics of Earth’s atmosphere. One advantage is that they are relatively cheap to deploy: While launching a rocket may cost between $50 million and $300 million, a CubeSat can “piggyback” onto a large rocket platform at an additional cost of as little as $40,000. But their small size also means they lack on-board propulsion systems, which is why they generally remain locked to a particular orbit. http://phys.org/news184420007.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:47:22 EST news184420007 High-energy bursts of gamma rays typically occur far out in space, perhaps near black holes or other high-energy cosmic phenomena. So imagine scientists' surprise in the mid-1990s when they found these powerful gamma ray flashes happening right here on Earth, in the skies overhead. http://phys.org/news184313955.html Space & Earth Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:20:04 EST news184313955 (AP) -- Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the subtle pressure of sunlight. http://phys.org/news177020675.html Space & Earth Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:01 EST news177020675