News tagged with gravity data

First Mars Express gravity results plot volcanic history

(Phys.org) -- Five years of Mars Express gravity mapping data are providing unique insights into what lies beneath the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes. The results show that the lava grew denser over time ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Mercury's surprising core and landscape curiosities

(PhysOrg.com) -- On March 17, the tiny MESSENGER spacecraft completed its primary mission to orbit and observe the planet Mercury for one Earth-year. The bounty of surprises from the mission has completely ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Twin Grail spacecraft begin collecting lunar science data

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft orbiting the moon officially have begun their science collection phase. During the next 84 days, scientists will obtain a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Decoding cosmological data could shed light on neutrinos, modified gravity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today’s most powerful telescopes collect huge amounts of data from the most distant locations of the universe – yet much of the information is simply discarded because it involves ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 104 | with audio podcast feature

NASA's GRAIL-A spacecraft 24 hours away from Moon

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft is within 24 hours of its insertion burn that will place it into lunar orbit. At the time the spacecraft crossed the milestone ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (9) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

NASA uses new method to estimate earth mass movements

NASA and European researchers have conducted a novel study to simultaneously measure, for the first time, trends in how water is transported across Earth's surface and how the solid Earth responds to the retreat ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

European science satellite hit by glitch

A satellite designed to map Earth's gravitational field has been hit by a software glitch and is unable to send its science data back home, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0