News tagged with gravity field

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Students demonstrate flux pinning in low gravity

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Cornell researchers recently tested their work on the mysterious physical phenomenon of flux pinning aboard a near-zero gravity aircraft.

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

GOCE delivering data for best gravity map ever (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Following the launch and in-orbit testing of the most sophisticated gravity mission ever built, ESA’s GOCE satellite is now in ‘measurement mode’, mapping tiny variations in Earth’s gravity ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Mice Levitated for Space Research

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have managed to levitate young mice in research carried out for NASA. Levitated mice may help research on bone density loss during long exposures to low gravity, such as in space ...

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (12) | comments 21 weblog

New look at gravity data sheds light on ocean, climate

A discovery about the moon made in the 1960s is helping researchers unlock secrets about Earth's ocean today.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Researchers propose new way to reproduce a black hole

(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite their popularity in the science fiction genre, there is much to be learned about black holes, the mysterious regions in space once thought to be absent of light. In a paper published in the August ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 27

Mini Gradiometer Could Map Other Planets' Gravity Fields

(PhysOrg.com) -- Although it may seem like gravity is the same everywhere on the Earth, it actually varies a small amount from place to place. Factors such as mountains, ocean trenches, and interior density ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 weblog

GOCE satellite achieves drag-free perfection (w/Videos)

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology. The sophisticated electric propulsion system has shown that it is able to keep the satellite completely ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 11

QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June

A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known.

Physics / General Physics

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 7

GOCE's 'heart' starts beating

GOCE's highly sensitive gradiometer instrument has been switched on and is producing data. Forming the heart of GOCE, the gradiometer is specifically designed to measure Earth's gravity field with unprecedented ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

GOCE satellite: Critical operations ongoing

(PhysOrg.com) -- After liftoff 17 March, ESA's GOCE spacecraft is performing very well, having achieved an extremely accurate injection altitude of 283.5 km, just 1.5 km lower than planned. The Mission Control ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Earth Explorer mission GOCE launches

This afternoon, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) was lofted into a near-Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit by a Rockot ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Launch of European gravity probe delayed

The launch of a pioneering European satellite designed to map Earth's gravity field was delayed due to technical problems and will take place Tuesday, Russia's Khrunichev Space Centre said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Electrochemical technique follows the motion of individual microparticles in space and time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many bacteria are able to 'swim' through liquids by means of a flagellum. When doing this, some bacteria follow attractants, some flee from harmful substances, and others align themselves using light, gravity, ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GOCE gravity satellite moves to launch pad

(PhysOrg.com) -- With liftoff just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft - encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing - has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

GOCE launch: Mapping the Earth’s gravity as never before

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0