News tagged with gravity
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Cosmic magnifying lenses distort view of distant galaxies
Looking deep into space, and literally peering back in time, is like experiencing the universe in a house of mirrors where everything is distorted through a phenomenon called gravitational lensing. Gravitational ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Sex and space? Houston, we have a problem
Ever dream about a honeymoon in space? You may want to think twice after you hear about Joe Tash's research.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2011 |
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New propulsion system for robotic lander prototype tested by NASA
NASA's Robotic Lunar Lander Development Project at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has completed a series of hot fire tests and taken delivery of a new propulsion system for integration into ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2011 |
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The sun steals comets from other stars
The next time you thrill at the sight of a comet blazing across the night sky, consider this: it's a stolen pleasure. You're enjoying the spectacle at the expense of a distant star.
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Putting the squeeze on fat cells
From fad diets to exercise programs, Americans continue to fight the battle of the bulge. Now they'll have help from recent Tel Aviv University research that has developed a new method to look at how fat cells -- which produce ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Stanford students fly in zero gravity to protect satellites from tiny meteoroids (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford researchers have completed the first successful tests in zero gravity of a canopy for CubeSats – the tiny satellites that hitch rides on rockets sending larger satellites into ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Future wind turbines go offshore -- deep and floating
DeepWind was launched October 1st 2010, and Riso DTU is coordinating the consortium of 12 international members.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Gravity eases its pull
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Galileo first dropped his balls off the top of the Tower of Pisa in the late 16th century, gravity has caused a major headache for mathematicians and physicists down the ages.
Nov 04, 2010 |
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Runway unveiled for world's first 'tourist' spaceship (Update 3)
The world's first commercial passenger spaceship moved a step closer to takeoff, as tycoon Richard Branson unveiled a new runway at a remote New Mexico spaceport.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Intricate, curving 3-D nanostructures created using capillary action forces
ANN ARBOR, Mich.---Twisting spires, concentric rings, and gracefully bending petals are a few of the new three-dimensional shapes that University of Michigan engineers can make from carbon nanotubes using ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Gravity up close: Looking for extra dimensions by measuring gravity at the microscopic level
Scientists know how gravity works at big distances -- the inter-planetary or inter-stellar range -- but does it work the same way at the inter-atomic range?
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Climate satellite 'blinded' by radio interference
The European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday that it had launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to shut down illicit radio and TV transmissions interfering with a major climate satellite.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Research lays foundation for building on the moon -- or anywhere else
The key to the stability of any building is its foundation, but it is difficult to test some building sites in advance - such as those on the moon. New research from North Carolina State University is helping resolve the ...
Sep 29, 2010 |
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ARTEMIS - the first Earth-Moon libration orbiter
In August 1960, NASA launched its first communications satellite, Echo 1. Fifty years later, NASA has achieved another first by placing the ARTEMIS-P1 spacecraft into a unique orbit behind the moon, but not ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2010 |
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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
Sep 14, 2010 |
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