News tagged with jet plane
Ghostly gamma-ray beams blast from Milky Way's center
(Phys.org) -- As galaxies go, our Milky Way is pretty quiet. Active galaxies have cores that glow brightly, powered by supermassive black holes swallowing material, and often spit twin jets in opposite directions. ...
May 29, 2012 |
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The anatomy of a stellar outflow
(Phys.org) -- Astronomers used to think that star formation simply involved the gradual coalescence of material under the influence of gravity. No longer. Making a new star is a complex process, among other ...
May 28, 2012 |
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Submarines -- the ultimate toy for the super rich
Jet plane, tick. Private island, tick. Chopper, tick. Submarine?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Airlines cut small jets as fuel prices soar
The little planes that connect America's small cities to the rest of the world are slowly being phased out. Airlines are getting rid of these planes — their least-efficient — in response to the high cost of fuel. ...
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Jatropha Helps Air New Zealand Cut Its CO2 Emissions by More Than 60%
Recently, Air New Zealand ran a test flight of a jet plane fueled with a biofuel blend made with jatropha. The results showed a fuel savings of 1.2%, amounting to more than a ton of fuel over the course of ...
Jun 17, 2009 |
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