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Jupiter's Moon Europa Has Enough Oxygen For Life

New research suggests that there is plenty of oxygen available in the subsurface ocean of Europa to support oxygen-based metabolic processes for life similar to that on Earth. In fact, there may be enough ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (137) | comments 42

Spaceplane that takes off from airport runway could be ready in 10 years

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unpiloted, air-breathing spaceplane that takes off from an airport runway, carries up to 30 passengers, and costs less than one-tenth to launch into space compared to a conventional rocket ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (28) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report

Odds for Life Better in Photosynthesis Zones

By calculating where photosynthesis might be possible around the galaxy, scientists are developing a new way to figure out where Earth-like planets with life might be located.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Earth's outer core deprived of oxygen: study

The composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements are present as well. Oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Far-out photosynthesis

Photosynthesis maintains Earth's habitability for life as we know it, and shapes the way we search for habitable worlds around distant stars. Scientists have discovered a microbe that can use low-energy light ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists investigate atomic-scale mechanisms of nanowire growth process

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanowires can be grown in many ways, but one of the lesser-understood growth processes is vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) growth. In VLS, a vapor adsorbs onto a liquid droplet, and the droplet transports ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast feature

Acidic Europa may eat away at chances for life

The ocean underneath the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa could be too acid to support life, due to compounds that may regularly migrate downward from its surface, researchers find.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Key facts about SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies is the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NASA ready to test upgraded J-2X powerpack

(PhysOrg.com) -- For engineers working on the J-2X engine program, installation of the upgraded J-2X powerpack on the A-1 Test Stand on Dec. 5 had to feel like a long-awaited holiday gift.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA's J-2X engine kicks off 2012 with powerpack testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new series of tests on the engine that will help carry humans to deep space will begin next week at NASA's Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. The tests on the J-2X engine bring ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

NASA uncovers cause of shuttle delay

Engineers from the US space agency NASA think they have discovered the cause of a hydrogen leak which twice delayed a high-profile shuttle launch this month, according to the agency.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Students building rocket for moon vehicle

Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA tests deep space J-2X rocket engine

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a 40-second test of the J-2X rocket engine Sept. 28, the most recent in a series of tests of the next-generation engine selected as part of the Space Launch System architecture ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA's new upper stage engine passes major test

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA conducted a successful 500-second test firing of the J-2X rocket engine on Wednesday, Nov. 9, marking another important step in development of an upper stage for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

J-2X engine continues to set standards

(Phys.org) -- Testing of the next-generation J-2X rocket engine continues to set standards. Last fall, the engine attained 100 percent power in just its fourth test and became the fastest U.S. rocket engine ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0