News tagged with planetary surface
Probe mission to explore Titan's miniscule rainfall proposed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Ralph Lorenz of Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) outside of Baltimore has given a talk at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Texas outlining what has ...
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Mar 23, 2012 |
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UA engineer launches robotic planetary Lake Lander
(PhysOrg.com) -- Wolfgang Fink of the University of Arizona department of electrical and computer engineering has developed an autonomous robotic lake lander that could be used to explore this planet and others.
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Researchers build computer model that explains lakes and storms on Saturn's moon Titan
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is an intriguing, alien world that's covered in a thick atmosphere with abundant methane. With an average surface temperature of a brisk -297 degrees Fahrenheit (about 90 kelvins) ...
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Jan 04, 2012 |
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Meteorite shockwaves trigger dust avalanches on Mars
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dust avalanches around impact craters on Mars appear to be the result of the shock wave preceding the actual impact, according to a study led by an undergraduate student at the UA.
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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New way to determine when water was present on Mars and Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of the mineral jarosite in rocks analyzed by the Mars Rover, Opportunity, on the Martian surface had special meaning for a team of Syracuse University scientists who study the ...
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Oct 20, 2011 |
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Stellar winds
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Sun, glowing with a surface temperature of about 5500 degrees Celsius, warms the Earth with its salutary light. Meanwhile the Sun's hot outer layer (the corona), with its temperature of ...
Oct 10, 2011 |
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Tatooine-like planet discovered (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Although cold and gaseous rather than a desert world, the newfound planet Kepler-16b is still the closest astronomers have come to discovering Luke Skywalker's home world of Tatooine. Like ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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NASA launching twin moon probes to measure gravity
Four decades after landing men on the moon, NASA is returning to Earth's orbiting companion, this time with a set of robotic twins that will measure lunar gravity while chasing one another in circles.
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Sep 05, 2011 |
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To an asteroid, and beyond
The asteroid 1999 RQ36 may not be a household name, but astronomers predict that in less than 200 years, it may make an unforgettable impact. According to radar and optical observations, the space rock, measuring ...
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Jul 26, 2011 |
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NASA puts Earth's nearest neighbor, 'the Moon', within reach
NASA has created a new interactive web-based tool that incorporates observations from past and current lunar missions creating one of the most comprehensive lunar research websites to date.
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May 14, 2011 |
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The hot atmosphere of Venus might cool its interior: study
The heat in the atmosphere of Venus, induced from a strong greenhouse warming, might actually have a cooling effect on the planet's interior. This counter-intuitive theory is based on calculations from a new ...
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Sep 21, 2010 |
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An astronaut field trip: NASA practices in the deserts of the Southwest
What's it like to be on an alien planet? According to NASA, it could be pretty similar to a trip to the Grand Canyon.
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Sep 13, 2010 |
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Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees ...
Dec 02, 2009 |
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New instrument has potential to detect water deep underground on Mars (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep ...
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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