News tagged with space science
Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when ...
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Children use space to think about time
Space and time are intertwined in our thoughts, as they are in the physical world. For centuries, philosophers have debated exactly how these dimensions are related in the human mind. According to a paper to appear in the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Early warning system would predict space storms on Mars
Space weather storms will make living on Mars challenging. The first group of colonists won't need umbrellas; they will need safe houses with 30-foot thick walls made of Martian clay that can withstand radiation ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 29, 2010 |
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UA Engineers are First to Use Space Station Test Bed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research on an aluminum-silicon alloy in space could lead to stronger materials manufactured on Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 24, 2010 |
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First U.S. Sample Processed in Materials Science Research Rack to be Opened at Marshall
(PhysOrg.com) -- On Feb. 2, the first materials science sample supporting an U.S. investigator was processed in NASA's Materials Science Research Rack aboard the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2010 |
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People out and about make cities secure
Young people who have experienced threats and violence feel more insecure than others in urban public spaces, especially when alone. This is one conclusion from researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 09, 2010 |
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NASA Studies Nanomechanics of Inner Ear
(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning how to walk again after long-duration space flights is a problem astronauts face as they readjust to Earth's gravity. To learn how microgravity affects human space travelers, NASA scientists studied ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Space Station Primed for New Era of Scientific Discoveries
NASA is looking forward to unprecedented scientific opportunities aboard the International Space Station. With station assembly nearing completion, the ISS Partnership is looking forward to using the station to its fullest ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Researchers recalculate age of Solar System
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lead-lead (Pb-Pb) dating is among the most widely used radiometric dating techniques to determine the age of really old things, such as the age of the Earth or the Solar System. However, recent ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 04, 2010 |
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New Video Reveals Secrets of Webb Telescope's MIRI (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's going to take infrared eyes to see farther back in time than even the Hubble Space Telescope, and that's what the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI or Mid-Infrared Instrument detectors ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 29, 2009 |
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Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study
Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on the red planet, in research published tomorrow in Earth an ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Nanotech in Space: Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer were sent into orbit on Nov. 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 24, 2009 |
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NASA fuels space shuttle Atlantis for liftoff
(AP) -- NASA is fueling space shuttle Atlantis for its afternoon liftoff.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Goddard Team Develops New Carriers for ISS
In a partnership that exemplifies the One NASA theme, Goddard Space Flight Center engineers teamed up with the External Payloads Group at Johnson Space Center and the ISS Payload Ground Processing support ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Nanotech in Space: Rensselaer Experiment To Weather the Trials of Orbit
(PhysOrg.com) -- Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are scheduled to blast off into orbit on November 16 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 12, 2009 |
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