Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2017
Last adventure ahead for NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft faces one last perilous adventure around Saturn.
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Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2017
What does the abundance of water in the solar system mean for life?
There was much excitement when NASA recently revealed new details about the oceans that lurk beneath the surface of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus and Jupiter's Europa.
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2017
Here's a plan to send a spacecraft to Venus, and make Venus pay for it
In 2005, the Future In-Space Operations Working Group (FISOWG) was established with the help of NASA to assess how advances in spaceflight technologies could be used to facilitate missions back to the Moon and beyond. In ...
Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2017
Cassini heads toward final close encounter with Titan
NASA's Cassini spacecraft will make its final close flyby of Saturn's haze-enshrouded moon Titan this weekend. The flyby marks the mission's final opportunity for up-close observations of the lakes and seas of liquid hydrocarbons ...
Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2017
Islands on Titan may actually be bubble streams
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers from several institutions in France and Mexico has developed computer models that simulate conditions on Saturn's largest moon Titan showing that some of the islands on the planet's surface ...
General Physics
Apr 5, 2017
Eavesdropping on the particular chatter on the sub-atomic world
Much like two friendly neighbors getting together to chat over a cup of coffee, the minuscule particles in our sub-atomic world also come together to engage in a kind of conversation. Now, nuclear scientists are developing ...
Space Exploration
Apr 4, 2017
Cassini mission prepares for 'grand finale' at Saturn
NASA's Cassini spacecraft, in orbit around Saturn since 2004, is about to begin the final chapter of its remarkable story. On Wednesday, April 26, the spacecraft will make the first in a series of dives through the 1,500-mile-wide ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2017
A seismic mapping milestone
Because of Earth's layered composition, scientists have often compared the basic arrangement of its interior to that of an onion. There's the familiar thin crust of continents and ocean floors; the thick mantle of hot, semisolid ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2017
The electric sands of Titan: The grains that cover Saturn's moon act like clingy packing peanuts
Experiments led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggest the particles that cover the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, are "electrically charged." When the wind blows hard enough (approximately ...
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2017
What about a mission to Titan?
As you probably know, NASA recently announced plans to send a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa. If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will blast off for the world in the 2020s, and orbit the icy moon to discover all its secrets.
