NASA is planning to repair NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer), an X-ray telescope on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk later this year. It will be the fourth science observatory in orbit ...
Astronomy
Apr 17, 2024
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In a landmark experiment at the Accelerator Laboratory of the Department of Physics (JYFL-ACCLAB) at University of Jyväskylä, a beam of the short-lived nuclide 85As was produced through nuclear fission. The research group ...
General Physics
Apr 8, 2019
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Within its first three months on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover saw a surprising diversity of soils and sediments along a half-kilometer route that tell a complex story about the gradual desiccation of the Red Planet.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2013
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One asteroid down, one to go. After spending a year gazing at Vesta, NASA's Dawn spacecraft was set to cruise toward the most massive space rock in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter—a voyage that will take nearly ...
Space Exploration
Sep 5, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and The Johns Hopkins University have constructed a unique tool for exploring the properties of promising new materials with unprecedented ...
Nanophysics
Feb 25, 2009
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Neutron spin echo is a well-known scattering technique to explore structural and magnetic dynamics in soft and condensed matter with sub-μeV energy resolution. Radio frequency spin flippers (RFSF) are key elements of neutron ...
General Physics
Jul 10, 2015
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A Goddard-built instrument on NASA's MESSENGER mission provided one of three new lines of evidence that water ice exists near the north pole of Mercury. Most of the ice is covered by a thin layer of material that blankets ...
Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2012
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Researchers used the SEQUOIA inelastic spectrometer at the Spallation Neutron Source to map the dynamics of hydrogen atoms in a natural crystal of muscovite.
Condensed Matter
Jun 24, 2011
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