Experiments in Space

Study knocks down some theories for the origin of a mysterious light signature that has puzzled physicists for yearsCredit: Zosia Rostomian and Nicholas Rodd/Berkeley Lab; and Christopher Dessert and Benjamin Safdi/University of Michigan …

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet's evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth's own geologic epochs. The models will be spectral templates for…

Credit: Image courtesy of Opher, et. al The heliosphere is a vast region, extending more than twice as far as Pluto. It casts a magnetic "force field" around all the planets, deflecting charged particles that would otherwise muscle into…

Astronomers find one-sided pulsator with citizen scientists providing crucial clueCredit: Gabriel Pérez Díaz (IAC) A star that pulsates on just one side has been discovered in the Milky Way about 1500 light years from Earth. It…

Credit: NASA On 6 March at 11:50 PM EST, the International Space Station resupply mission Space X CRS-20 took off from Cape Canaveral (USA). On board: 250 test tubes from the University of Zurich containing adult human stem cells. These…

Avionics for critical systems support first Mission Extension Vehicle, satellite dockingCredit: SpaceLogistics/Northrop Grumman SAN ANTONIO -- March 9, 2020 -- Using critical docking avionics provided by Southwest Research Institute, the…

NASA funding will support UArizona teams working on ways to harvest water and produce crops in space.Credit: NASA Many things change for astronauts when they leave Earth and head into space, but at least one remains the same: They need…

Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona Asteroid Bennu's most prominent boulder, a rock chunk jutting out 71 ft (21.7 m) from the asteroid's southern hemisphere, finally has a name. The boulder - which is so large that it was initially…

Credit: INQNET Caltech and JPL have been successful partners in space exploration since the mid-1930s. In their tradition of intermixing in unique ways fundamental science, technology and engineering they develop a collaborative…

Nutritious and safe crops would be a dietary supplement to assist long-distance space missionsCredit: NASA (free to use and distribute) Astronauts in space live on processed, pre-packaged space rations such as fruits, nuts, chocolate,…

Project to help researchers understand aging on Earth, protect astronautsCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Launching no earlier than March 6 at 11:50 PM EST, the Johns Hopkins University will send heart muscle tissues, contained in a…

NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of space-bound studies at the International Space Station (ISS) when a new payload of experimental samples launches to the station with the SpaceX CRS-20 commercial cargo resupply…

Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Showalter (SETI Institute); Right: NASA, ESA, L. Sromovsky and P. Fry (U. Wisconsin), H. Hammel (Space Science Institute), and K. Rages (SETI Institute) Far-flung Uranus and Neptune -- the ice giants of our solar…

Credit: Photo credit of UTSA Chris Combs, the Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor in UTSA's Department of Mechanical Engineering, is one of 40 young researchers who will receive a grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific…

Credit: Michelle Kunimoto University of British Columbia astronomy student Michelle Kunimoto has discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable, Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA's Kepler…

The SEIS seismometer from NASA's InSight mission measured a total of 174 probable 'Mars quakes' in the first months since its launch at the end of February 2019. That is slightly more than one quake every two days. These data provide the…

Scientists will use UVS to study the structure, composition of the atmospheres of Jupiter and its moonsCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. 25, 2020 -- An ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) designed and built by…

ITHACA, N.Y. - More than a year after NASA's Mars InSight lander touched down in a pebble-filled crater on the Martian equator, the rusty red planet is now serving up its meteorological secrets: gravity waves, surface swirling "dust…

Quantum breakthrough uses light's quirky properties to boost 3D imaging, paving the way for enhanced performance in self-driving cars, medical imaging and deep-space communicationsCredit: Stevens Institute of Technology Researchers…

Scientific team including UMD geologists analyzed marsquakes from the InSight mission to find a planet with geological activity similar to both Earth and the MoonCredit: University of Maryland The first reports of seismic…