Experiments in Space

Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlementsCredit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Jenett Today's commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different…

UC Riverside-led research shows our galaxy is undergoing a massive merger with its largest satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic CloudCredit: Ethan Jahn, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Just like the moon orbits the Earth, and the…

Credit: Michael Hepfer/Leo Aerospace WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leo Aerospace, a Purdue University-affiliated startup looking to launch rockets with the help of hot air balloons, has taken to the technology battlefield to receive…

UC Riverside astronomers find large-scale winds associated with active black holes in small galaxies suppress star formationCredit: HST/NASA/ESA. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Astronomers at the University of California, Riverside, have…

Credit: NASA WASHINGTON -- A U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) instrument aboard NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) satellite will deliver unprecedented information to help scientists investigate how both terrestrial…

New lens technique spots tiny dwarf galaxy in the first, super-energetic stages of star formation Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4…

Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - Commercial 3D printing -- or additive manufacturing (AM) -- is a booming industry. But if printers were liberated from the typical setup involving an immobile…

Instrument designed and built by UMass Lowell targets Earth-like objects in space hidden by stars' glareCredit: Photo credit: NASA LOWELL, Mass. - In a quest to discover new Earth-like planets capable of supporting life, NASA on…

NASA studying population to understand impact risks, potential explorationCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 1, 2019 -- A Southwest Research Institute scientist is helping NASA observe and characterize…

PUNCH team begins work on preliminary flight design for 2023 missionCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Sept. 26, 2019 -- The Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission has entered Phase B, which…