Experiments in Space

New form of melanin has ability to protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment, spaceflightCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill.-- Packing for outer space? Here's one thing you won't want to forget.…

Without care, Lost in Space could mean Lost in Translation LAWRENCE -- It lacks the drama of a shape-shifting alien creature, but another threat looms over the prospect of generations-long, interstellar space travel: Explorers arriving on…

Proposed work is expected to significantly increase knowledge of dark matterCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The John Templeton Foundation has supported research on a diverse range of subjects including…

Kyushu University research based on NASA InSight Martian lander seismometer data reveals different sources of different types and frequencies of Martian "microtremors", showing the potential to use such data to image the Martian subsurface…

Credit: NASA / GSFC / Arizona State University What started out as a hunt for ice lurking in polar lunar craters turned into an unexpected finding that could help clear some muddy history about the Moon's formation. Team members of…

Credit: David Champion The revolution in our understanding of the night sky and our place in the universe began when we transitioned from using the naked eye to a telescope in 1609. Four centuries later, scientists are…

Australian researchers will lead development of the next generation of space suits in a major international collaboration with NASA, the European Space Agency and leading universities. Credit: ESA An $844,000 Australian Space…

CODEX designed to determine age of rocks on Mars, the Moon without having to return samples Credit: Tom Whitaker, SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- June 29, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute scientists have increased the speed and…

SwRI also developing ion instrument to study electrodynamics in the polar cuspsCredit: NASA/Jamie Adkins SAN ANTONIO -- June 22, 2020 -- NASA has approved the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites…

An international team of astronomers identifies periodic gamma-ray emissions from 11 active galaxies CLEMSON, South Carolina - A Clemson University scientist has joined forces with an international team of astronomers to identify periodic…

SpIRIT to launch in 2022Credit: University of Melbourne Science and engineering researchers at the University of Melbourne have been awarded a $3.95 million Australian Government grant to help develop cutting edge space capabilities in…

Gravity affects protein assembly related to Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: ©JAXA/NINS Amyloids, abnormal fibrillar aggregates of proteins, are associated with various disorders such as Alzheimer's disease. Therefore, an in-depth…

There may be as many as one Earth-like planet for every five Sun-like stars in the Milky way Galaxy, according to new estimates by University of British Columbia astronomers.Credit: NASA Ames/ W Stenzel. To be considered…

Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time - a discovery that could teach us more…

Speed as important as size in predicting potentially damaging impacts of CMEs Space weather forecasters need to predict the speed of solar eruptions, as much as their size, to protect satellites and the health of astronauts, scientists…

Credit: Dr Chichuan Jin of the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The first confirmed heartbeat of a supermassive black hole is still going strong more than ten years after first being observed.…

Discovery made through the Disk Detective project could help the search for new planets Brown dwarfs are the middle child of astronomy, too big to be a planet yet not big enough to be a star. Like their stellar siblings, these objects form…

DURHAM, N.H.--Scientists from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center will use a $4.6 million grant from NASA to create a project that will offer a diverse group of college students from across the country hands-on research…

Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC - IT Center for Science A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter inside the cores of the largest neutron stars in existence. The conclusion was reached…

Compact precision spectrometer will characterize planetary materialsCredit: NASA SAN ANTONIO -- May 27, 2020 -- NASA has awarded Southwest Research Institute $3 million to develop a lunar version of its Laser Absorption Spectrometer for…