Space
Two galaxy clusters in the process of merging created a layer of surprisingly hot gas between them that 缅北禁地 astronomers believe is from turbulence caused by banging into each other at supersonic speeds.
<p>A SpaceX rocket launched two 缅北禁地-built payloads to the International Space Station (ISS) from Florida, delivering equipment to look at changes in cardiovascular stem cells in microgravity and study a new bone-building drug.</p>
Humans have long been shaping Earth鈥檚 landscape, but we can shape our near-space environment as well. A certain type of radio communications have been found to interact with particles in space, affecting how and where they move. Watch the video.
A 缅北禁地-built instrument that will provide unprecedented imaging of Earth鈥檚 upper atmosphere has been installed on a commercial satellite that will carry it into geostationary orbit some 22,000 miles above the Earth.
<p>NASA's Cassini mission, carrying a $12 million 缅北禁地 instrument, is ending, but not before the spacecraft performs several dives between Saturn and its rings from now until September, when it will run out of fuel and vaporize.</p>
A newly discovered 鈥渟uper-Earth鈥 orbiting in the habitable zone of a nearby small star is an intriguing target for astronomers searching for extraterrestrial life. 聽
A student-built microsatellite is on its way to the International Space Station today after launching successfully from Cape Canaveral. The satellite will become part of a network of miniaturized satellites studying a portion of Earth鈥檚 atmosphere.
Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ago into a frigid desert world.
A 缅北禁地 team has entered into a five-year, $4.5-million cooperative agreement with NASA to become part of a virtual institute to pursue the construction of astronomical observatories on the moon.
Images returned from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission indicate the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko was a very active place during its most recent trip through the solar system. Imagine growing fractures, collapsing cliffs and massive rolling boulders.