You Can 3D Print Your Own Mini Universe
Have you ever wondered what the universe looks like in all of its entirety, or how it would feel to hold the universe in the palm of your hand? Good news: It is now possible to do both of these things — all you need is a 3D printer. Researchers at the Imperial College London […]
3D Printer Puts 'Baby Universe' In The Palm Of Your Hand | Video
By Steve Spaleta | November 1, 2016 10:52am ET The oldest light in the Universe, known as the cosmic microwave background, is now available to be 3D printed for study. Dr. Dave Clements, a co-author of the study “Cosmic sculpture: a new way to visualise the cosmic microwave background” explains. credit : Imperial College London […]
Virgin Galactic Postpones 1st Glide Test with New SpaceShipTwo
VSS Unity, the second SpaceShipTwo vehicle, is carried aloft by its WhiteKnightTwo carrier aircraft, Sept. 8. Its first glide flight is scheduled for Nov. 1. Update: Virgin Galactic has postponed the glide test portion of today’s flight due to strong winds. The VSS Unity has landed safely, and the company plans to announce a new […]
Prototype Capture System, Mock Asteroid Help Simulate Mission Sequence
A prototype of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) robotic capture module system is tested with a mock asteroid boulder in its clutches at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The robotic portion of ARM is targeted for launch in 2021. To source
[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Samples exposed to the space environment return to researchers
Samples exposed to the space environment return to researchers Last Updated: October 31, 2016 The first samples that had been attached to the Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM) for exposure in the space environment were returned to Earth at the end of August, and then later handed over to researchers at the Tsukuba Space […]
[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] A joint observation by solar observing satellites Hinode and IRIS quantitatively explores the formation of the solar chromosphere
TOP > Topics > 2016 > A joint observation by solar observing satellites Hinode and IRIS quantitatively explores the formation of the solar chromosphere Hinode and IRIS have shown that the dynamic solar chromosphere could be heated and formed by dissipation of the energy of waves. © NAOJ/JAXA Original size (3.7MB) Although the solar energy […]
Rains of Terror on Exoplanet HD 189733b
This Halloween, take a tour with NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration site of some of the most terrifying destinations in our galaxy. The nightmare world of HD 189733 b is the killer you never see coming. To the human eye, this far-off planet looks bright blue. But any space traveler confusing it with the friendly skies of […]
Violent, Vaporizing Impact May Explain Moon's Mysterious Tilt
The mysterious tilt of the moon’s orbit might come from an angled, giant impact that vaporized most of the early Earth, creating the moon in the process, a new study finds. Earth and the other major planets of the solar system follow orbits around the sun that mostly lie within a thin, flat zone defined […]
How Was Earth Formed?
Although planets surround stars in the galaxy, how they form remains a subject of debate. Despite the wealth of worlds in our own solar system, scientists still aren’t certain how planets are built. Currently, two theories are duking it out for the role of champion. The first and most widely accepted theory, core accretion, works […]
Early 1960's NASA Audio Recordings Found and Digitized | Video
By Steve Spaleta | October 31, 2016 09:12am ET Audio from conversations between Jet Propulsion Laboratory team members and astronaut John Glenn, presidents Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson have be unearthed. The conversations were about America’s first communications satellites. credit : NASA/JPL-Caltech Watch more ► Shows Skylon SABRE – A True Space Plane | Video […]
How Many Planets Can Fit Inside a Star's Habitable Zone?
An artist’s illustration of various exoplanets and suns. How many planets can fit into the habitable zone around a star? A group of scientists saw this question posed by a non-scientist on Reddit and decided to answer it. The answer they came up with is five rocky planets the mass of Earth around a small, […]
It's the Great Pumpkin (Shaped Star), Charlie Brown!
A new NASA video explains the origin of a mammoth, pumpkin-shaped star, which is blasting off powerful X-rays and spinning so fast it’s squashed to look like the festive gourd. The massive orange star, called KSw 71, is the most extreme found in a new study. It is more than 10 times the size of […]
These Scary Things in Space Will Haunt Your Dreams
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite (University of California, Berkeley), M. Clampin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), and K. Stapelfeldt and J. Krist (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory This evil eye-shaped nebula, formally named Fomalhaut , strikes an eerie resemblance to the fearful Eye of […]