Physics and Astronomy News Archive: October 2009

Image: Puzzled Physicists Solve Decade-Long Discrepancies

Puzzled Physicists Solve Decade-Long Discrepancies

Source: BNL   Posted: 10/20/09

Physicists have resolved a decade-long copper oxide ceramics puzzle.
Image: Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Mission

Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Mission

Source: ESA   Posted: 10/20/09

Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the martian surface.
Image: Astronomers Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Astronomers Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet

Source: JPL/NASA   Posted: 10/20/09

Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA has detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.
Image: Bursting The Sun's Bubble

Bursting The Sun's Bubble

Source: MIT   Posted: 10/20/09

New observations indicate the heliosphere — the sun's sphere of influence — has a different shape than theorists had expected.