Physics and Astronomy News Archive: June 2010
Voyager 2 at 12,000 Days: The Super-Marathon Continues
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 6/29/10
NASA's plucky Voyager 2 spacecraft has hit a long-haul operations milestone today (June 28) -- operating continuously for 12,000 days.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 6/29/10
NASA's plucky Voyager 2 spacecraft has hit a long-haul operations milestone today (June 28) -- operating continuously for 12,000 days.
Explained: Quark gluon plasma
Source: MIT Posted: 6/11/10
By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.
Source: MIT Posted: 6/11/10
By colliding particles, physicists hope to recreate the earliest moments of our universe, on a much smaller scale.
Model Helps Search for Moon Dust Fountains
Source: NASA Posted: 6/11/10
Fountains of electric dust may be responsible for a mysterious glow seen on the lunar horizon during the Apollo 17 and other missions.
Source: NASA Posted: 6/11/10
Fountains of electric dust may be responsible for a mysterious glow seen on the lunar horizon during the Apollo 17 and other missions.
Stretching Molecules Yields New Understanding of Electricity
Source: NSF Posted: 6/11/10
Researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments.
Source: NSF Posted: 6/11/10
Researchers recently stretched individual molecules and watched electrons flow through them, proving that single-molecule devices can be used as powerful new tools for nanoscale science experiments.
A new use for gold
Source: MIT Posted: 6/11/10
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.
Source: MIT Posted: 6/11/10
Engineers turn a drawback — the stickiness of gold nanoparticles — into an advantage.
Two Peas in an Irregular Pod
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 6/1/10
Our sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are acting like sonograms to reveal the early birth process of snug twin stars.
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 6/1/10
Our sun may be an only child, but most of the stars in the galaxy are actually twins. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope are acting like sonograms to reveal the early birth process of snug twin stars.