Space
Chris Heckman and his students are working to strengthen the decision-making capabilities of autonomous cars. Though mostly focused on Earth-bound activities, the technology platform could one day further space exploration.
Measurements over the first 1,000 days of the MAVEN mission are providing insight into how the sun stripped Mars of most of its atmosphere, turning a planet once possibly habitable to microbial life into a barren desert world.
Two galaxy clusters in the process of merging created a layer of surprisingly hot gas between them that 桃色视频 astronomers believe is from turbulence caused by banging into each other at supersonic speeds.
<p>A SpaceX rocket launched two 桃色视频-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 桃色视频-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 桃色视频 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.