Ephemeral vacuum particles induce speed-of-light fluctuations
New research shows that the speed of light may not be fixed after all, but rather fluctuates.
Mar 25th, 2013
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New research shows that the speed of light may not be fixed after all, but rather fluctuates.
Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreThe astronomers in the UPV/EHU's Planetary Science Group have published a study of the atmospheric vortex of the south pole of Venus, a huge whirlwind the size of Europe.
Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreA little more than a year ago a research team started to develop a vital part of a Finnish invention - an electric solar wind sail for interplanetary journeys. Now, a prototype has been successfully manufactured and tested.
Mar 25th, 2013
Read moreA new article compares in-orbit debris removal options regarding their potential risk of creating new orbital debris or disabling working satellites during deorbit operation.
Mar 22nd, 2013
Read moreUniversity of Colorado Boulder astronomers targeting one of the brightest quasars glowing in the universe some 11 billion years ago say "sideline quasars" likely teamed up with it to heat abundant helium gas billions of years ago, preventing small galaxy formation.
Mar 21st, 2013
Read morePlanck measures the Universe - detailed all-sky map of the cosmic background radiation confirms standard cosmological model but also finds deviations
Mar 21st, 2013
Read moreAbout 35 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Eridanus (The River), lies the spiral galaxy NGC 1637. Back in 1999 the serene appearance of this galaxy was shattered by the appearance of a very bright supernova. Astronomers studying the aftermath of this explosion with ESO's Very Large Telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile have provided us with a stunning view of this relatively nearby galaxy.
Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreThirty-five years after its launch, Voyager 1 appears to have travelled beyond the influence of the Sun and exited the heliosphere, according to a new study appearing online today.
Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreJosh Winn's hunt for exoplanets may someday reveal habitable, Earth-like worlds.
Mar 20th, 2013
Read moreThe first truly global telescope came a significant step closer to completion this month with the installation and first light on three new 1-meter telescopes at the South Africa Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) near Sutherland, South Africa.
Mar 19th, 2013
Read moreThe original Philae comet lander has been travelling through space since 2 March 2004. It is currently in hibernation mode, awaiting its arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. But the Philae models on the ground are being put through their paces: they are being tested to breaking point and examined by the German Aerospace Center.
Mar 18th, 2013
Read moreA new study using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory points to the origin of a famous supernova. This supernova, discovered in 1604 by Johannes Kepler, belongs to an important class of objects that are used to measure the rate of expansion of the Universe.
Mar 18th, 2013
Read moreElectrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to new calculations by NASA scientists.
Mar 18th, 2013
Read moreA massive backplane that will hold the primary mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope nearly motionless while it peers into space is another step closer to completion with the recent assembly of the support structure's wings.
Mar 17th, 2013
Read moreA new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber optic networks on Earth.
Mar 15th, 2013
Read moreUsing NERSC supercomputers, Berkeley Lab scientists generate thousands of simulations to analyze the flood of data from the Planck mission.
Mar 15th, 2013
Read moreA team of astronomers has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-like planet beyond our Solar System.
Mar 14th, 2013
Read moreThe six science instruments that comprise the Particles and Fields Package that will characterize the solar wind and ionosphere of Mars have been integrated aboard NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN spacecraft. The spacecraft is on track for launch later this year.
Mar 14th, 2013
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