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12/12/2019
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By Grace Olson
How origami is helping engineers design a space vehicle that sticks its landing
Origami isn’t just about folding paper. It turns out, it’s about designing machines as well. In a study in Science Advances, engineers from the U.S. and Japan developed a potential mechanism to reduce the force of impact in spacecraft when they land – using principles from origami. The researchers developed a unique cell that softens any force […]
12/03/2019
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By Grace Olson
What did China’s moon lander see on the far side of the moon?
The Chinese lunar mission on the far side of the moon may have found answers to long-standing questions on the satellite’s mantle. The mission was led by Chunlai Li, a researcher from the National Astronomical Observatories at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The lander-rover duo, Chang’e 4 lander and Yutu 2, successfully landed on the far side of the moon […]
11/17/2019
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By Grace Olson
Water on Mars: The Red Planet is dumping its limited water supply into space, say researchers
Scientists may have discovered what happened to the water on Mars. Water vapor may have been dumped at the planet’s poles or escaped into space. A partnership between researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Russia and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany discovered that the Red Planet has a peculiar […]
11/12/2019
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By Grace Olson
Ice on the Red Planet: Buried a mile beneath Mars’ north pole could be the planet’s largest water reservoir
Beneath the surface, the Red Planet hides massive layers of ice, researchers have found. The study is a collaboration between researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Arizona in Tucson. Through NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, researchers were able to have a glimpse beneath the Martian surface and discovered alternating layers of ice and sand. The researchers […]
11/02/2019
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By Grace Olson
So, the Milky Way has a gaping hole – but what caused it?
A “dense bullet” has pierced a hole through the Milky Way – but the gun is nowhere to be found. For Ana Bonaca, a researcher at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, there’s evidence that something has been causing a series of holes in the GD-1 stellar stream, the longest stream in the Milky Way. After further inquiry and investigation, she found […]
10/28/2019
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By Grace Olson
In just one month, astronomers detected gravitational waves from black hole mergers, neutron stars colliding, and one star swallowed by a black hole
Stars colliding with one another is no news – such a phenomenon has been reported many times. Now, researchers from NASA observatories detected five gravitational waves in just one month, which they concluded were most likely caused by three black hole collisions and a merger between two neutron stars. The last one, however, was an […]
10/27/2019
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By Grace Olson
New gravitational-wave detectors can help researchers explore unsolved cosmic mysteries about black holes and dark matter
Astrophysicists from different institutions around the world look forward to the construction of various gravitational-wave detectors across the globe. These detectors are crucial to gathering data on cosmic phenomena occurring millions of light-years away from Earth. Researchers from the University of Maryland and Montana State University map out their history and contributions and published their study in […]
10/26/2019
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By Grace Olson
Gold and elements heavier than iron were formed on Earth after neutron stars collided billions of years ago: Study
The origin of gold and other heavy elements has always been a mystery. A recent study by American researchers suggests that they were byproducts of a collision between two neutron stars billions of years ago. The researchers believe that their findings, which appeared in the journal Nature, provide unique insight into planetary history. Where did gold […]
10/22/2019
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By Grace Olson
Researchers develop a technique that optimizes laser beam shaping for manufacturing or medical engineering
The quality of laser beam shaping is now better, and at no extra cost. A team of researchers from Osaka University found that using virtual diagonal phase grating can improve the accuracy of laser beam shaping and wavefront. Their findings were published in Scientific Reports. Laser beam shaping is the redistribution of the irradiance and […]
10/05/2019
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By Grace Olson
“Icy corridor” on the Saturn moon of Titan baffles scientists
While searching for the source of Titan’s methane, a team of researchers from the University of Arizona discovered a long ice feature that extends to almost half of Titan’s circumference. The study is published Nature Astronomy and partially funded by a NASA grant. The search for Titan’s source of methane Titan is the largest moon […]
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