
Monster Galaxies Lose Their Appetite With Age
Our universe is filled with
gobs of galaxies, bound
together by gravity into
larger families called
clusters. Lying at the heart
of most clusters is a
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NASA Technologist Makes Traveling to Hard-to-Reach Destinations Easier
Traveling to remote
locations sometimes involves
navigating through
stop-and-go traffic,
traversing long stretches of
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Figuring out Flow Dynamics
Scientists have been
building models of turbulent
flow. Recently, they
developed a new and improved
way of looking at the
composition of turbulence
near walls, the type of flow
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Airborne Campaign Preparing to Probe Pollution-Climate Link
The floor of a NASA hangar
and an adjacent laboratory
in Southern California's
high desert have been in
constant motion this month
as scientists prepare their
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Catching Aerosols in a CATS Eye
July 31, 2013 Quick looks by a special CATS-eye attached to the International Space Station will help scientists catalog and track particles in Earth's atmosphere and act as a pathfinder for a new satellite ... > full story -
Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
July 30, 2013 On June 17 and July 26, NASA tested the Surface Telerobotics exploration concept, in which an astronaut in an orbiting spacecraft remotely operates a robot on a planetary ... > full story -
Hot-Fire Tests Show 3-D Printed Rocket Parts Rival Traditionally Manufactured Parts
July 24, 2013 What can survive blazing temperatures of almost 6,000 degrees Fahrenheit without melting? What did not break apart at extreme pressures? What is made by a new process that forms a complex part in ... > full story -
Boeing Unveils CST-100 Mock-Up, Astronauts Climb Aboard
July 24, 2013 Two NASA astronauts conducted flight suit evaluations inside a fully outfitted test version of The Boeing Company's CST-100 spacecraft July 22, the first time the world got a glimpse of the crew ... > full story -
Milestone in Quest to Advance Emerging Super-Black Nanotechnology
July 17, 2013 A NASA engineer has achieved yet another milestone in his quest to advance an emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their ... > full story -
NASA Technology May Breathe Life, Safety Into Mines
July 16, 2013 A technology used by NASA to protect crews working around hazardous gases soon could be called on for a number of life-saving applications as well as the agency's new human spaceflight ... > full story -
Smoke from Canadian Wildfires Observed in Europe
July 12, 2013 This summer, Canada is experiencing unusually extensive wildfires. This week alone, 341 new forest fires have consumed a total area of 616,000 hectares. The smoke clouds produced by the fires in ... > full story -
NASA's OPALS to Beam Data from Space Via Laser
July 11, 2013 NASA will use the International Space Station to test a new communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communications, enhance commercial missions and strengthen ... > full story -
Engineers Test Microelectronic Cooling System in Zero Gravity on Board the Novespace Airbus
July 10, 2013 Three years of preparation supported by NASA paid off this June for researchers who conducted experiments while floating weightless on a Novespace & European Space Agency (ESA) ... > full story -
Where Do Astronauts Go When They Need 'to Go?'
July 10, 2013 The first American man in space had no place "to go," and urinating in space was a tough problem for engineers to solve. A new article discusses the considerations necessary to accommodate this most ... > full story
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