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NASA's Cassini Sees Forces Controlling Enceladus Jets
July 31, 2013 — The intensity of the jets of water ice and organic particles that shoot out from Saturn's moon Enceladus depends on the moon's proximity to the ringed planet, according to data obtained by NASA's ... > full story -
Saturn's Mimas and Pandora: Two Moons Passing in the Night
July 31, 2013 — The Saturn moons Mimas and Pandora remind us of how different they are when they appear together, as in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Pandora's small size means that it lacks ... > full story -
Planetary 'Runaway Greenhouse' More Easily Triggered, Research Shows
July 30, 2013 — It might be easier than previously thought for a planet to overheat into the scorchingly uninhabitable "runaway greenhouse" stage, according to new ... > 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 -
Beam Me Up, Scotty! Would Teleporting Humans Into Space Be Possible?
July 30, 2013 — In the science fiction show, Star Trek, teleportation is a regular and significant feature. But how much time and power is required to send the data needed to teleport a human ... > full story -
Capturing Black Hole Spin Could Further Understanding of Galaxy Growth
July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have found a new way of measuring the spin in supermassive black holes, which could lead to better understanding about how they drive the growth of ... > full story -
How Does Hydrogen Metallize?
July 29, 2013 — Hydrogen is deceptively simple. It has only a single electron per atom, but it powers the sun and forms the majority of the observed universe. As such, it is naturally exposed to the entire range of ... > full story -
NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-Rays for First Time
July 29, 2013 — For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent ... > full story -
Pulsating Star Sheds Light on Exoplanet
July 29, 2013 — Astronomers have devised a way to measure the internal properties of stars —- a method that offers more accurate assessments of their orbiting ... > full story -
Experimental Quest to Test Einstein's Speed Limit
July 29, 2013 — Special relativity states that the speed of light is the same in all frames of reference and that nothing can exceed that limit. UC Berkeley physicists used a novel experimental system -- the unusual ... > full story
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