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Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts
February 15, 2013 A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, ... > full story -
Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays
February 14, 2013 A new study reveals the first clear-cut evidence the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This discovery is a major step toward understanding ... > full story -
X-Ray Laser Sees Photosynthesis in Action
February 14, 2013 Opening a new window on the way plants generate the oxygen we breathe, researchers used the LCLS X-ray free-electron laser to simultaneously look at the structure and chemical behavior of a natural ... > full story -
Clues to the Mysterious Origin of Cosmic Rays
February 14, 2013 Very detailed new observations of the remains of a thousand-year-old supernova have revealed clues to the origins of cosmic rays. For the first time the observations suggest the presence of ... > full story -
Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy's Youngest Black Hole, Study Suggests
February 13, 2013 New data suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the most recent black hole formed in the Milky Way galaxy. The remnant appears to be the product of a rare explosion in which matter ... > full story -
NASA Scientists Build First-Ever Wide-Field X-Ray Imager
February 7, 2013 Three NASA scientists teamed up to develop and demonstrate NASA's first wide-field-of-view soft X-ray camera for studying "charge exchange," a poorly understood phenomenon that occurs when the solar ... > full story -
Improved X-Ray Microscopic Imaging
February 6, 2013 X-ray microscopy requires radiation of extremely high quality. In order to obtain sharp images instrument and sample must stay absolutely immobile even at the nanometer scale during the recording. ... > full story -
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New Modeling Approach Transforms Imaging Technologies
February 5, 2013 Researchers are improving the performance of technologies ranging from medical CT scanners to digital cameras using a system of models to extract specific information from huge collections of data ... > full story -
A Spiral Galaxy With a Secret
February 5, 2013 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope -- with a little help from an amateur astronomer -- has produced one of the best views yet of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 106. Located a little over 20 million ... > full story -
Twenty NASA Balloons Studying the Radiation Belts
February 5, 2013 In the bright, constant sun of the Antarctic summer, a NASA-funded team is launching balloons. There are twenty of these big, white balloons, each of which sets off on a different day for a leisurely ... > full story
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