09 July 2021
Astronomers solve 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras
...space where they join up with the magnetic field in the solar wind; the stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the Sun.... are being struck directly by the ions of the solar wind. But, instead of being repelled and sent back out into...
06 August 2021
Surprising new finds as ASKAP surveys the skies
... out jets of electrons that are then bent into grotesque shapes by an intergalactic wind,” Norris adds. The team are not sure where the wind is coming from or why it is so tangled. Or indeed what is causing the streams of radio...
15 June 2020
Skyrora hits a milestone with suborbital rocket launch
... projectile took to the skies. The launch was completed for educational purposes, collecting meteorological data, measuring wind profiles, analysing the vehicles trajectory and providing critical training in support of Skyrora’s future plans. Skyrora...
July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... way to orbit. Scramjets can’t operate at lower speeds, and so must be paired with other propulsion cycles Mach 7 wind tunnel test of the full-scale X-43A model in Langley’s 8-Foot High Temperature Tunnel Drag versus heat...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... has driven military research into hypersonics. Test engineers ready a Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-1 model prior to a Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 operation The attractive and compelling benefits promised by hypersonic flight have, for the past five...
July 2014
Space technology transfer portals and the chance progress of innovation
..., much worse than the expected performance of the microscope. The reason for this turned out to be the wind, buffeting the outside of the building and causing the hyper-sensitive microscope to shake. The vibrations were...
