23 February 2016
Researchers probe black-hole mergers with fast-powered winds
..., with phenomena such as the afterglow emission of relativistic jets or strong disk winds in super-Eddington accretion disks have...details of the resulting high-energy GRB emission, a jet powered by the Blandford-Znajek (BZ) process could potentially...
11 October 2016
GRB afterglow observed by ALMA for the first time
... the GRB emission. The afterglow on the other hand is thought to originate from external shocks caused by the jet’s interaction with the interstellar medium (ISM). To properly determine the physical properties of GRB emission, a wide range...
18 January 2017
The unusual tails of a pulsar give a clue as to what type of pulse it generates
...of the magnetic poles, the radio waves may point along the direction of the jets, she said. Gamma-ray emission, on the other hand, is produced at... torus, but the radio beams near the jets point off to the sides and remain unseen," Posselt said....
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... going in two main directions: development of miniature jet-propulsion engines with a safe rocket propellant, and ...The SSC is also fitted with an ohmic heating electric jet engine WARP DRIVE (Water Alcohol Resistojet Propulsion Deorbit Re-entry...
March 2016
Space for art
... great imagined milestones of Mars exploration that will someday be celebrated as ‘historic sites’. The discovery of Enceladus’ icy jets and their role in creating Saturn’s E-ring is one of the top findings of the Cassini mission to Saturn. Further...
March 2016
Space Oddities: The Problem with Imagination
...women were vital to space research before the 1980s. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory was unusual for the time - it began ... pass Phase III testing (aeromedical, using military equipment and jets). The other two women were prepared to go through Phase...
