28 June 2016
Oxides discovered on Mars hint at an oxygen-rich past
... oxygen once existed on the Red Planet, making it more Earth-like than previously thought. Found by firing lasers from Curiosity's Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument onto the Martian surface, the oxides, along with...
10 August 2016
Dellingr CubeSat Begins Environmental Testing
...; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. CubeSats are considered “nanosatellites”, and...
05 October 2016
Neutron star natal kicks could be the catalyst for binary formation and new gravitational wave sources
... produce a unique supernova electromagnetic counterpart which precedes the GW merger. aLIGO is short for the advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (aLIGO), which aided in the discovery of gravitational waves late last year...
24 October 2016
New research questions the rate at which the Universe is expanding
.... Significant progress will be made when the European Extremely Large Telescope makes observations with an ultrasensitive "laser comb" to directly measure over a ten to 15-year period whether the expansion rate is indeed accelerating,” concluded...
