Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering News
Stars Bursting Into Life in Early Universe
Posted on December 18, 2010 at 08:48:44 am
A UK-led international team of astronomers have presented the first conclusive evidence for a dramatic surge in star birth in a newly discovered population of massive galaxies in the early Universe
New Hot Jupiter-Like Exoplanet Discovered
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 02:38:59 pm
A Qatar astronomer teamed with scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) and other institutions to discover a new alien world
Potential Ice Volcanoes on Saturn's Moon Titan
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 08:04:07 am
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock
A Swarm of Ancient Stars
Posted on December 12, 2010 at 08:09:55 am
We know of about 150 of the rich collections of old stars called globular clusters that orbit our galaxy, the Milky Way
New Clues to How Earth, Moon, and Mars Formed
Posted on December 11, 2010 at 07:48:48 am
New research reveals that the abundance of so-called highly siderophile, or metal-loving, elements like gold and platinum found in the mantles of Earth, the Moon and Mars were delivered by massive impactors during the final phase of planet formation over
Black Holes and Warped Space Revealed by Powerful New Array of Radio Telescopes
Posted on December 09, 2010 at 05:52:50 am
A new image shows how the light from a quasar billions of light years away is bent around a foreground galaxy by the curvature of space
First Carbon-Rich Exoplanet Detected
Posted on December 09, 2010 at 05:48:57 am
A team led by a former researcher in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics, recently measured the first-ever planetary atmosphere that is substantially enriched in carbon.
Self-Healing Autonomous Material Comes to Life
Posted on December 08, 2010 at 08:50:27 am
You've seen it in movies: the human-like, robot assassin quickly regenerates its structure after being damaged beyond recognition. This "Terminator" scenario is becoming less far-fetched
New Observations of Exploding Stars
Posted on December 08, 2010 at 08:02:44 am
Astronomers have traced the waxing and waning light of exploding stars more closely than ever before and seen patterns that aren't yet accounted for in our current understanding of how these eruptions occur
Microsatellite Ejects Nanosatellite in Space
Posted on December 07, 2010 at 08:18:29 am
NanoSail-D ejected from the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, FASTSAT, demonstrating the capability to deploy a small cubesat payload from an autonomous microsatellite in space.














