Research from Matthew Lew’s lab at Washington University in St. Louis offers entirely new ways to see the very small.The research two papers written by PhD students at the McKelvey School of Engineer… [+2251 chars]
The Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS), one of the nine science instruments which will fly aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, recently arrived at the agency's Jet Propulsion Labo… [+1842 chars]
In the most basic sense, low Earth orbit (LEO) is precisely what it sounds like: an orbit around the Earth with an altitude near the bottom of the spectrum of conceivable orbits. This equates to appr… [+3780 chars]
In about 5 billion years, the Sun will leave the main sequence and become a red giant. It'll expand and transform into a glowering, malevolent ball and consume and destroy Mercury, Venus, Earth, and … [+12052 chars]
Co-orbiting worlds, often known as Trojans, have yet to be discovered outside of our solar system. Thats odd, according to a new study, given that we see them all the time closer to home. Trojans ab… [+2498 chars]
