Tag: space
Seeds in space – how well can they survive harsh, non-Earth...
Gina Riggio, University of Arkansas
Will we someday colonize space? Will our children visit other planets? To achieve goals like these, we’ll need to crack...
Talking to Mars: new antenna design could aid interplanetary communication
Jean Paul Santos, University of California, Los Angeles; Joshua M Kovitz, University of California, Los Angeles, and Yahya Rahmat-Samii, University of California, Los Angeles
When...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth’s equatorial region, not just...
Damaging electric currents in space affect Earth's equatorial region, not just the poles
Brett Carter, Boston College and Alexa Halford, Dartmouth College
The Earth’s magnetic field...
Night sky puts on a meteor shower to celebrate Rosetta’s closest...
Monica Grady, The Open University
A firework display is often the finale of a celebratory event, something that many people can experience and enjoy at...
What has nuclear physics ever given us?
Paul Stevenson, University of Surrey
This year marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of nuclear physics, when Ernest Rutherford, Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden’s...
Taking plants off planet – how do they grow in zero...
Anna-Lisa Paul, University of Florida and Robert Ferl, University of Florida
Gravity is a constant for all organisms on Earth. It acts on every aspect...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
