Mechanical Systems TDT Support Reaches Across NASA Programs
Reported by NASA
The NESC Mechanical Systems TDT provides broad support across NASA’s mission directorates. We are a diverse group representing a variety of sub-disciplines including bearings, gears, metrology, lubrication and tribology, mechanism design, analysis and te...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:04 +0000
Neutron Stars With Less Mass Than A White Dwarf Might Exist, and LIGO and Virgo Could Find Them
Reported by Universe Today
Theoretically a neutron star could have less mass than a white dwarf. If these light neutron stars exist, we might detect them through the gravitational waves they emit during a cataclysmic merger with another star.
The post Neutron Stars With Less Mass Th...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:53 +0000
NESC Assists in Heatshield Investigation
Reported by NASA
NASA’s uncrewed Artemis I mission launched from KSC on November 16, 2022. After a successful mission that included orbiting the Moon, the Orion spacecraft returned to Earth splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11, 2022. While the spacecraft ma...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:44 +0000
Laboratory Director Tawnya Plummer Laughinghouse
Reported by NASA
“When I transitioned from Spelman to Georgia Tech, it was probably the first time in my life that I had a professor that made me question if I belonged or had what it takes. Previously, I was always used as an example of how students should study, and no...
- By: NASA
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:06 +0000
Io’s raging volcanoes are self-powered
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Does Jupiter's moon Io have a global subsurface magma ocean? A new study said no, and that Io's raging volcanoes are self-powered with their own magma pools.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:35 +0000
Webb Observes Protoplanetary Disks that Contradict Models of Planet Formation
Reported by Universe Today
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was specifically intended to address some of the greatest unresolved questions in cosmology. These include all of the major questions scientists have been pondering since the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) took its deepe...
- By: Universe Today
- On: Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:11 +0000