New spacecraft techniques propose using CubeSats, laser rangefinding, and precise Doppler measurements to determine the mass of potentially hazardous asteroids during flyby missions.

A newly discovered planet orbiting the nearby star GJ 887 is being hailed as one of the most promising candidates in the ...

Rather than relying on passive slides and outdated examples, Amber Book develops courses around real engineering challenges - helping engineers apply lessons immediately on the job: strengthening ...

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Discover how soil moisture and wind conditions can help explain why dangerous thunderstorms form at some locations but not others.

Explore how Mars rover AutoNav and TRN lunar landing technologies advance autonomous spacecraft navigation, enabling self-guided, human-free space missions across Mars, the Moon, and beyond.

Thunderstorms are known to form preferentially on warm, humid days with unstable air. But predicting where exactly a thunderstorm will develop has so ...

A research team led by Sun Jian at Nanjing University has produced recoverable, millimeter-sized crystals of hexagonal diamond, a rare carbon polymorph that prior theoretical work has suggested could ...

Using a novel technique that examines the motion of two nearby galaxy groups within their surrounding cosmic flow, an ...

Up until now, exoplanet surveys have mostly focused on nearby, bright stars that are sun-like or are red dwarfs, which are known to frequently host planets. While astronomers have discovered thousands ...