NASA Tests Unique Jumbo Jet with Opening in Side; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used to Study Cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened ...

Highlight: California, Nevada Lakes Warming Rapidly

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

12 hours ago | 4 / 5 (4) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new JPL study examines the impact recent variability in climate is having on the surface temperatures of large lakes in California and Nevada.

Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

14 hours ago | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere. An ESA-led effort is establishing an out-of-this-world use for these ...