News tagged with microwave
Researchers propose new way to reproduce a black hole
Aug 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite their popularity in the science fiction genre, there is much to be learned about black holes, the mysterious regions in space once thought to be absent of light. In a paper published in the August ...
NASA's QuikScat sees category 3 Hurricane Bill's winds go a long distance
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2009 |
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NASA satellites continue to capture important wind speed and cloud data that forecasters at the National Hurricane Center are using to help their forecasts. QuikScat has been particularly helpful in determining ...
The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Anyone who's vacationed in the mountains or lived on a farm knows that it's hard to get good internet access or a strong cell phone signal in a remote area. Communicating across great distances has always ...
Listening for Gravitational Echoes of the Universe's Birth
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An investigation by a major scientific group has advanced understanding of the early evolution of the universe.
NASA's TRMM satellite sees wide-eyed Hurricane Bill strengthening
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The TRMM satellite noticed a wide-eyed Hurricane Bill's rainfall is intensifying indicating he's getting stronger. Satellite images have also shown Bill's eye is widening.
2 NASA satellites capture Hurricane Bill's 'baby pictures'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Bill was the third tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, behind Ana and Tropical Depression One. Over the weekend Bill grew into the first hurricane in the Atlantic this season. Two NASA ...
Planck Sees Light Billions of Years Old
Aug 14, 2009 |
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The Planck space telescope has begun to collect light left over from the Big Bang explosion that created our universe.
NASA satellite sees severe flooding rains from deadly typhoon morakot (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Typhoon Morakot brought enormous amounts of rainfall to Taiwan and China and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) estimated it from space.
Hurricane Felicia eyeing Hawaii while weakening on weekend
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Aug 08, 2009 |
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NASA satellite imagery has helped forecasters see that Hurricane Felicia is running into cooler waters and increasing wind shear, two things have taken her strength "down a peg or two." Felicia will continue ...
Typhoon Morakot's cloud top extent doubled in size in one day
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Aug 06, 2009 |
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Satellite imagery over the last two days has shown Typhoon Morakot to be a monster, and over the last two days, NASA satellites have confirmed the typhoon doubled its size!
The cosmic comic: Riding early waves
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fundamental research in cosmology continues to disclose ever more mysteries of the first millennia of the universe. More detailed knowledge will be delivered by the recently launched Planck ...
NASA satellites see remnant low Dolores go out kicking
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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The remaining clouds and showers that were once tropical storm Dolores are fading at sea, more than 940 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dolores has now weakened into a remnant low pressure area but continues ...
After Five Years, NASA's Aura Shines Brightly
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On July 15, 2004, NASA's Aura spacecraft launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a mission to study Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate. Aura's data are helping scientists ...
Coolest spacecraft ever in orbit around L2
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last night, the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space. The spacecraft ...
Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
Jul 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists have successfully operated a quantum gate between two remote particles of matter, marking an important step toward the development of a quantum computer. In ...
