News tagged with scientific instrument
LCLS: The World's Largest Laser Writer?
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While not the smallest lettering ever created, the tiny initials "LCLS" have been written with what may be the world's most potent pen. Etched into boron carbide, a super-hard substance used ...
First Test of New X-ray Laser Strips Neon Bare
Sep 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It takes a lot of energy to strip all ten electrons from an atom of neon. Doing it from the inside out, knocking away the most-closely-held, innermost electrons first, is an even rarer feat. ...
Astronauts say goodbye to Hubble for good (Update)
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Atlantis' astronauts tenderly dropped the Hubble Space Telescope overboard Tuesday, sending the restored observatory off on a new voyage of discovery and bidding it farewell on behalf of the planet.
Complex repairs face weary Hubble spacewalkers
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
New Sun-Watching Instrument to Monitor Sunlight Fluctuations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the Maunder Minimum, a period of diminished solar activity between 1645 and 1715, sunspots were rare on the face of the sun, sometimes disappearing entirely for months to years. At ...
