Nearby Red Dwarfs Could Reveal Planet Secrets
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 -
An accidental find of a collection of young red dwarf stars close to our solar system could give us a rare glimpse of slow-motion planet formation.
Astronomers from The Australian National University (ANU) and UNSW Canberra found large discs of dust around two of the stars, telltale signs of planets in the process of forming.
"We think the Earth and all the other planets formed from ...
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Battery-free smart camera nodes determine own pose and location
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 14, 2015 -
Scientists at Disney Research and the University of Washington (UW) have shown that a network of energy-harvesting sensor nodes equipped with onboard cameras can automatically determine each camera's pose and location using optical cues.
This capability could help to enable networks of hundreds or thousands of sensors that could operate without batteries or external power and require minim ...
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NASA's LRO discovers Earth's pull is 'massaging' our moon
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 -
Earth's gravity has influenced the orientation of thousands of faults that form in the lunar surface as the moon shrinks, according to new results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft.
In August, 2010, researchers using images from LRO's Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) reported the discovery of 14 cliffs known as "lobate scarps" on the moon's surface, in addition to about 70 ...
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KVH extends marine satcom choices with TracPhone Fleet One
Middletown RI (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 -
KVH Industries has introduced the TracPhone Fleet One marine satellite communications antenna system, a 28 cm (11 in) diameter unit designed for vessels needing global satellite phone service and basic satellite Internet access.
The TracPhone Fleet One complements KVH's other Inmarsat-based offerings in the FleetBroadband family and its own extensive TracPhone product line for mini-VSAT Br ...
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Europlanet 2020 launches new era of planetary collaboration in Europe
Milton Keynes, UK (SPX) Sep 16, 2015 -
A 9.95 million euro project to integrate and support planetary science activities across Europe has been launched. The Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure (RI) is funded under the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme and will run for four years until August 2019. The project is led by the Open University, UK, and has 34 beneficiary institutions from 19 European countries. Europlanet ...
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Making a difference with open source science equipment
Houghton, MI (SPX) Sep 13, 2015 -
Open source lab equipment is the focus of a new study, published in Science and Public Policy. Joshua Pearce, an associate professor of materials science and engineering as well as electrical and computer engineering at Michigan Tech, led the research.
Pearce proposes that instead of spending millions of dollars every year replacing quickly obsolescent equipment, that money could be redire ...
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Russia Puts Telecoms Satellite Into Orbit
Moscow (Sputnik) Sep 16, 2015 -
Russia's Express-AM8 communications satellite, which lifted off on Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on a Proton-M space rocket, separated from the DM-03 booster and was put into orbit.
"Express-AM8 was delivered into the proper orbit, and later will be gradually transferred to the calculated point of standing on the geostationary," a spokesman for the Russian Federal Spa ...
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