Sentences with phrase «by lunar scientists»

The number of new craters found by Speyerer and colleagues is greater than anticipated by standard impact - modeling rates used by lunar scientists.

Not exact matches

Since the 1960's scientists thought that only in permanently shadowed areas in craters near the lunar poles was it cold enough to accumulate this volatile material, but recent observations by a number of spacecraft, including LRO, suggest that hydrogen on the moon is more widespread.

Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists believe they have solved a mystery from one of the solar system's coldest regions — a permanently shadowed crater on the moon.

Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues have published comprehensive findings on space - based radiation as measured by a UNH - led detector aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel.

A postdoc at the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of the University of Arizona and an associate research scientist with the Planetary Science Institute, Richmond is frustrated by her struggle for stability.

Convened last week in Sydney by the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, the event brought together mining companies, robotics experts, lunar scientists and government agencies that are all working to make space mining a reality.

To search for the tide's signature, the scientists turned to data taken by LRO's Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter, or LOLA, which is mapping the height of features on the moon's surface.

Scientists in the 1930s calculated that rate from ancient astronomical records, and laser reflectors planted on the lunar surface by Apollo astronauts confirmed it.

Either wobbly rotation produced by Earth's gravitational tug or asteroids smacking into the lunar surface may have triggered enough turbulence in the moon's molten core to generate a long - lasting magnetic field, report two teams of scientists in the Nov. 10 Nature.

In mid-January, NASA announced its lunar Cargo Transportation and Landing by Soft Touchdown (CATALYST) programme, which will give participants access to resources including NASA scientists, software and testing labs in exchange for the rights to lander designs born from the partnership.

During the past two years, citizen scientists have helped locate more than 500 million lunar craters by using an app called MoonMappers.

This new discovery comes from more than seven years of high - resolution lunar images studied by a team of scientists from Arizona State University and Cornell University.

Dr. Heywood Floyd is played to a tee by William Sylvester as the consummate politically savvy scientist leader on a secret mission to the moon's lunar crater Tycho, who is unable to reveal the mission's real purpose.

The real climate tipping point is right around the corner — the day when a majority of scientists see that Earth weather patterns and climate are ruled by electric and magnetic mechanisms caused by outside forcing from solar, lunar, and cosmic sources.

The ocean biology scientists who were present suggested development of a dedicated ocean biology sensor and mission to accommodate the need for lunar calibration, building on the approach taken by the SeaWiFS instrument.