Sentences with phrase «captured by our solar system»

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Tiny and very faint, this fast moving object (centre) was captured by astronomers as it passed through our Solar system.

NASA is currently developing concepts for the redirect mission that will employ a robotic spacecraft, driven by an advanced solar electric propulsion system, to capture a small near - Earth asteroid or remove a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid.

Because it is the only large satellite in the solar system to do so, Triton is suspected of having been captured by Neptune's gravitation.

Using data captured by ALMA in Chile and from the ROSINA instrument on ESA's Rosetta mission, a team of astronomers has found faint traces of the chemical compound [Freon - 40]--(CH3Cl), also known as methyl chloride and chloromethane, around both the infant star system IRAS 16293 - 2422, about 400 light - years away, and the famous comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (67P / C - G) in our own Solar Ssystem IRAS 16293 - 2422, about 400 light - years away, and the famous comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko (67P / C - G) in our own Solar SystemSystem.

Captured by the 4.1 - meter VISTA telescope in northern Chile, the image, released online today by the European Southern Observatory, reveals solar - system - sized clumps and strands of hydrogen gas.

The SunCatcher solar thermal system, developed by Tessera Solar and built by Stirling Energy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technosolar thermal system, developed by Tessera Solar and built by Stirling Energy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technoSolar and built by Stirling Energy Systems at the Sandia National Laboratories» National Solar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technoSolar Thermal Test Facility, captures solar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technosolar energy at 31.25 percent efficiency, the highest ever achieved by this technology.

Tiny and very faint, this fast moving object (centre) was captured by astronomers as it passed through our Solar system.

Batygin says he spends little time ruminating on its origin — whether it is a fugitive from our own solar system or, just maybe, a wandering rogue planet captured by the sun's gravity.

Like the famous «Pale Blue Dot» photograph of a distant Earth captured by the Voyager 1 spacecraft as it was speeding into the unknown frontiers of our solar system, to Cassini's own portrait of Earth during the 2013 «Wave at Saturn» event, space exploration can give the world a sense of «togetherness.»

NASA has released stunning new images of Jupiter's Great Red Spot that were captured earlier this week by the US space agency's Juno spacecraft and which provides an up - close look at what is believed to be the largest and most powerful storm system in the solar system.

Two interesting possibilities are that Sedna might have been tugged into its current orbit by a passing star, or may have been captured from a different solar system.

On July 14, 2011, NASA announced that its Dawn spacecraft should be captured by Vesta's gravity and into its orbit around 1 AM EDT, on Saturday, July 16, 2011 (10 PM PDT, Friday, July 15th), at a distance of approximately 9,900 miles (16,000 kilometers) from the Solar System's second largest, Main - Belt asteroid.

By combining biocompatible light - capturing nanowire arrays with select bacterial populations, a potentially game - changing new artificial photosynthesis system offers a win / win situation for the environment: solar - powered green chemistry using sequestered carbon dioxide.

Inspired by the movement of the constellations in a solar system, this chair features a lightweight plastic and metal construction that will be sure to capture your imagination.

You may not notice the passive solar system, rainwater capture or LED lights, but you'll be stunned by the floor plan, designed to make the most of the ocean views, and the extensive use of native woods, including in a helix - like central staircase in the airy great room.

It's a grand vision for essentially being carbon - free by 2050, Producing electricity from clean generation sources including nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, and with any remaining fossil fuel plants hooked up to carbon capture and storage systems.

Because PV panels are able to capture more solar energy when they are pointed directly at the sun, installers may configure systems to optimize output by adjusting the orientation and tilt of a system, or by using mechanisms that track the sun as it traverses the sky.

to clean energy; yes to dense, beautiful, and affordable communities; yes to safer streets for everyone from children to the elderly; yes to a walkable, bikable, transit - rich transportation system; yes to electric vehicles, internet - speed ride sharing, and the smart grid; yes to wind, solar, and ultra-efficiency; yes to innovation and science and solutions we haven't even imagined yet; yes to restored, carbon - absorbing grasslands, to oceans no longer endangered by acidification, and to towering Northwest forests regrown to once again capture vast quantities of carbon.

[Obviously, if they were any further away, or if the random supernovas blew up too early to become part of the solar system's dust cloud, or were traveling too fast to be captured by what would become part of the solar system's dust cloud, or were thrown out too slow to get here in time, or were formed but were inside another star gravity field and never thrown back into space, even more dust would be lost in space, but let's keep the problem easy.

Using a «high - resolution electricity system planning model» of the DOE's two - year - old SunShot Initiative (meant to knock down the cost of solar electricity to market prices by 2020) alongside likely carbon - limitation policies, Kammen and company found that it's not unrealistic for solar to capture a third of the Western U.S. electricity market within 40 years, displacing currently more - attractive technologies like nuclear and natural gas.

By combining biocompatible light - capturing nanowire arrays with select bacterial populations, the new artificial photosynthesis system offers a win / win situation for the environment: solar - powered green chemistry using sequestered carbon dioxide.

A potentially game - changing breakthrough in artificial photosynthesis has been achieved with the development of a system that can capture carbon dioxide emissions before they are vented into the atmosphere and then, powered by solar energy, convert that carbon dioxide into valuable chemical products, including biodegradable plastics, pharmaceutical drugs and even liquid fuels.

We will have a series dedicated to each of our planets and showcase beautiful images and videos captured by probes and spacecraft of our amazing Solar System.