Sentences with phrase «precise observations from»

Suspicions that Saturn's icy moon Enceladus harbors an internal ocean — one that could host life — have hardened into near certainty with exquisitely precise observations from the Cassini spacecraft.

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When the author refers to other commentators on specialist subjects, such as the raising of children, she is quite precise in how she mentions them, and also from where their observations, or research, have originated.

To get a more precise, three - dimensional picture of the entire magnetosphere would require observations directly from space.

First was an improvement in the computer processing that transforms raw satellite observations from the Dutch - Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA's Aura spacecraft into precise estimates of sulfur dioxide concentrations.

Many subfields from biomechanics to ecology have gone digital, and as a result, observations are more precise and more plentiful.

«The highly accurate and precise data from Glory, in combination with observations from the rest of the A-Train, will enable researchers to improve our understanding of the Earth system by improving our ability predict future climate,» she said.

Lambton's crew would establish a fixed reference point by laborious observations of star positions over several months, then measure a fixed distance away from the point with the fantastically precise use of metal chains and rods supported by trestles.

We know from very precise supernova observations that the universe is accelerating, but at the same time we rely on coarse approximations to Einstein's equations which may introduce serious side - effects, such as the need for dark energy, in the models designed to fit the observational data.»

Our barycentric radial velocities, derived from observations taken at the KPNO 2.1 meter telescope, differ from... ▽ More We demonstrate the ability to measure precise stellar barycentric radial velocities with the dispersed fixed - delay interferometer technique using the Exoplanet Tracker (ET), an instrument primarily designed for precision differential Doppler velocity measurements using this technique.

(Almost all the African - American students came from schools with average test scores below the district mean; the few that did not had almost identical average impacts, but the number of available observations was too small to recover precise estimates.)

Some of the most accurate and precise measures of an excellent teacher result from data, collected and analyzed by trained appraisers, based on observations of the teacher's instructional practices and engagement with students.

Mel Bochner, Theorem of Pythagoras, 1997 Wood engraving on handmade paper, 22 x 17-1/2 inches April 19 — June 22, 2008 Our era is driven by the possibilities inherent in reducing countless observations to one mathematical formula and of generating seemingly random phenomena from a set of precise rules.

As you know, it is not all that easy to make observations in the polar regions which is why we have had so little precise information from there until recently.

From Carl Sagan's magnificent Cosmos episode, «Harmony of the Worlds», about Johannes Kepler, he says of Kepler: «When he found that his long cherished beliefs did not agree with the most precise observations, he accepted the uncomfortable facts.

Though we don't have precise data from Facebook, this qualitative observation is reinforced by the continued growth of informal housing groups.