Tiny Planet-Finding Mirrors Borrow from Webb Telescope Playbook

Source: Science Blog

NASA’s next flagship mission — the James Webb Space Telescope — will carry the largest primary mirror ever deployed. This segmented behemoth will unfold to 21.3 feet in diameter once the observatory reaches its ...
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Hunting Exoplanets with JWST-like Mirrors

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When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launches in 2018, it will carry the largest segmented mirror ever developed. Now, scientists are working on miniaturizing the technology, so that it can be used aboard high-altitude b ...
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NASA offers guidelines to protect historic sites on the Moon

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(Phys.org) -- NASA and the X Prize Foundation of Playa Vista, Calif., announced Thursday the Google Lunar X Prize is recognizing guidelines established by NASA to protect lunar historic sites and preserve ongoing and future s ...
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A nanoclutch for nanobots

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Chinese researchers have designed and tested simulations of a "nanoclutch," a speed regulation tool for nanomotors. The nanoclutch consists of two carbon nanotubes (CNTs), one inside the other, separated by ...
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Slip-and-slide power generators

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Researchers from Vestfold University College in Norway have created a simple, efficient energy harvesting device that uses the motion of a single droplet to generate electrical power. The new technology c ...
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China hits back at claims it is blocking climate talks

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China hit back Thursday at claims it was holding up global climate talks in Germany, saying the United States, Europe and other rich states were the ones applying the brakes. French climate ambassador Ser ...
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Apple VP: New project is 'most important,' 'best work we've done'

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Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, said that despite the iMac, iPhone, iPod or iPad, Apple's current project is its best. Ive, who was in England this week for his knighting Wednesday, told t ...
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Fox sues Dish Network over ad-skipping DVR service

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(Phys.org) -- The Santa Barbara, California, company, HyperSolar, is set to transparently share the ups and downs of its research experiences toward the companys ultimate vision, successfully producing ... Fac ...
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Asteroid nudged by sunlight: Most precise measurement of Yarkovsky effect

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These series of radar images of asteroid 1999 RQ36 were obtained by NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif., on Sept. 23, 1999. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists on NASA's asteroid sample return mi ...
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