Sub-Orbital Space Flights & Satellite Exploration
Early heavy ion events in first heavy-ion fill with stable beam collisions seen in the ATLAS Experiment, 8 November 2010.
Tags: Boson, cooperation, Black, reality
Time lapse video of our engineering project at UMass Amherst. Our weather balloon, named the Shuttlecraft, reached an altitude of approximately 104000 ft. Pictures were taken every 5 seconds during the fight with a Canon a560 digital camera. The balloon traveled west as it gained altitude and then turned east where it climbed to its burst altitude. Upon reaching the maximum altitude, the balloon popped and the capsule descended back to earth. It landed off the coast of Plum Island, MA. The total trip time from launch to splashdown is 2.8 hours. Its ascent took 142 minutes and 20 seconds and it took 25 minutes and 55 seconds for it to descend back to earth. The capsule turned up four days later on the beach where it was found by a self proclaimed “Professional Beach bum” who kindly called us to arrange a pickup. After four days in the Atlantic we managed to retrieve the 8gb SDHC and get the pictures. Pictures include the Connecticut River and surrounding area, Granby MA, Holyoke MA, the former Mount Tom Ski Area, and the Atlantic Ocean. Special Thanks go to the “professional beach bum” who was kind enough to call us and meet us so we could retrieve our project. Without his help, our project would have been lost. We wish him well in his retirement. We would also like to thank Invensys for kindly sponsoring a second launch. We are currently testing the replacement parts and plan on launching it within the next 2 weeks. If you have any questions about our project, feel free …
Tags: time, parachute, amazing, stratosphere
I’m a bad person. Apologies to Mr. Tyson 
. Original video: www.youtube.com (Yes, it’s the Mass Effect soundtrack)
stitched sun video from Jan 1, 2007 to March 1, 2007. A few solar days are missing from the video.
Tags: star, CME, mcgnaught, weather
ATLAS/CERN 2009 Multimedia Contest and Intern Program Produce an original short film or multimedia piece, incorporating material about ATLAS, the biggest Experiment on the famous LHC proton collider at CERN and you could receive an internship that will lead you to discover new horizons. If you’re selected, you’ll spend three months of fall 2009 at ATLAS/CERN, Switzerland, covering the excitement of physicists as they witness the first collisions produced by the LHC. An event that some have waited more than a decade for. The submission deadline is June 15, 2009, so get out those cameras and start rolling! Visit www.atlas.ch to register!
Tags: Atomic, CERN, collider, cosmology
Frontiers/Controversies in Astrophysics (ASTR 160) Class begins with a review of the first problem set. Newton’s Third Law is applied in explaining how exoplanets are found. An overview of the Solar System is given; each planet is presented individually and its special features are highlighted. Astronomy is discussed as an observational science, and the subject of how to categorize objects in the Solar System is addressed. The Pluto controversy is given special attention and both sides of the argument regarding its status are considered. Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: open.yale.edu This course was recorded in Spring 2007.
Tags: Comet, Center, Effect, observation
ITV News Asteroid Impact did Kill The Dinosaurs The extinction of the dinosaurs and half of all species on Earth was caused by a 15 kilometre-wide asteroid slamming into the planet 65 million years ago and not massive volcanic eruptions, say scientists.
Tags: Iridium, layer, museum, asteroid
Want more? Subscribe to NASA on itunes! phobos.apple.com Or get tweeted by NASA: twitter.com Dr. Angelos Vourlidas, the Project Scientist for stereo’s Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investivation (SECCHI) instrument, explains how the STEREO satellites have been able to observe the true size, shape, and three-dimensional structure of a coronal mass ejection for the first time. For more info: www.nasa.gov
Tags: goddard, ejection, Center, sun
OU academic consultant Stephen Serjeant talks about how the set of Bang Goes the Theory has been influenced by CERN. Related courses: S194: Introducing Astronomy www3.open.ac.uk S104: Exploring science www3.open.ac.uk www.open.ac.uk open2.net
Tags: prop, Design, CERN, BGTT
Life and Death in a Binary Star System. Written by high school students for the 2008 BCCP Cosmology Workshop. Imagine 6 days of learning about the entire history of the universe, from its inception 13.7 billion years ago, to the stages of cosmic evolution; matter and antimatter; the electromagnetic spectrum; dark matter and dark energy; General and Special Relativity; neutrino astrophysics; and nuclear radioactive decay. Then you have to sort through this dense volume of information and …
Tags: 1a, chain, education, binary