Space Physics

Telescope sees universe through gamma-ray eyes (Stanford Report)

9 Jul 2008

The scientists have stopped holding their breath. Three weeks after the launch of the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST), researchers from Stanford University, the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and elsewhere have shaken awake the scientific instruments aboard their $690 million satellite, 350 miles above Earth, for the first time.

Funding secured for observatory (BBC News)

9 Jul 2008

Committed funds secure the future of Jodrell Bank, one of the world's leading radio astronomy centres.

UW-Madison zero-gravity team finds spray cooling works in space (PhysOrg)

9 Jul 2008

For the 10th consecutive year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students have found themselves floating upside down over the Gulf of Mexico.