After 116 days of being subjected to extremely frigid temperatures like that in space, the heart of the James Webb Space Telescope, the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) and its sensitive instruments, emerged unscathed from the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Month: October 2014
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MAGNETS: How Do They Work?
We know how, but not why. This video is a great explanation of our knowledge thus far. Thanks MinutePhysics, or 6 Minute Physics in this case.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB3QWTYIYCs
Physicists have developed the first ever long-distance optical tractor beam, and it can both repel and attract objects.
via Australian scientists have created a tractor beam that can move particles up to 20 centimetres.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/17/air-forces-x-37b-spy-plane-returns-to-earth-after-/
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Fluid Mechanics in Zero Gravity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntQ7qGilqZE
This is an old but amazing video. Worth sharing again.
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