Space & PhysicsApril 17, 2019
To Find Earth-Threatening Comets and Asteroids, Think Small
A constellation of tiny satellites carrying detectors that use synthetic tracking could improve our searches
Stories by Slava G. Turyshev
Slava G. Turyshev is a physicist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, and also at the University of California, Los Angeles. His areas of research include gravitational and fundamental physics, research in astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science.
Space & PhysicsMay 30, 2017
Using the Sun as a Cosmic Telescope
Astronomers want to harness its spacetime-warping gravity as a lens to image the surface of exoplanets in astonishing detail