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ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually giant halos of hot gas, circling galaxies like ours. the detectors are a way to see the gas and help measure just how much there is. "our project is to try to see how big that halo is. is it enough, is it big enough, that it solves the missing matter problem or is it smaller and we have to go look somewhere else?" the plan is to have the satellite assembled and ready for a ride to space by 2018. it'll also provide grad and undergrad students a chance to work of something for nasa which, if you're an aspiring astrophysicis t, is a dream come true. "when you start here as an undergrad, you start taking classes, you never expect to be wor
ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually giant halos of hot gas,...
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ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually giant halos of hot gas, circling galaxies like ours. the detectors are a way to see the gas and help measure just how much there is. "our project is to try to that it solves the missing matter problem or is it smaller and we have to go look somewhere else?" the plan is to have the satellite assembled and ready for a ride to space by 2018. it'll also provide grad and undergrad students a chance to work of something for nasa which, if you're an aspiring astrophysicis t, is a dream come true. "when you start here as an undergrad, you start taking classes, you never expect to be working on stuff that is actually g
ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually...
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ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually giant halos of hot gas, circling galaxies like ours. the detectors are a way to see the gas and help measure just how much there is. "our project is to try to see how big that halo is. is it enough, is it big enough, that it solves the missing matter problem or is it smaller and we have to go look somewhere else?" the plan is to have the satellite assembled and ready for a ride to space by 2018. it'll also provide grad and undergrad students a chance to work of something for nasa which, if you're an aspiring astrophysicis t, is a dream come true. "when you start here as an undergrad, you start taking classes,
ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually...
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ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually giant halos of hot gas, circling galaxies like ours. the detectors are a way to see the gas and help measure just how much there is. "our project is to try to see how big that halo is. is it enough, is it big enough, that it solves the missing matter problem or is it smaller and we have to go look somewhere else?" the plan is to have the satellite assembled and ready for a ride to space by 2018. it'll also provide grad and undergrad students a chance to work of something for nasa which, if you're an aspiring astrophysicis t, is a dream come true. "when you start here as an undergrad, you start taking classes,
ui professor philip kaaret is a man looking for missing matter.a sherlock holmes of space who, instead of using a magnifying glass, will be making a satellite for nasa after receiving $3.7 million from the group. "i made a very sophisticated model. the satellite will actually be slightly smaller than this box."it'll be what's called a cube sat. inside its small body, a few of these x-ray detectors. you see, the professor is looking into whether all that missing matter is actually...