This Dec. 2, 2019 photo made available by NASA shows the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) attached to the International Space Station. After a series of spacewalking repairs, NASA says the cosmic ...
From a conversation between Bill Moyers and the physicist Sam Ting, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Physics. SAMUEL TING: I was born in Michigan and then returned to China a few months after I was ...
April 10, 2011 Samuel Ting’s space odyssey A long time ago, in a university not far away, this MIT physicist hatched a plan for a bold experiment in space. Now, $1.5 billion and nearly two decades ...
When the space shuttle Endeavour lifts off one last time on Monday (May 16), it won't just be the culmination of the orbiter's career. It will also bring to fruition a 15-year, $2 billion quest to ...
A $2 billion cosmic ray detector attached to the International Space Station has confirmed a steady flow of antimatter positrons streaming through the solar system from all directions, possibly the ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The cosmic detector that required a series of difficult spacewalking repairs is back in action. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer is working better than ever, ...
In an April 2011 cover story, Charles P. Pierce profiled Samuel Ting, an MIT physicist on a 16-year, $1.5 billion quest to put a cosmic-ray detector on the International Space Station, where he hoped ...
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