People who design spacecraft must prioritize two factors: reducing weight and managing extreme temperatures. A new experiment designed by Purdue University engineers addresses both problems. The Flow ...

New research from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with The Ohio State University and Amphenol Corporation, challenges conventional understanding about ...

A lot of power means a lot of heat. NASA’s future missions to explore the Moon and Mars will require enormous amounts of electrical power and hardware to support astronauts and drive new technologies.

Have you ever grabbed a metal doorknob on a chilly morning and recoiled from its icy touch, while the wooden frame beside it felt surprisingly warmer, even though both were at the same temperature?

Heat flows from hot to cold objects. When a hot and a cold body are in thermal contact, they exchange heat energy until they reach thermal equilibrium, with the hot body cooling down and the cold body ...

Northrop Grumman teams load cargo including an experiment designed by Purdue University researchers into a satellite in preparation for a rocket launch to the International Space Station. NASA photo ...