It uses a small spectrometer to bounce infrared light off particles in the sample.
It consists of a telescope, an infrared (IR) spectrometer, and a multi-spectral CCD camera.
X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometer, a magnetometer and a laser range-finder, as well as good, old-fashioned digital photography.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer project is being jointly run by scientists from 16 countries, under the leadership of Prof.
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The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) has taken 17 years to prepare for launch.
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer can observe electron and positrons that emerge from possible dark matter "annihilations" in the Milky Way.
By feeding the entire mixture into the mass spectrometer, the researchers can quickly spot a peptide produced by a mutant.
At the core of the device is a photonic crystal slide which basically turns the iPhone into a high-resolution spectrometer.
Also on the arm: a camera that can take extreme close-ups and a spectrometer to determine the different elements in rocks.
Also on board Mars Odyssey is a neutron spectrometer that registers evidence for underground ice in the same regions of the planet.
One of the four instruments on Lunar Prospector is a neutron spectrometer.
These samples were run through a mass spectrometer - a device that effectively measures all the masses of the chemical compounds in the breath.
It is packed with scientific instruments such as a miniaturised camera, an infra-red spectrometer and sensors to measure solar wind and other electrical currents.
Before leaving Adirondack, Spirit took images and collected miniature thermal emission spectrometer (Mini-Tes) data from the hole it ground with its rock abrasion tool (Rat).
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To measure this, archaeologists use a device called an accelerator mass-spectrometer.
Because the rims of these craters catch rays of light from the sun, this may provide sufficient illumination for the spectrometer to detect frozen water.
The RHIC data here will assist the mission of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, which will be delivered to the International Space Station on Friday.
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As more drops are sprayed on the same spot, some of this film is scattered and sucked into a mass spectrometer, which can identify the molecules collected.
We've been waiting with bated breath all afternoon to find out what NASA, MIT and the Department of Energy has observed with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
Hubble's historic view is actually a combination of two separate images taken by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and its Near Infrared Camera and Multi-object Spectrometer (Nicmos).
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It is using its mast-mounted colour cameras and laser spectrometer, together with its arm-held "hand lens" camera and X-ray spectrometer, to try to find the best drill candidate.
X-ray spectrometer is probably the most important instrument on board.
Spectroscopic images of those rocks taken with the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) showed that they were composed of minerals that only form in the presence of water.
Brushing the surface of rocks with Curiosity's dust removal tool first enables the arm-held hand lens camera and X-ray spectrometer, in particular, to see features that might otherwise be obstructed.
This decision will partly be based on data obtained from the Mini-Thermal Emission Spectrometer (Mini-Tes), which the scientists are currently using to map the mineral composition of the rocks in Endurance.
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Lunar Prospector itself provided more evidence last year when it used an instrument called a neutron spectrometer to look for the tell-tale signs of hydrogen, one of the elements of water.
The functioning equipment on the probe includes a device to measure the asteroid's magnetism, a spectrometer to examine its composition, an electronic camera and a laser rangefinder to survey its precise shape.
AIDS. The likelihood that a mutant protein can slip through unnoticed is small: the spectrometer can tell apart proteins that differ by less than a tenth of a proton mass in weight.
Three tests, including one that used a highly sensitive mass spectrometer, indicated the presence of the nerve agent cyclosarin and an unspecified blister agent in a stash of 55-gallon drums, the officer said.
This outcrop contains yet finer grains but it is cut through with veins that the rover's ChemCam laser spectrometer indicates hold precipitated minerals - most likely hydrated calcium sulphate, possibly bassinite or gypsum.
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