Search results for boulders:
Discovered: world's largest tsunami debris
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 25, 2008 |
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A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date. Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to 1.6 million kilograms ...
Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 29, 2008 |
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Boulders the size footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology.
How a cometary boulder lit up the Spanish sky
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last July, people in Spain, Portugal and France watched the brilliant fireball produced by a boulder crashing down through the Earth’s atmosphere. In a paper to be published in the journal ...
Rocket's re-entry lights up two states
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 04, 2007 |
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A Russian rocket that broke up re-entering Earth's atmosphere over the United States had ferried a French telescope into orbit, U.S. military officials said.
Shrinking Bylot Island glaciers tell story of climate change
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 31, 2009 |
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The U.S. Geological Survey has released the results of a long-term study of key glaciers in western North America, reporting this month that glacial shrinkage is rapid and accelerating and a result of climate ...
Pandas to return to famous China reserve in 2012
Sep 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Sixty pandas relocated last year from a famous Chinese nature reserve after their breeding center was severely damaged by a massive earthquake will return home after repairs in 2012.
Watch Out for Flying Moondust
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2007 |
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At Cape Canaveral, not far from the launch pad where the space shuttle lifts off, there's a ragged hole in a chain link fence. Its message: Watch out for flying boulders.
Four Out of Six Apollos
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Their names are now part of exploration history - Sea of Tranquility, Ocean of Storms, Frau Mauro, Hadley Rille, Descartes and Taurus-Littrow. They are the sites on the lunar surface visited ...
Chemists Make Molecular Rings in Shape of King Solomon's Knot
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2007 |
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UCLA chemists have made, at the nanoscale, a molecular compound of interlocked rings that has the shape of the ancient King Solomon's knot, a symbol of wisdom that is thousands of years old and is widely used ...
Catching planets in the making
Apr 07, 2008 |
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For many years, astronomers have had a clear, though ever-evolving, picture of how planets are born. It starts with a disk of dust swirling around a newborn star, and then gradually the dust particles stick ...
Floating pile of rubble a pristine record of solar system's history
Jun 01, 2006 |
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A small, near-Earth asteroid named Itokawa is just a pile of floating rubble, probably created from the breakup of an ancient planet, according to a University of Michigan researcher was part of the Japanese ...
Robot Scout: Fly Me (Safely) to the Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 05, 2008 |
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The first attempt to land humans on the moon -- Apollo 11 -- was a triumph that almost ended in disaster. At just 400 feet from the lunar surface, with only about a minute's worth of fuel remaining, astronauts ...
HiRISE Camera Shows Mojave Crater Peak is High and Dry
Jan 24, 2007 |
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The HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a huge, detailed image of Mars' Mojave crater on Jan. 7, 2007.
Israel displays coins from ancient Jewish revolt
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Israel displayed for the first time Wednesday a collection of rare coins charred and burned from the Roman destruction of the Jewish Temple nearly 2,000 years ago.
Ice age not a global phenomenon: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2007 |
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If the Earth is heading for a new ice age, Australia may not be as affected as countries in the Northern Hemisphere, according to new research from The Australian National University published today in Science.
