Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 30, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (47) | 14

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...

Big freeze plunged Europe into ice age in months

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 30, 2009 | 4 / 5 (17) | 7

In the film, 'The Day After Tomorrow' the world enters the icy grip of a new glacial period within the space of just a few weeks. Now new research shows that this scenario may not be so far from the truth after all.

'Super-river' formed the English Channel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 02, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (16) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Anglo-French scientists studying sedimentary deposits in the Bay of Biscay have concluded that Britain and France were separated by a "super-river" during three periods of glaciations, ...

Scientists explain puzzling lake asymmetry on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 29, 2009 | 4.4 / 5 (14) | 0

Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of methane and ethane ...

Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 03, 2009 | 2.3 / 5 (3) | 1

The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.