Future Space Telescopes Could Detect Earth Twin
Apr 11, 2007 |
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For the first time ever, NASA researchers have successfully demonstrated in the laboratory that a space telescope rigged with special masks and mirrors could snap a photo of an Earth-like planet orbiting a ...
The Universe trapped in its own web
Apr 04, 2006 |
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Astronomers from the University of Nottingham, UK, and the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain), have found the first observational evidence that galaxies are not randomly oriented. Instead, they are ...
Conclusive proof that polar warming is being caused by humans
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2008 |
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New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has demonstrated for the first time that human activity is responsible for significant warming in both polar regions.
Gamma-Ray Burst Challenges Theory
Mar 08, 2007 |
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In a series of landmark observations gathered over a period of four months, NASA's Swift satellite has challenged some of astronomers' fundamental ideas about gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), which are among the most ...
One giant leap for space fashion -- MIT designs sleek, skintight spacesuit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 16, 2007 |
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In the 40 years that humans have been traveling into space, the suits they wear have changed very little. The bulky, gas-pressurized outfits give astronauts a bubble of protection, but their significant mass ...
Antarctic Temperatures Disagree with Climate Model Predictions
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Feb 15, 2007 |
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A new report on climate over the world’s southernmost continent shows that temperatures during the late 20th century did not climb as had been predicted by many global climate models.
Future of West water supply threatened by climate change, says new study
Jul 20, 2009 |
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As the West warms, a drier Colorado River system could see as much as a one-in-two chance of fully depleting all of its reservoir storage by mid-century assuming current management practices continue on course, ...
Government blocks wind farm plans
Jun 01, 2006 |
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The U.S. government has ordered work stopped on more than a dozen wind farms, saying the giant turbines might interfere with military radar.
Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).
Moon water discovered: Dampens Moon-formation theory
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Using new techniques, scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain water. The researchers found that, contrary to ...
Meteor no longer prime suspect in great extinction
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 25, 2007 |
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The greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history also may have been one of the slowest, according to a study that casts further doubt on the extinction-by-meteor theory.
Possible Signs of Liquid Water Flowing on Mars
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 06, 2006 |
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NASA photographs have revealed bright new deposits seen in two gullies on Mars that suggest water carried sediment through them sometime during the past seven years.
New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Arctic sea ice thinned dramatically between the winters of 2004 and 2008, with thin seasonal ice replacing thick older ice as the dominant type for the first time on record. The new results, ...
Birth of a new ocean
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a remote part of northern Ethiopia, the Earth’s crust is being stretched to breaking point, providing geologists with a unique opportunity to watch the birth of what may eventually become ...
San Andreas Fault Set for the 'Big One' (Update)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 21, 2006 |
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A researcher investigating several facets of the San Andreas Fault has produced a new depiction of the earthquake potential of the fault’s southern, highly populated section. The new study shows that the fault ...
