News tagged with degrees
NASA's Aqua satellite gets two views of category 4 Hurricane Bill
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Hurricane Bill has become a powerhouse in the Atlantic Ocean and NASA satellites are providing forecasters with important information to help their forecasts. Bill is now a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ...
Mid-Depth Soil Collected for Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 22, 2008 |
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft.
Antarctic climate: Short-term spikes, long-term warming linked to tropical Pacific
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Dramatic year-to-year temperature swings and a century-long warming trend across West Antarctica are linked to conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean, according to a new analysis of ice cores conducted by scientists at ...
Summer heat too hot for you? What is comfortable?
Biology /
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Extreme heat or cold is not only uncomfortable, it can be deadly—causing proteins to unravel and malfunction. For many years now, scientists have understood the molecular mechanisms that enable animals to sense dangerous ...
Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter
Jul 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images offers an unprecedented view of a planetary game of Pac-Man among three red spots clustered together in Jupiter's atmosphere.
