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Component of mothballs is present in deep-space clouds

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Interstellar clouds, drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space, may be the stuff dreams are made of. But it turns out there's an unexpectedly strange component in those clouds, and it's not dreams ...


Stellar Interlopers Caught Speeding Through Space

Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.





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Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- Four years after its first solar sail ended up in the ocean instead of orbit, The Planetary Society announced Monday that by the end of 2010 it will try again to launch a spacecraft that will be propelled by the ...


NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall

NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall

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created 13 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. ...


NASA's GOES Project offers real-time hurricane alley movies

NASA's GOES Project offers real-time hurricane alley movies

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People love to get the big picture of hurricane alleys, and thanks to the GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., they can now get real-time satellite animations of the eastern ...


NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida

NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)

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NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...


The GOES-12 satellite sees Large Hurricane Ida nearing landfall

The GOES-12 satellite sees Large Hurricane Ida nearing landfall

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created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Residents of the U.S. Gulf coast thought they were getting a break this hurricane season until Ida showed up. Today, November 9, Ida is a hurricane and is headed for a landfall in the western Florida Panhandle ...


Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory

Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.


Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and ...


Fantastic Voyage

Fantastic Voyage

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 3

By travelling to the outer solar system, the two Voyager spacecraft allowed us to see amazing details of far-distant planets and moons.


Artist concept of Stardust.

'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Dust samples collected by high-flying aircraft in the upper atmosphere have yielded an unexpectedly rich trove of relicts from the ancient cosmos, report scientists from the Carnegie Institution. The stratospheric ...


Mirinae floods Philippines, makes landfall in Vietnam with strong thunderstorms

Mirinae floods Philippines, makes landfall in Vietnam with strong thunderstorms

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created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mirinae (Santi) caused 12 hours of flooding rains in the Philippines when it crossed the northern Luzon region over the weekend. On October 31 at 5 a.m. Local (Asia/Manila) Time (October 30 at 2100 UTC) Typhoon ...



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