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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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Voyager makes an interstellar discovery

Voyager makes an interstellar discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 21 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (27) | comments 7

The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal how NASA's Voyager spacecraft have solved the mystery.


Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano (AP)

Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...


Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Silicon technology offers extended X-ray vision of high-energy cosmos

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere. An ESA-led effort is establishing an out-of-this-world use for these ...


Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

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created Dec 20, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (44) | comments 49

Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse ...


Computer-simulated Thunderstorms with Ice Clouds Reveal Insights for Next-generation Computer Models

Computer-simulated Thunderstorms with Ice Clouds Reveal Insights for Next-generation Computer Models

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer simulations of thunderstorms using data from a field campaign in Australia confirm that the "ice-phase" cloud processes in climate models contribute most to the wide discrepancy between ...


Caltech scientists discover fog on Titan

Scientists discover fog on Titan

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system—aside from our home planet, Earth—with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface. ...


NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

NASA NuSTAR Telescope Being Built at Nevis

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's an unlikely place to build a NASA telescope: a leafy estate in Irvington, N.Y., that once belonged to the son of Alexander Hamilton. Inside a hangar-like building on the site, which is ...


Supernova explosions stay in shape

Supernova explosions stay in shape

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

At a very early age, children learn how to classify objects according to their shape. Now, new research suggests studying the shape of the aftermath of supernovas may allow astronomers to do the same.


Biden unveils federal broadband stimulus projects

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities.


Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

Tropical Cyclone Laurence menaces Northern Australia

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laurence is still a tropical cyclone even though the storm has made landfall in northern West Australia and is moving over land. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite noticed some powerful ...



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