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Apollo 11 moon rocks still crucial 40 years later, say researchers
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Jul 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A lunar geochemist at Washington University in St. Louis says that there are still many answers to be gleaned from the moon rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk ...
Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Neil Armstrong was supposed to be asleep. The moonwalking was done. The moon rocks were stowed away. His ship was ready for departure. In just a few hours, the Eagle's ascent module would blast off the Moon, ...
Asteroid Attack 4 Billion Years Ago May Have Accelerated Life on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given ...
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A star is born? Herschel space observatory captures the birth of stars
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The European Space Agency has released a preview of the first science results from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument. The new data which include images ...
Diplomatic frenzy at final day of UN climate talks
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(AP) -- A diplomatic frenzy enveloped the final day of the U.N. climate conference Friday, with President Barack Obama twice meeting privately with China's premier as world leaders pressed to salvage a global ...
How to Find Signs of Life on Mars
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By studying the signatures of fossil life on Earth, geobiologists can get a clue of what to look for when hunting for extraterrestrial life on Mars.
Scientists discover fog on Titan
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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. ...
Glint of Sunlight Confirms Liquid in Northern Lake District of Titan
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, ...
Avatar's moon Pandora could be real
Dec 17, 2009 |
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In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora. Life-bearing moons like Pandora or the Star Wars forest moon of Endor are a staple of science fiction. ...
Oceanographers image the discovery of the deepest explosive eruption on the sea floor (w/ Video)
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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Oceanographers using the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason discovered and recorded the first video and still images of a deep-sea volcano actively erupting molten lava on the seafloor.
Science's breakthrough of the year: Uncovering 'Ardi'
Dec 17, 2009 |
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The research that brought to light the fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, a hominid species that lived 4.4 million years ago in what is now Ethiopia, has topped Science's list of this year's most significant s ...
Top US lawmaker skeptical of new space funding
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Dec 17, 2009 |
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Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she was personally skeptical of manned space missions and warned that NASA's future funding could depend on whether it was likely to create jobs.
Herschel Space Telescope uncovers the sources of the Cosmic Infrared Background
Dec 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using first observations with the PACS Instrument on board ESA’s Herschel Space Telescope, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and other institutions have ...
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