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Near miss, but no threat: Asteroid in close pass was smaller than thought, astronomer shows
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On March 2, an asteroid whizzed past the Earth at a distance of just 41,000 miles -- a near miss by cosmic standards (most communications satellites orbit at a distance of about 22,300 miles from Earth). ...
Space rock gives Earth a close shave
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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An asteroid of a similar size to a rock that exploded above Siberia in 1908 with the force of a thousand atomic bombs whizzed close past Earth on Monday, astronomers said on Tuesday.
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Russian rocket carrying military satellite crashes in Siberia
Jun 21, 2005 |
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MOSCOW, June 21 (AFP) - A Russian Molnia-M rocket carrying a military communications satellite crashed Tuesday in Siberia shortly after takeoff, Russian news agencies reported.
Patagonia site of world's biggest crater field: study
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Argentina can lay claim to the world's largest crater field, a volcanic area in Patagonia known as the "Devil's Slope," according to a study released Tuesday.
Beneath the surface
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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It was the geological collision between India and Asia millions of years ago that created one of the world's most distinctive places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh ...
DNA shows that last woolly mammoths had North American roots
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Sep 04, 2008 |
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In a surprising reversal of conventional wisdom, a DNA-based study has revealed that the last of the woolly mammoths—which lived between 40,000 and 4,000 years ago—had roots that were exclusively North American.
Scientists Verify Predictive Model for Winter Weather
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 20, 2007 |
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Scientists have verified the accuracy of a model that uses October snow cover in Siberia to predict upcoming winter temperatures and snowfall for the high- and mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.
The voyage to America: Fossilized human feces reveals the first immigrants
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Apr 03, 2008 |
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A team of researchers led by Danish professor Eske Willerslev shows that the ancestors of the North American Indians who came from Asia were the first people in America, and that they were of neither European nor African ...
Space Image: A Beehive of Satellites
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Feb 12, 2009 |
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The launch of the first artificial satellite by the then Soviet Union in 1957 marked the beginning of the utilization of space for science and commercial activity. During the Cold War, space was a prime area ...
Russian official warns of bird flu risk
Mar 30, 2008 |
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Russia needs to take steps to prevent a human pandemic from bird flu, a government health official said.
Global warming could accelerate from thawing Siberian permafrost
Jun 16, 2006 |
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Permafrost soil blanketing northeastern Siberia contains about 75 times more carbon than is released by burning fossil fuels each year. That means it could become a potent, likely unstoppable contributor to global climate ...
Bird flu found in Siberian ducks
Jun 19, 2007 |
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The H5N1 avian flu was reported in wild ducks in four regions of Siberia, Russian agricultural officials reported Tuesday.
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