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The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon

The Crab Nebula: Energy for 100,000 Suns

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A star's spectacular death in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.


The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

The Energy Sources of Ultraluminous Galaxies

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultraluminous infrared galaxies ((ULIRGs) are galaxies whose luminosity exceeds that of a trillion suns; for comparison, the Milky Way galaxy has a typical (and much more modest) luminosity ...


Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights

Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance of Saturn's Northern Lights (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known "northern lights" in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness ...


A Tale of Planetary Woe

A Tale of Planetary Woe (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 5

Once upon a time — roughly four billion years ago — Mars was warm and wet, much like Earth. Liquid water flowed on the Martian surface in long rivers that emptied into shallow seas. A thick atmosphere blanketed ...


3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

3 Questions: Sara Seager on searching for Earth-like planets

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT planetary scientist Sara Seager has been studying exoplanets — planets circling stars other than the sun — for many years.


Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star

Carbon Atmosphere Discovered on Neutron Star

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (19) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant. This discovery, made with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, resolves a ten-year ...


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 ...


NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

NRL sensor provides critical space weather observations

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science ...


Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming

Climate experts debate strategies for reducing atmospheric carbon and future warming

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (12) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- Reducing carbon dioxide to safe levels may require extracting carbon from the air, says Cornell climate researcher.



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