News tagged with windy planet
How Martian winds make rocks walk
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Jan 08, 2009 |
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Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.
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Exoplanets Clue to Sun's Curious Chemistry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. ...
Researchers mobilizing global resources to test new treatments for severe H1N1 infection
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An important, ground-breaking initiative is unfolding in the global critical care community in response to the H1N1 pandemic.
Reducing greenhouse gases may not be enough to slow climate change
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Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning Professor Brian Stone publishes a paper in the December edition of Environmental Science and Technology that suggests policymakers need to address the influence of global deforestation ...
New fossil plant discovery links Patagonia to New Guinea in a warmer past
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Fossil plants are windows to the past, providing us with clues as to what our planet looked like millions of years ago. Not only do fossils tell us which species were present before human-recorded history, ...
California's Ancient Kelp Forest
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The kelp forests off southern California are considered to be some of the most diverse and productive ecosystems on the planet, yet a new study indicates that today's kelp beds are less extensive and lush ...
Atomic Particles Help Solve Planetary Puzzle
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Arkansas professor and his colleagues have shown that the Earth's mantle contains the same isotopic signatures from magnesium as meteorites do, suggesting that the planet formed ...
The 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower
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This year's Leonid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday, Nov. 17th. If forecasters are correct, the shower should produce a mild but pretty sprinkling of meteors over North America followed by a more intense outburst ...
The Stars My Destination
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The Voyager spacecraft are now in the outermost layer of the heliosphere, traveling toward interstellar space - the first man-made spacecraft to travel such a vast distance from Earth.
Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aerosol data
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change. They are one of the greatest sources of uncertainty in climate change ...
NASA on crusade to debunk 2012 apocalypse myths
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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The world is not coming to an end on December 21, 2012, the US space agency insisted Monday in a rare campaign to dispel widespread rumors fueled by the Internet and a new Hollywood movie.
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