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Sandia simulation shows small near-earth objects can cause big troubles
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-22 10:02:05
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-22 10:02:05
A Sandia supercomputer has found that the space body causing the Tunguska explosion, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres and thousands of animals, in Siberia in 1908 was 3-4 times smaller than what first thought. Humans should pay attention to these smaller space bodies for the sake of millions of lives.
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See planet Mars up close and personal
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-19 08:52:42
The planet Mars is now prime for getting a real good look at it. It came very close to Earth on Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at 6:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It’s only a hop, skip, and jump from us, galactically speaking, for the rest of December.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-19 08:52:42
The planet Mars is now prime for getting a real good look at it. It came very close to Earth on Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at 6:46 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. It’s only a hop, skip, and jump from us, galactically speaking, for the rest of December.
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Bali Roadmap could succeed Kyoto Protocol in global warming world pact
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-15 09:56:34
At a United Nations climate conference, world leaders agreed on Saturday, December 15, 2007, to negotiate a new global warming pact by 2009.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-15 09:56:34
At a United Nations climate conference, world leaders agreed on Saturday, December 15, 2007, to negotiate a new global warming pact by 2009.
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Mechanisms for solar wind discovered by Japanese Hinode spacecraft
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-10 09:43:30
An international group of scientists using the Hinode spacecraft have found that two mechanisms produce the solar wind. How the solar wind was produced was previously not fully understood by scientists.
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Earth getting warmer middle, and it's faster than predicted
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-04 09:14:24
The tropics around the Earth's equator, about one-fourth of its surface, has been widening for over twenty-five years. According to research by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research team, such a change could drastically alter Earth’s weather.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-12-04 09:14:24
The tropics around the Earth's equator, about one-fourth of its surface, has been widening for over twenty-five years. According to research by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research team, such a change could drastically alter Earth’s weather.
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December’s Geminid meteor shower promises to be best of 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-12-03 09:10:27
The late evening of Thursday, December 13, and continuing on to dawn Friday morning, December 14, is the time frame to see the Geminid meteor shower in North America.
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Mars is BIG and RED for its close encounter with Earth
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-22 09:01:36
Mars and Earth are a mere 55 million miles (89 million kilometers) apart, making Mars appear much redder and larger than usual. See Mars, and the Moon, November 26-27, 2007, at your local night sky.
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See the star-eating comet Monday night 11.19.2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-19 08:22:38
Ok, Comet Holmes is not really going to eat a star, but the evening of November 19, 2007, in the western hemisphere, will be a good time to see the comet fly directly in front of the star Mirfak (alpha Persei) and appear to engulf it with its large cloud of dust.
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Clear evidence of planet formation found in Pleiades
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-18 09:14:48
The Pleiades (M45) open star cluster, about 400 light-years away from the solar system, has been clearly found to contain activity involving the formation of planets as the result of collisions between planets.
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Leonid meteor shower peaks Saturday night Nov. 17-18, 2007
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-17 13:07:33
The Leonid meteor shower, the Leonids, will be peaking Saturday night in the east-northeastern sky as the atmosphere of the Earth strikes debris in the tail of Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-17 13:07:33
The Leonid meteor shower, the Leonids, will be peaking Saturday night in the east-northeastern sky as the atmosphere of the Earth strikes debris in the tail of Comet Tempel-Tuttle.
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Holy cow, what a dinosaur!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-16 01:47:59
A 110 million-year-old dinosaur has been unveiled with an unusual head in the grazing position with a mouth that looks like the head of a vacuum cleaner featuring plenty of needle shaped teeth and dubbed a ‘Mesozoic cow’.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-11-16 01:47:59
A 110 million-year-old dinosaur has been unveiled with an unusual head in the grazing position with a mouth that looks like the head of a vacuum cleaner featuring plenty of needle shaped teeth and dubbed a ‘Mesozoic cow’.
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Comet Holmes tops the solar system, now larger than Sun
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-15 09:36:33
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-15 09:36:33
Comet 17P/Holmes, which has been growing larger since October 23, 2007, is now larger than the Sun. Although the Sun is now the second largest body in the solar system it still is much more massive than the tenuous comet.
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Japanese Selene takes first HDTV video of Earth-rise, Earth-set from Moon
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 10:07:39
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-11-14 10:07:39
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully taken the first high-definition video of the Earth, via its Selene spacecraft, as it rises above the Moon (Earth-rise) and the first HD video as Earth goes behind the Moon (Earth-set).
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Boston-area scientists study controlling hurricanes with soot
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-11-01 09:09:41
Moshe Alamaro and Ross Hoffman say that if airplanes drop soot over clouds, then the carbon particles could absorb sunlight that would warm up the cold clouds. Such action would reduce wind speeds and possibly prevent hurricanes from causing damage like Katrina did to New Orleans.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-11-01 09:09:41
Moshe Alamaro and Ross Hoffman say that if airplanes drop soot over clouds, then the carbon particles could absorb sunlight that would warm up the cold clouds. Such action would reduce wind speeds and possibly prevent hurricanes from causing damage like Katrina did to New Orleans.
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APOLLO measures Moon distance to 1 millimeter; also helps with gravity
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 09:31:23
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO) instrument has measured the distance to the Moon to an accuracy of one millimeter. Such accuracies will also help with measurements involving the force of gravity.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-23 09:31:23
The Apache Point Observatory Lunar Laser-ranging Operation (APOLLO) instrument has measured the distance to the Moon to an accuracy of one millimeter. Such accuracies will also help with measurements involving the force of gravity.
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Super-earths could be best places to find life
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-22 08:58:49
According to Harvard scientists, habitable worlds are best found on large, rocky planets that are up to ten times the size of Earth and contain plate tectonics.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-22 08:58:49
According to Harvard scientists, habitable worlds are best found on large, rocky planets that are up to ten times the size of Earth and contain plate tectonics.
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Expedition to measure the polar meltdown
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-16 03:56:22
Explorer and environmentalist, Pen Hadow, is embarking on an international scientific endeavour to predict more accurately the meltdown date of the North Pole's permanent ice cap.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-16 03:56:22
Explorer and environmentalist, Pen Hadow, is embarking on an international scientific endeavour to predict more accurately the meltdown date of the North Pole's permanent ice cap.Read More About Expedition To Measure The Polar Meltdown...
Earth- or Mars-like body likely forming in HD 113766 star system
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-04 20:44:25
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-10-04 20:44:25
A planetesimal that could look very closely like Earth or Mars is forming around one of the stars of a binary star system called HD 113766, which is about 424 light-years away from us. It was found with the use of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope.
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Shrinking ozone hole not a trend, says scientists
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-03 16:25:36
The ozone hole over Antarctica is much smaller than it was last year, but scientists say this does not indicate a new long-term trend.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-03 16:25:36
The ozone hole over Antarctica is much smaller than it was last year, but scientists say this does not indicate a new long-term trend.
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Oxygen atmosphere on Earth found millions of years earlier than thought
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-01 09:33:18
The Great Oxidation Event was a global environmental change that was believed to have occurred about 2.4 billion years ago—when oxygen was first believed to show up and rapidly accumulate in the Earth’s atmosphere. Recent research shows that oxygen, instead, appeared millions of years earlier.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Climate
2007-10-01 09:33:18
The Great Oxidation Event was a global environmental change that was believed to have occurred about 2.4 billion years ago—when oxygen was first believed to show up and rapidly accumulate in the Earth’s atmosphere. Recent research shows that oxygen, instead, appeared millions of years earlier.
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