 Scientists resolve long-standing puzzle in climate science 16 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Livermore scientists has helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. | |
 Venus Express searching for life – on Earth 17 hours ago | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using ESA’s Venus Express are trying to observe whether Earth is habitable. Silly, you might think, when we know that Earth is richly stocked with life. In fact, far from being ... | |
 Cosmic eye sheds light on early galaxy formation October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A Cosmic Eye has given scientists a unique insight into galaxy formation in the very early Universe. Using gravity from a foreground galaxy as a zoom lens the team was able to see a young star-forming galaxy ... | |
Pickleweed tolerates irrigation with seawater and high levels of boron October 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Reuse of agricultural drainage water (DW) for irrigation is one of the few on-farm water management options available to growers on the west side of California's San Joaquin Valley (SJV) for reducing drainage water volumes ... | |
 As Colorado Heats Up, Water Supply Expected to Be at Risk, Says New Study October 07, 2008 | User rating: 2.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water resource managers may have to prepare for a warmer Colorado and a shift in the timing of runoff in most of the state's river basins, according to a new assessment of Colorado climate ... | |
 Boulder-sized Asteroid Will Burn Up in Earth's Atmosphere Tonight October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny asteroid discovered just hours ago at an Arizona observatory will enter Earth's atmosphere harmlessly at approximately 10:46 p.m. Eastern time tonight (2:46 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time). ... | |
 NASA spacecraft ready to explore outer solar system October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from ... | |
 India to launch unmanned lunar mission this month October 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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India will launch its first lunar mission on October 22 from southern India, a top official from the country's space agency said Monday. | |
 Gas From the Past Gives Scientists New Insights into Climate and the Oceans October 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years, public discussion of climate change has included concerns that increased levels of carbon dioxide will contribute to global warming, which in turn may change the circulation ... | |
 NASA Selects Science Teams for Astrobiology Institute October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country, including two from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, to study the origins, ... | |
 Arctic sea ice annual freeze-up underway October 03, 2008 | User rating: 3.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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After reaching the second-lowest extent ever recorded last month, sea ice in the Arctic has begun to refreeze in the face of autumn temperatures, closing both the Northern Sea Route and the direct route through ... | |
 NASA Spacecraft Finds the Sun is Not a Perfect Sphere October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists using NASA’s RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision. They find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high solar activity ... | |
 Space voyaging rock reveals insight into detecting life on other planets October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Intelligent life from other planets would be able to tell that Earth is inhabited if they had come into contact with a space voyaging piece of Orkney rock, scientists have revealed. | |
 Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent, likely lowest volume October 02, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, ... | |
 First detection of magnetic field in distant galaxy produces a surprise October 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Using a powerful radio telescope to peer into the early universe, a team of California astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a nascent galaxy's magnetic field as it appeared 6.5 billion ... | |
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