New rocky planet found in constellation Leo April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Spanish and UCL (University College London) scientists have discovered a possible terrestrial-type planet orbiting a star in the constellation of Leo. The new planet, which lies at a distance of 30 light years from the Earth, ... | |
US rush to produce corn-based ethanol will worsen 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico March 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 37 vote(s)
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The U.S. government’s rush to produce corn-based ethanol as a fuel alternative will worsen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, increasing a “Dead Zone” that kills fish and aquatic life, according to University of British Columbia ... | |
 Earth: A Borderline Planet for Life? January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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Our planet is changing before our eyes, and as a result, many species are living on the edge. Yet Earth has been on the edge of habitability from the beginning. New work by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian ... | |
 Christmas Eve Sky Show December 20, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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It's Christmas Eve, and you're snuggled cozily in your den. A glowing fire gently crackles and pops in the fireplace, and your head starts to droop as you nod off. Just then, something cold and wet nudges ... | |
 Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning? December 17, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 40 vote(s)
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The solar physics community is abuzz this week. No, there haven't been any great eruptions or solar storms. The source of the excitement is a modest knot of magnetism that popped over the sun's eastern limb ... | |
 Earth's heat adds to climate change to melt Greenland ice December 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice. | |
New computer simulations show how special the solar system is August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Prevailing theoretical models attempting to explain the formation of the solar system have assumed it to be average in every way. Now a new study by Northwestern University astronomers, using recent data from the 300 exoplanets ... | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Confirms Martian Water July 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 88 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Laboratory tests aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have identified water in a soil sample. The lander's robotic arm delivered the sample Wednesday to an instrument that identifies vapors produced ... | |
 Greenland ice core analysis shows drastic climate change near end of last ice age June 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 48 vote(s)
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Temperatures spiked 22 degrees F in just 50 years, researchers say
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Doritos makes history with world's first extraterrestrial advert June 12, 2008 | User rating: 2.2 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key ... | |
Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs? May 02, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 50 vote(s)
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The sun’s movement through the Milky Way regularly sends comets hurtling into the inner solar system – coinciding with mass life extinctions on earth, a new study claims. | |
Emissions irrelevant to future climate change? April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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Climate change and the carbon emissions seem inextricably linked. However, new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Carbon Balance and Management suggests that this may not always hold true, although ... | |
 Galaxies Gone Wild April 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Interacting galaxies are found throughout the Universe, sometimes as dramatic collisions that trigger bursts of star formation, on other occasions as stealthy mergers that result in new galaxies. A series ... | |
 Earth's orbit creates more than a leap year February 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 35 vote(s)
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The Earth's orbital behaviors are responsible for more than just presenting us with a leap year every four years. According to Michael E. Wysession, Ph.D., associate professor of earth and planetary sciences ... | |
Computer simulations strongly support new theory of Earth's core February 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 64 vote(s)
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Swedish researchers present in today’s Web edition of the journal Science evidence that their theory about the core of the earth is correct. Among other applications, the findings may be of significance ... | |
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