 Alpine lakes beginning to show effects of climate change August 26, 2008 | User rating: 1.8 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A recent study forecasts that increased climatic variability poses serious consequence for both the biodiversity and ecosystem function of high-elevation lakes. | |
NASA destroys rocket after failed launch August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
(AP) -- NASA says it destroyed an unmanned suborbital rocket shortly after a failed launch early this morning from an island off the Virginia coast. | |
 Phoenix Mars Lander Digs Deeper as Third Month Nears End August 26, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The next sample of Martian soil being grabbed for analysis is coming from a trench about three times deeper than any other trench NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has dug. | |
Fay leaves behind lots of water for Fla. lake 5 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay brought some good news to the state's parched Everglades and its liquid heart, Lake Okeechobee - lots and lots of water. | |
 Spitzer Reveals Stellar "Family Tree" August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells a tale of life and death, and reveals a rich family history. The striking infrared picture shows a colorful cosmic cloud, called W5, studded with multiple ... | |
Researchers reveal brown dwarfs as third class of celestial bodies after stars and planets August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The systematics of celestial bodies apparently needs to be revised. Researchers at the Argelander Institute of Astronomy of the University of Bonn have discovered that brown dwarfs need to be treated as a ... | |
The mystery of young stars near black holes solved August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh. | |
Spectrograph Team Awaits October Hubble Servicing Mission August 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado at Boulder that will be inserted on the Hubble Space Telescope during an October 2008 servicing mission should help astronomers better understand how galaxies, ... | |
 Mars Rover Opportunity Climbing out of Victoria Crater August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large Martian crater to examine exposed ancient rock ... | |
 Canada to map Arctic's vast resources August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Tuesday an ambitious plan to discover and tap mineral, oil and gas riches believed to be hidden beneath the cool Arctic. | |
 Hurricane Gustav slams Haiti, aims at Cuba (Update) August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Hurricane Gustav slammed into Haiti Tuesday, lashing the desperately poor Caribbean nation with powerful winds and heavy rain, just days behind deadly Tropical Storm Fay. | |
 GLAST Observatory reveals entire gamma-ray sky August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's newest space telescope is giving scientists their best look yet at the highest-energy gamma ray bursts generated by violent events in space. For Toby Burnett, a University of Washington ... | |
New analysis of earthquake zone raises questions August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Oregon State University scientists have completed a new analysis of an earthquake fault line that extends some 200 miles off the southern and central Oregon coast that they say is more active than the San Andreas Fault in ... | |
 Gustav becomes hurricane, threatens Haiti August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Tropical Storm Gustav grew into a hurricane Tuesday after emerging in the Caribbean, threatening Haiti with powerful winds less than two weeks after the country was hit by a deadly storm. | |
 Carmakers falling short on EU emissions targets: report August 26, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Car makers are not doing enough to meet proposed EU targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, according to a report Tuesday, with some German and Japanese brands facing the biggest challenge to make the ... | |
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