 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. | |
 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. | |
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 ... | |
 How Do Galaxies Grow? August 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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How do galaxies form? The most widely accepted answer to this fundamental question is the model of 'hierarchical formation', a step-wise process in which small galaxies merge to build larger ones. One can ... | |
 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. | |
 XMM-Newton's massive discovery August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's orbiting X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has discovered the most massive cluster of galaxies seen in the distant Universe until now. The galaxy cluster is so big that there can only be ... | |
Strong quake rattles New Zealand, minor damage reported August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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A strong earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale rocked the east coast of New Zealand's North Island late Monday, scientists said. | |
US-Russia chill threatens NASA space program August 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The chill left on US-Russian relations by Moscow's military incursion into Georgia could spell problems for future US access to the International Space Station, US experts said. | |
 Global warming time bomb trapped in Arctic soil: study August 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Climate change could release unexpectedly huge stores of carbon dioxide from Arctic soils, which would in turn fuel a vicious circle of global warming, a new study warned Sunday. | |
 Nigeria, S.Africa worst greenhouse gas emitters in Africa: experts August 24, 2008 | User rating: 1.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Nigeria and South Africa are the main emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa, accounting for almost 90 percent of the emissions in the continent, environmental experts said Saturday. | |
 Mid-Depth Soil Collected for Lab Test On NASA's Mars Lander August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has scooped up a soil sample from an intermediate depth between the ground surface and a subsurface icy layer. The sample was delivered to a laboratory oven on the spacecraft. | |
 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 ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
 Earthquakes may endanger New York more than formerly believed August 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. Among ... | |
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