 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
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. | |
 Tahitian vanilla originated in Maya forests August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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The origin of the Tahitian vanilla orchid, whose cured fruit is the source of the rare and highly esteemed gourmet French Polynesian spice, has long eluded botanists. Known by the scientific name Vanilla ... | |
 Yellowstone's ancient supervolcano: Only lukewarm? 7 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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The geysers of Yellowstone National Park owe their eistence to the "Yellowstone hotspot"--a region of molten rock buried deep beneath Yellowstone, geologists have found. But how hot is this "hotspot," and ... | |
Viruses are hidden drivers of ocean's nutrient cycle 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Scientists on Wednesday said they had discovered deep-sea viruses to be an unexpectedly potent driver of the so-called carbon cycle that sustains oceanic life and helps dampen global warming. | |
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. | |
New clues to air circulation in the atmosphere August 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Air circulates above the Earth in four distinct cells, with two either side of the equator, says new research. The new observational study describes how air rises and falls in the atmosphere above the Earth's surface, creating ... | |
 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 ... | |
 Scientists discover minimum mass for galaxies 10 hours ago | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By analyzing light from small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe – 10 million times the ... | |
 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 ... | |
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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 A clash of clusters provides another clue to dark matter 12 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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New Hubble and Chandra observations of the cluster known as MACSJ0025.4-1222 indicate that a titanic collision has separated dark from ordinary matter. This provides independent confirmation of a similar effect ... | |
 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 ... | |
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