Space News
Dale Andersen's Report From Antarctica: the Shores of Lake Obersee
SpaceRef - 24 Nov 2013 20:24
Hi Keith: My research team and I are now camped on the shores of Lake Obersee, a few km NE of Lake Untersee in the mountains of Queen Maud Land....
Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2013 20:00
Even if carbon dioxide emissions came to a sudden halt, the carbon dioxide already in Earth's atmosphere could continue to warm our planet for hundreds of years, according to Princeton University-led research published i...
Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2013 20:00
Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of researchers who believe that molecular hydrogen made it warm eno...
Maiden Next Gen SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral set for Nov. 25
Universe Today - 24 Nov 2013 18:00
The maiden flight of the Next Generation commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the firms Cape Canaveral launch facility is set to soar to space on Monday afternoon, Nov. 25 on a ground breaking mission that will be most...
Philippines to plant more mangroves in wake of Typhoon Haiyan
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2013 18:00
The Philippines said Sunday it will plant more mangrove areas to prevent a repeat of the deadly storm surges that claimed hundreds of lives during Super Typhoon Haiyan earlier this month.
Will icy comet survive close encounter with sun?
Phys.org - 24 Nov 2013 17:41
For months, all eyes in the sky have pointed at the comet that's zooming toward a blisteringly close encounter with the sun.
"Comet of the Century" --A Blazing ISON on Its Approach to the Sun (Will It Survive the Encounter?)
The Daily Galaxy - 24 Nov 2013 17:37
ISON! "The "Comet of the Century," first spotted in our skies in September 2012,has brightened brilliantly in the last few days as it nears its Nov. 28 close encounter with the sun. If it survives the heat, radiation and...
Comet ISON's Close Sun Encounter This Week Has Scientists Fired Up
SPACE.com - 24 Nov 2013 16:55
Comet ISON is slated to skim just 730,000 miles above the solar surface on Nov. 28. ISON has brightened considerably as it's zoomed closer to the sun recently, giving researchers interested in comet composition a lot to ...
Planet Espresso
Bad Astronomy - 24 Nov 2013 15:00
A long time ago -- 4.56 billion years ago, give or take an eon or two -- the Earth upon which you currently live wasn't here. Well, not all in one place, at least: It was actually scattered over trillions of cubic kilom...
Pill-popping galaxy hooked on gas
EurekAlert! - 24 Nov 2013 07:00
(CSIRO Australia) Our Galaxy may have been swallowing "pills" -- clouds of gas with a magnetic wrapper -- to keep making stars for the past eight billion years.
Black hole jets pack a powerful punch
EurekAlert! - 24 Nov 2013 07:00
(CSIRO Australia) High-speed 'jets' spat out by black holes pack a lot of power because they contain heavy atoms, astronomers have found.
Unusual greenhouse gases may have raised ancient Martian temperature
EurekAlert! - 24 Nov 2013 07:00
(Penn State) Much like the Grand Canyon, Nanedi Valles snakes across the Martian surface suggesting that liquid water once crossed the landscape, according to a team of researchers who believe that molecular hydrogen mad...