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Chemistry World
November 3, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Earth ripe for life soon after formation There has been water on Earth since shortly after it formed, say researchers from the US, who compared the deuterium to hydrogen ratios in water on Earth and from the Vesta asteroid belt.   |
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Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Feuding Over the Origins of Fossil Fuels The so-called inorganic or abiogenic oil idea has been getting more attention lately. With oil more expensive than ever and many people citing future shortages, understanding the origins of petroleum is increasingly relevant. |
Geotimes
November 2004
Jay Chapman |
Taking the Fossil Out of Fuels New research is expanding the range of the formation of fossil fuels. |
National Defense
January 2015
Stew Magnuson |
Earth Needs More Robust Early Warning Space Weather Systems The challenge for the space community is making lawmakers who hold the purse strings understand the importance of space weather forecast, and the impact that events can have on modern technology. |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Karen Rowan |
9 Wildest Exoplanets Ever Spotted A team of European planet hunters has uncovered a bonanza of 32 new exoplanets, planets outside our solar system. |
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel |
Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere. |
Fast Company
April 2010
Damian Joseph |
What's Next: Solar Flares In February, NASA launched a satellite to measure solar activity. The goal: to one day predict the solar system's weather. |
Geotimes
March 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Young Planets Collide Size mattered, astronomers say, when it came to whether or not material in our early solar system stuck together to become today's terrestrial planets. New models suggest that collisions between large objects did not always result in those objects combining, as previously thought. |
National Defense
December 2005
Robert H. Williams |
Would You Believe Space Weather Forecasts? The Air Force Weather Agency has perfected a space weather modeling capability that offers 72-hour forecasts from near earth to 40,000 miles out in space |
Geotimes
March 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Starry Lens A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like planet found to date outside our solar system. The discovery confirms the value of a relatively new detection method known as gravitational lensing. |
Scientific American
September 2008
David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Chemistry World
May 25, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Mars is the planet that never grew up Scientists in the US have analysed isotopes in meteorites that resemble Martian geology and have discovered that the planet stopped growing while its solar system siblings carried on developing. |
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NASA Studying The Sun The most advanced solar observatory ever built rocketed into space Thursday on a five-year quest to shed light on Earth's star. |
Food Processing
July 2008 |
Rollout: Best New Products of July 2008 It's hot outside, but these cool new products don't know the difference. |
Science News
February 9, 2008 |
Timeline: From the February 5, 1938, issue Diatom shell markings test quality of lenses... Nature changed the rules 10 billion years ago... New features discovered on face of the moon... |
Geotimes
September 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Tristar Planet A recent planet found in a triple-star system perplexes astronomers because, according to current models of planetary formation, it should not exist. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
So, When Did Earth Become Attractive? Ever since Earth's protective field was discovered in 1958, scientists have been wondering when did the planet grow up and become attractive? |
Wired
December 2004
Patrick Di Justo |
Mysteries of the Cosmos The top 13 places to explore in outer space. |
Chemistry World
November 10, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
All eyes turn towards asteroid for fly-by Asteroid 2005 YU55 passed within 325,000 km of the Earth, closer than the Moon, giving scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study the 400m wide lump of rock, which was traveling at more than 46,000 km per hour. |
Wired
December 2004
Frank Drake |
The E.T. Equation, Recalculated Fifty years ago, those of us who dreamed about finding extraterrestrials thought we knew where to look: planets with temperatures somewhere between the freezing and boiling points of water. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2012
Gregory L. Matloff |
Deflecting Asteroids A solar sail could use light to nudge an earthbound rock into an orbit we could live with |
Geotimes
February 2007
Kathryn Hansen |
Creating a Formula for the Northern Lights A new formula could help researchers predict space weather events, which can affect electronic and communication systems. |
Science News
June 10, 2006 |
Timeline: From the June 6, 1936, Issue First Adventure of Young Robins Pictured... Chance in Million Another Planet Will Damage Earth... Large Models of Molecules Predict Chemical Facts... |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Barry E. DiGregorio |
No Asteroid Impact on Mars After All The expected asteroid impact would have let scientists study crater formation and underlying Martian geology. |
Science News
November 21, 2008
Alan Stern |
Debates Over Definition Of Planet Continue And Inspire The definition of a planet continues to be debated between astronomers and planetary scientists. |
Science News
June 14, 2003 |
TimeLine: June 10, 1933 Brainlike stalagmites found in Maryland cave... Matter created experimentally from light and cosmic rays... Contents of "empty space" revealed by colors of nebulae |
Popular Mechanics
September 24, 2008
Andrew Moseman |
Weaker Solar Wind Won't Slow Global Warming, May Threaten Astronauts If a spacecraft keeps chugging along for long enough, eventually it may find something startling. |
Geotimes
June 2006
Katie Unger |
Ancient Methane-Makers Researchers extracted methane gas from hydrothermal dikes in Western Australia and say that microbes produced the gas, which is evidence of some of Earth's earliest life. |
HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Nicole Kresge |
The Past, Present, and Future Earth What does the 4.6 billion year history of Earth tell us about our modern planet? About 150 Washington, D.C., area high school students and 15 teachers from around the United States learned the answers to these questions at the 2012 HHMI Holiday Lectures on Science. |
Science News
August 12, 2000 |
TimeLine: August 9, 1930 A Fish With Hands... Little Eros on Way to Visit Earth... Birthplace of the Moon... |
Chemistry World
August 25, 2011
Simon Hadlington |
Meteorites Are a Chip Off the Old Asteroid Block New findings confirm that the most common type of meteorite found on Earth derive from so-called stony or S-type asteroids. |
Industrial Physicist
Dec 2003/Jan 2004
Dawn Lenz |
Understanding and predicting space weather When streams of charged particles from the sun interact with the Earth's magnetic field, there can be serious consequences for electrical power grids, communications networks (radio, television, and telephone), and satellite operations. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2006
David Noland |
The Threat is Out There More than 100,000 asteroids hurtle past our planet. But only one -- that we know of -- may hit us in the next 30 years. |
Geotimes
June 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Sun Cycle to Flare Back up in 2008 Although the new cycle is predicted to be moderate in intensity, scientists warn that it may still strongly impact space-based technologies. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
From the Secretary - Science Matters The Institution decides to focus on four basic scientific questions. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
ExxonMobil: A Big Oil Slick? Declines in hydrocarbon production hurt first-quarter results and might indicate future troubles. |
Geotimes
June 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Raining hydrocarbons in the Gulf Below the Gulf of Mexico, hydrocarbons flow upward through an intricate network of conduits and reservoirs. They start in thin layers of source rock and, from there, buoyantly rise to the surface. |
Science News
June 16, 2007 |
Timeline: From the June 12, 1937, issue What will the rivers do now?... Eros shaped like huge brick tumbling end over end in sky... Wallpaper patterns linked to atoms in study of design... |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Chemistry calculations reveal Earth's inner core Theoretical calculations have confirmed that the Earth's core contains a significant proportion of oxygen. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Robert Irion |
The Planet Hunters Never mind the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet. Astronomers have found about 200 planets orbiting other stars, and they say it's only a matter of time before they discover another Earth. |
Science News
August 24, 2002 |
TimeLine: August 20, 1932 Hydrogen remakes petroleum into more useful products... Children do not prefer parent of the opposite sex... Cosmic ray study is first in importance for Piccard... |
Scientific American
January 2009
Charles Q. Choi |
Does Dark Matter Encircle Earth? Dark matter might exert measurable effects on the earth, moon and gas giants |
Geotimes
July 2004
Sara Pratt |
Core Compositions Scientists are working to explain the differences in composition between Earth and Mars. |
Scientific American
November 7, 2005
Mark Alpert |
Red Star Rising Small, cool stars may be hot spots for life |
Geotimes
February 2007
Cassandra Willyard |
Surprise! Stardust Lands Actual Stardust The dust is clearing around a cosmic puzzle that has long piqued the interest of astronomers. Tiny grains of dust, no larger than the width of a human hair, are revealing the conditions in which the solar system, and perhaps life, got its start. |
National Defense
November 2011
Dan Parsons |
Solar Storms Could Plunge Nation into Darkness Researchers are racing to understand the effects its energy might have on the U.S power grids in hopes that potential cataclysm can be avoided. |
The Motley Fool
April 29, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
ChevronTexaco Tries to Do More With Less Lower hydrocarbon production and refinery margins lead to a disappointing quarter. Investors, take note. |
