Phoenix Mars Lander Ready for Launch (Space.com) |
Friday, August 03, 2007
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An artist's rendering of the Phoenix lander approaching the Martian surface.
An artist's ...
Posted by Earth on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:17:00 PST |
Hubble telescope successor on target (Reuters) |
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The James Webb Space Telescope, intended to peer deep into the cosmos from beyond the moon, is progressing well in development and is on track for a planned June ...
Posted by Earth on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:25:00 PST |
ESA creates hikers map of Mars (zeenews.com) |
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Paris, Feb 13: European Space Agency (ESA) astronomers have produced the first hiker's map of Mars. Using data from the HRSC experiment onboard the agency's Mars Express spacecraft, resear...
Posted by Earth on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:35:00 PST |
Climate 'to affect nuclear sites' (BBC News) |
By David Shukman BBC science correspondent Rising sea-levels, increased wave height and increased storm surge height must all be considered in the planning of the UK's future nuclear stations.
Sp...
Posted by Earth on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:21:00 PST |
NASA plans permanent outpost on moon by 2024 (CBC Canada) |
At one time the moon was a nice place to visit. Now NASA has decided it wants people to live there.
"We're going for a base on the moon," said Scott (Doc) Horowitz, NASA's associate administrator...
Posted by Earth on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 02:11:00 PST |
'Ten years to climate meltdown' (Guardian Unlimited) |
Press Association Monday September 4, 2006 4:48 PM
A climate change timebomb may be just 10 years away from detonating, according to the latest global warming evidence.
New data from a deep ice core...
Posted by Earth on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:07:00 PST |
Small Pluto, a planet or not? (Xinhuanet) |
The debate over whether small Pluto, which was found to be only one four-hundredths of the mass of the earth, is a planet has been continuing for decades. (File Photo)Photo Gallery >>> &nbs...
Posted by Earth on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:20:00 PST |
Kurdish militants: We started airport fire (Ireland Online) |
A hardline Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for a major fire at Istanbuls Ataturk International Airport today, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported on its website.Government officials refus...
Posted by Earth on Thu, 25 May 2006 12:38:00 PST |
Scientists uncertain if Navy sonar led to stranding of whales (Washington Post) |
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WASHINGTON - Federal ocean scientists said Wednesday they were unable to determine whether Navy sonar caused a mass stranding of whales on the North C...
Posted by Earth on Mon, 03 Apr 2006 01:16:00 PST |
Huge crater carved by space rock found in Egypt (Space.com) |
By Robert Roy Britt, Space.com
Scientists have discovered a huge crater in the Sahara desert, the largest one ever found there.
The Kebira Crater, located in the Western Desert of Egypt at the ...
Posted by Earth on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 07:51:00 PST |
