Twin spacecraft have captured the clearest sounds yet from Earth's radiation belts—and they mimic the chirping of birds.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org)—Scientists working with NASA's 230-foot-wide (70-meter) Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., have generated a series of radar data images of a three-mile-long (4.8-kilometer) asteroid ...

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Dec 17, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 6

Ever since the Huygens probe landed on Titan back in January 2005, sending us our first tantalizing and oh-so-brief glimpses of the moon's murky, pebbly surface, researchers have been dreaming up ways to explore further… ...

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Jan 07, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 3

(Phys.org)—Named after an ancient Egyptian mythological demon, Apophis, a near-Earth asteroid with an estimated diameter of almost three football fields (270m), will make its close approach to Earth this week. Slooh Space ...

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Jan 08, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Details of around 2,000 major volcanic eruptions which occurred over the last 1.8 million years have been made available in a new open access database, complied by scientists at the University of Bristol ...

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Jan 18, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

Magma forms far deeper than geologists previously thought, according to new research results.

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Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

By analyzing Mercury's rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet's history over billions of years. Now, drawing upon the chemical composition of rock features on the planet's ...

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Feb 21, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Eighty-three thousand man-made chemicals now circulate freely around the Earth, in water, soil, air, wildlife, food and manufactured goods and people, posing unquantified but genuine hazards to human and environmental ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Feb 26, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 1

The colorful images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world: Pulses of freshwater gush from the Amazon River's mouth; an invisible seam divides the salty Arabian Sea from the fresher waters of ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Feb 27, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station. After overcoming a problem with its thrusters after reaching orbit on on Friday, today, Dragon successfully approached the Station, w ...

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Mar 04, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

In a new twist on the state's mining history, a group of Idaho scientists will soon be crushing consumer electronics rather than rocks in a quest to recover precious materials. DOE's Ames Laboratory will ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 05, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

Curiosity hunkered down Wednesday after the sun unleashed a blast that raced toward Mars.

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Mar 06, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

On March 2, 2013, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) entered its semiannual eclipse season, a period of three weeks when Earth blocks its view of the sun for a period of time each day. On March 11, however, ...

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Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org) —Using information gathered from samples of deep sea sediments, researchers from the University of Bristol report new findings regarding the dynamics of the eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

The Earth is dynamic. What we perceive as solid ground beneath our feet, is in reality constantly changing. In the space of a year Africa and America are drifting apart at the back of the Middle Atlantic ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 31, 2013 3.8 / 5 (4) 1 |