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When stellar metallicity sparks planet formation

New research predicts the criteria needed for Earth-like planets to form around a star that have one-tenth the metallicity of our Sun. If researchers find small, rocky planets orbiting stars with lower metallicity, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Total to airlift team to stricken North Sea rig this week

Energy giant Total said it will send a team of experts by helicopter to a stricken North Sea gas platform on Wednesday or Thursday to assess how to stop a potentially explosive gas leak.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Total plans relief wells to stop North Sea gas leak

Total is preparing to sink two relief wells to stop a gas leak at a North Sea platform in parallel with a plugging operation, a senior company executive said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Volcanic destruction? Not always

For many, the story of Pompeii defines what happens when a volcano erupts: It destroys everything in its path and kills everyone who cannot escape.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New NASA missions to investigate how Mars turned hostile

(PhysOrg.com) -- Maybe because it appears as a speck of blood in the sky, the planet Mars was named after the Roman god of war. From the point of view of life as we know it, that's appropriate. The Martian ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

German researchers discover exotic 'dark clusters' in their calculations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Theoretical physicists at the University of Bonn propose a new class of celestial bodies: “Dark Star Clusters”, consisting of many black holes and some stars orbiting around each other. So far, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Research shows how life might have survived 'snowball Earth'

Global glaciation likely put a chill on life on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago, but new research indicates that simple life in the form of photosynthetic algae could have survived in a narrow body ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Molecular cloud Cepheus B is a hot spot for star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image, created using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the molecular cloud Cepheus B, located in our galaxy about 2,400 light years ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Venus weather not boring after all, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first glance, a weather forecaster for Venus would have either a really easy or a really boring job, depending on your point of view. The climate on Venus is widely known to be unpleasant ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Lessons learned from the two worst oils spills in U.S. history

One year after the notorious BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and two decades after the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska the scientific lesson is clear ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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