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Proposed Mars mission has new name

A proposed Discovery mission concept led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., to investigate the formation and evolution of terrestrial planets by studying the deep interior of Mars now has ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

More rain, less snow leads to faster Arctic ice melt

Rising air temperatures in the Arctic region have led to an increase in rainfall and a decrease in snowfall, making the sea ice more susceptible to melting, a new study has revealed.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Are the Alps growing or shrinking?

The Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result could be proven by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists. Due to glaciers and rivers about exactly the same amount of material ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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NASA pinning down 'here' better than ever

Before our Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation devices can tell us where we are, the satellites that make up the GPS need to know exactly where they are. For that, they rely on a network of sites that ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Some earthquakes expected along Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico, new study says

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Rio Grande Rift, a thinning and stretching of Earth’s surface that extends from Colorado’s central Rocky Mountains to Mexico, is not dead but geologically alive and active, according ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

First ever direct measurement of the Earth's rotation

A group with researchers of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, are the first to plot changes in the Earth's axis through laboratory measurements. To do this, they constructed the world's most stable ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Research confirms it's a small world, after all

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NASA-led research team has confirmed what Walt Disney told us all along: Earth really is a small world, after all.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Australian volcano eruptions overdue, new study confirms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Latest research into the age of volcanos in Western Victoria and South Australia has confirmed that the regions are overdue for an eruption, potentially affecting thousands of local residents.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Fewer rain storms across southern Australia

(PhysOrg.com) -- Decreasing autumn and winter rainfall over southern Australia has been attributed to a 50-year decrease in the average intensity of storms in the region – a trend which is forecast to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

How ocean arteries carry life across the Indian Ocean

Research at the University of Melbourne and the Bureau of Meteorology has overturned conventional ideas of ocean circulation.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Drive test: NIST Super-stable laser shines in minivan experiment

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a step toward taking the most advanced atomic clocks on the road, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated a super-stable laser ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Monitoring system warns of slippery slopes

Doren in the Austrian Bregenzerwald, February 2007: a slope 650 meters long breaks, resulting in a massive slide into the valley below. The nearest residential buildings are very close to the 70-meter-high ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Earth's gravity revealed in unprecedented detail (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- After just two years in orbit, ESA's GOCE satellite has gathered enough data to map Earth's gravity with unrivalled precision. Scientists now have access to the most accurate model of the ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 14 | with audio podcast


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