News tagged with sun devil
Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil
(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.
Oct 30, 2009 |
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12-mile-high Martian dust devil caught in act
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Martian dust devil roughly 12 miles high (20 kilometers) was captured whirling its way along the Amazonis Planitia region of Northern Mars on March 14. It was imaged by the High Resolution ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Villain in disguise: Jupiter's role in impacts on Earth
Jupiter is often credited for shielding Earth from catastrophic asteroid and comet impacts. But new simulations of the influence of gas giant planets in solar systems casts doubt on Jupiter's reputation as ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 13, 2012 |
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Mars orbiter catches twister in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- An afternoon whirlwind on Mars lofts a twisting column of dust more than half a mile (800 meters) high in an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Chemists reveal how algae delete unwanted 'competitors'
Every morning when the sun comes up, the ocean ground is radically cleaned. As soon as the first rays of sunlight find their way into the water, the microalgae "Nitzschia cf pellucida" start their deadly 'morning ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Listening to the stars
It is almost night on the island of Puerto Rico. Astronomer Joanna Rankin raises her head toward the sky. A few of the brightest stars shine through blue cracks in a ragged dome of gray clouds. To her back, ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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NASA hangs up on silent Mars rover Spirit (Update)
Shortly after midnight, NASA sent one last plea to the rover Spirit, mired in a sand trap on the surface of Mars.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 24, 2011 |
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ASU Mars camera keeps a watchful eye for dust
(PhysOrg.com) -- Summertime is coming to the south of Mars, and days are growing longer and warmer. This is not good news, however — and the reason why can be given in a single word: dust.
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Feb 02, 2011 |
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Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
(AP) -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest ...
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Nov 28, 2009 |
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Space Hand-Me-Downs
Molecules vital to life have been detected in outer space and isolated in meteorites and comets. Some of this material that rained down on Earth may have jump-started biology. If so, these space seeds also ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Sports go mad for online pastime Twitter
Yes, mark Washington Huskies basketball star Jon Brockman as one of the 69 "tweeters" keeping me from writing.
May 01, 2009 |
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