Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Volcano Photo Reveals Shock Wave
An amazing new picture from space reveals a volcanic eruption in its earliest stage, with a huge plume of ash and steam billowing skyward and creating a shock wave in the atmosphere.
The new photo was taken June 12 from the International Space Station. NASA says volcano researchers are excited about the picture "because it captures several phenomena that occur during the earliest stages of an explosive volcanic eruption."
Monday, June 22, 2009
NASA Scientists Bring Light to Moon's Permanently Dark Craters
A new lunar topography map with the highest resolution of the moon's rugged south polar region provides new information on some of our natural satellite's darkest inhabitants – permanently shadowed craters. The map was created by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., who collected the data using the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar located in California's Mojave Desert.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
NASA Launches Moon Probes to Look for Water
NASA has successfully blasted two probes into space on a landmark lunar exploration mission to scout water sources and landing sites in anticipation of sending mankind back to the moon in 2020.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Native grasses could destroy explosives pollution
The notion started with mounting evidence that native grasses could render harmless a common weed killer.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Swine Flu Origins Revealed
The flu virus(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
A new analysis of the current swine-origin H1N1 influenza A virus suggests that transmission to humans occurred several months before recognition of the existing outbreak.The work, published online in Nature June 10, highlights the need for systematic surveillance of influenza in swine, and provides evidence that new genetic elements in swine can result in the emergence of viruses with pandemic potential in humans.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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