Items tagged with Atmosphere

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Earth's Atmosphere and Space Get Closer Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - 18:16:46 - Ehud Rattner Observations made by NASA instruments onboard an Air Force satellite have shown that the boundary between the Earth's upper atmosphere and space has... read more

Carbon Dioxide Found on Extrasolar Planet Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 10:29:18 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important... read more

How to Destroy an Asteroid Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 16:46:50 - Anuradha Menon In the hit 1998 movie Armageddon, Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blew up an asteroid to save the world. While the film was science fiction, the chances... read more

Small Satellite Takes on Large Thunderstorms Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 14:07:09 - Anuradha Menon Firefly, it's called, this new small satellite mission sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF). It's designed to help solve the mystery of... read more

2008 Ozone Hole Larger than Last Year Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 - 12:36:05 - Anuradha Menon The 2008 ozone hole – a thinning in the ozone layer over Antarctica – is larger both in size and ozone loss than 2007 but is not as large as 2006... read more

Small Asteroid to Light Up Sky Over Africa Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 - 10:38:34 - Anuradha Menon An asteroid measuring several feet in diameter is expected to enter the atmosphere over northern Sudan before dawn Tuesday, setting off a potentially... read more

Bad Sign For Global Warming Sunday, September 7th, 2008 - 14:25:16 - Ehud Rattner Permafrost blanketing the northern hemisphere contains more than twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, making it a potentially mammoth... read more

Strange Molecule In The Sky Cleans Acid Rain Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 - 17:57:53 - Anuradha Menon Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that... read more

Global Warming May Not Affect Hurricanes Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 - 16:08:08 - Anuradha Menon In a study published in the July 2008 issue of Geophysical Research Letters, Drs. David S. Nolan and Eric D. Rappin from the University of Miami’s... read more

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