Items tagged with earth

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NASA satellite to crash to Earth in Days Monday, September 19th, 2011 - 13:47:07 - NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is expected to crash to Earth Sept. 23, plus or minus a day, as of the latest NASA update, Sept... read more

Scour Earth for traces of intelligent aliens Thursday, September 8th, 2011 - 21:45:17 - If smart aliens exist, they may have visited Earth millions of years ago – and left signs of their technological prowess that should be cheap and... read more

Jupiter-Bound Space Probe Nabs Earth, Moon Wednesday, August 31st, 2011 - 14:06:56 - Gloria Koss On its way to the biggest planet in the solar system -- Jupiter, NASA's Juno spacecraft took time to capture its home planet and its natural... read more

Oldest Fossils On Earth Discovered Monday, August 22nd, 2011 - 14:26:17 - Gloria Koss Earth's oldest fossils have been found in Australia by a team from the University of Western Australia and Oxford University. The microscopic fossils... read more

Gardening in Space with HydroTropi Thursday, January 20th, 2011 - 18:13:07 - Anuradha Menon Plants are fundamental to life on Earth, converting light and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen. Plant growth may be an important part of human... read more

Huge Asteroids Brought Gold to Infant Earth Saturday, December 11th, 2010 - 09:05:44 - Anuradha Menon Just as wise men are said to have brought gold to baby Jesus, huge asteroids may have brought gold and other precious metals to infant Earth, new... read more

Physicists Solve Cloud Formation Puzzle Thursday, December 9th, 2010 - 09:17:48 - Anuradha Menon One of the biggest challenges in atmospheric physics is to explain how clouds form. Physicists know the basics, of course: that at a certain... read more

NASA Characterizes Super-Earth Atmosphere Friday, December 3rd, 2010 - 09:14:20 - Anuradha Menon A team of astronomers, including two NASA Sagan Fellows, has made the first characterizations of a super-Earth's atmosphere, by using a ground-based... read more

Saturn Moon Has Oxygen Atmosphere Saturday, November 27th, 2010 - 12:14:09 - Anuradha Menon An oxygen atmosphere has been found on Saturn's second largest moon, Rhea, astronomers announced Thursday—but don't hold your breath for colonization... read more

'Alien' Planet Detected Circling Dying Star Friday, November 19th, 2010 - 12:58:35 - Anuradha Menon Astronomers claim to have discovered the first planet originating from outside our galaxy. The Jupiter-like planet, they say, is part of a solar... read more

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