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Weber State students sending research into space

Source: ABC4.com (KTVX)

OGDEN, Utah (ABC 4 Utah) - Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go into space? ABC 4 Utah is going to show you. We’re partnering with Weber State University in a two part series to give you a first hand look at ...
Full article at: ABC4.com (KTVX)  More like this  1 day ago, 11:32pm CDT

It's now or never for reducing our carbon dioxide level

Source: Albany Times-Union

The following is from an editorial in The Miami Herald: Milestones are usually to be cheered, but not the one the world reached at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 9. For the first time in millions of years, the level of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere ...
Full article at: Albany Times-Union  More like this  1 day ago, 7:29pm CDT

Earth's greenhouse gas approaches milestone level

Source: Miami Herald

LOS ANGELES -- The ratio of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is flirting with 400 parts per million, a level last seen about 2.5 million to 5 million years ago, according to the Scripps Institution of ...
Full article at: Miami Herald  More like this  May 1 2013, 2:24pm CDT

NASA Probe Spies Giant Hurricane on Saturn

Source: National Geographic Museum

A monster-sized hurricane raging around Saturn's north pole has come into focus, thanks to NASA's Cassini spacecraft, and researchers hope it will help shape our understanding of similar storms on Earth. "Morpholo ...
Full article at: National Geographic Museum  More like this  May 1 2013, 12:57pm CDT

Asking for Grocery Delivery Service can Save Environment

Source: Medindia Health News

Requesting home delivery service for your grocery items can benefit the environment as it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as half compared to making individual trips to the store. Trucks filled t ...
Full article at: Medindia Health News  More like this  May 1 2013, 11:59am CDT

Success Continues as NASA's Orion Parachute Tests Get More Difficult

Source: NASA

RELEASE : 13-129 WASHINGTON -- A test version of NASA's Orion spacecraft safely landed during a simulation of two types of parachute failures Wednesday. In the test, conducted in Yuma, Ariz., the mock capsu ...
Full article at: NASA  More like this  May 1 2013, 11:48am CDT

Artificial guide star allows better view of globular cluster

Source: New Kerala

By observing the globular cluster NGC 6496 using SAM, built by CTIO/NOAO-S, they have demonstrated the significant difference that sharp stellar images can make in our understanding of the properties of stars. The instrument is mounted on the SO ...
Full article at: New Kerala  More like this  May 1 2013, 9:29am CDT

NASA's LADEE can help us understand other worlds

Source: Tom's Hardware Guide

Earth’s atmosphere is critically important to all of us. In addition to providing us with air to breathe, it protects us from temperature extremes, harmful space radiation, and vast numbers of incoming meteoroids. The atmosphere is a very comple ...
Full article at: Tom's Hardware Guide  More like this  Apr 30 2013, 1:35pm CDT

The Ten Weirdest Facts About Space Travel

Source: Jalopnik

Thinking about space sex? Good luck! Washing your hands? Well, that won't be easy out there either. Space is a wonderfully scary place where everyday materials and the human body go through weird changes. The ins ...
Full article at: Jalopnik  More like this  Apr 30 2013, 10:37am CDT

Debunking comet ISON conspiracy theories (no, ISON is not Nibiru)

Source: PhysOrg.com

ISON as recently imaged from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/J. ...
Full article at: PhysOrg.com  More like this  Apr 30 2013, 7:56am CDT



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