EEV: Initial footage just coming in: A fireball disintegrates into a number of pieces with a dazzling flash. The glaring white tail remains for two hours and is captured on film by a number of residents. Tissint meteorite MOSCOW, January… Read More ›
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Nearly half the systems crucial to stability of planet compromised
PUBLIC RELEASE: 15-JAN-2015 New data and assessments suggest that resilience of the planet is now at risk Almost half of the processes that are crucial to maintaining the stability of the planet have become dangerously compromised by human activity. That… Read More ›
DNA may survive suborbital spaceflight, re-entry at temperatures over 1000°C
Plasmid DNA attached to rocket exterior may survive spaceflight Plasmid DNA attached to the outer surface of a sounding rocket may be able to withstand rocket launch, a period of residence in suborbital space, re-entry, and landing conditions into… Read More ›
Earth’s water is older than the sun
Water Through Time Caption: This is an illustration of water in our Solar System through time from before the Sun’s birth through the creation of the planets. = Washington, D.C.—Water was crucial to the rise of life on Earth and… Read More ›
Record levels of solar ultraviolet measured in South America ( UV index of 43 )
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-Jul-2014 A team of researchers in the U.S. and Germany has measured the highest level of ultraviolet radiation ever recorded on the Earth’s surface. The extraordinary UV fluxes, observed in the Bolivian Andes only 1,500 miles from… Read More ›
Evidence of ancient WORLD SMASHER planet Theia – FOUND ON MOON
Traces of mysterious planet Theia have been found on the surface of Earth’s Moon. Boffins have analysed samples of rock brought back by Apollo astronauts, and claimed they contain bits of another world. The discovery appears to back up the… Read More ›
World on the brink of ‘sixth great extinction’ as plants, animals dying out faster than ever
Many animal species are finding places to live scarcer with the encroachment by altered by humans PUBLISHED : Friday, 30 May, 2014, 5:50pm Associated Press in Washington World on the brink of ‘sixth great extinction’ as plants, animals dying out… Read More ›
VIIRS Downloads / NOAA/NASA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership spacecraft
VIIRS View Spinning Marble App Raytheon’s VIIRS View app provides a glimpse into the type of data meteorologists and climatologists use every day to track the weather and monitor the Earth’s environment. VIIRS View illustrates three types of data… Read More ›
Climate Engineering: minor potential, major side effects
GEOMAR researchers show limitations and side effects of large-scale climate intervention 25 February 2014/Kiel. With global greenhouse gas emissions continuing to increase proposals to limit the effects of climate change through the large-scale manipulation of the Earth system are… Read More ›
‘Potentially hazardous’ asteroid 2000 EM26 to fly close to Earth – Tuesday (2am GMT Feb 18)
EEV: ? Confirmed – Vanished then Just Re-appeared very recently – Posted now as an example of fast these can appear, after tracking has been lost over time. Space rock to pass by Earth 2.1m miles away, but astronomers say… Read More ›
Russian reconnaissance satellite to hit Earth Sunday
By Jeremy Kaplan Published February 15, 2014 FoxNews.com Portions of Russia’s defunct Kosmos-1220 satellite will come crashing back to the planet on Sunday following a fiery, uncontrolled descent through the Earth’s atmosphere, Russian officials said. Fragments of the former reconnaissance… Read More ›
Study: Earth was warmer in Roman, Medieval Times
Sunday, 15 December 2013 If you think the Earth is hot now, try wearing plate armor in the Middle Ages. A Swedish study found that the planet was warmer in ancient Roman times and the Middle Ages than today,… Read More ›
Next DEVASTATING Chelyabinsk METEOR STRIKE ‘7x as likely’ as thought / NASA’s checked its space rock maths and it’s not good news
By Iain Thomson 6th November 2013 23:03 GMT NASA has revealed new research on the Chelyabinsk meteorite that exploded over Russia in February, and the findings aren’t good: not only does it look like the astronomic models about the… Read More ›
One-tonne satellite will fall back to Earth in an unknown location
1 / 1 GOCE in orbit. ESA /AOES Medialab The spacecraft has been mapping the Earth’s gravity but ran out of fuel a month ago and has been losing altitude ever since Thursday 07 November 2013 A one-tonne satellite… Read More ›
Geoengineering the climate could reduce vital rains
October 31, 2013 BOULDER—Although a significant build-up in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere would alter worldwide precipitation patterns, a widely discussed technological approach to reduce future global warming would also interfere with rainfall and snowfall, new research shows. … Read More ›
NASA call for calm on asteroid that could destroy Earth in 2032
AN ASTEROID with power 50 times greater than the world’s most powerful nuclear bomb could be heading for Earth in 2032, astronomers say. By Tom Rawle/Published 18th October 2013 DANGER: The asteroid is expected to come close to hitting Earth… Read More ›
400-Meter-Wide Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032
400-Meter-Wide Asteroid Could Hit Earth in 2032 © Fotolia/ Paul Fleet 15:27 17/10/2013 MOSCOW, October 17 (RIA Novosti) – Ukrainian astronomers have discovered a large asteroid that could hit Earth in 2032, though the impact risk is minimal, according to… Read More ›
David Attenborough wrong to worry about global population increase, says Professor Robert Winston
Sir David Attenborough is wrong to be concerned about a rise in the global population, Professor Robert Winston has said Professor Robert Winston: Sir David Attenborough is wrong to be concerned about a rise in the global population Photo: Andrew Crowley… Read More ›
How to sniff aliens’ gas in exoplanet atmospheres
09 October 2013 by Lisa Grossman Magazine issue 2938. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Astrobiology Topic Guide ALIEN worlds have been pouring out of the sky in recent years. Exoplanet searches like those led by the… Read More ›
Cost-effective laser-based asteroid defense system pitched to NASA
By David Szondy October 2, 2013 Artist’s impression of a massive asteroid impact (Image: NASA/Don Davis) Last year, the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow put forward the idea of using fleets of laser-toting satellites to deflect potentially dangerous objects away… Read More ›
Life DID begin on Mars – then we all travelled to Earth on a meteorite: Element crucial to the origin of life ‘would only have been available on the red planet’
Thursday, Aug 29 2013 Molybdenum mineral is thought to have been crucial to the origin of life Material may have been available on the surface of Mars and not on Earth This could suggest that life came to Earth on… Read More ›
A storm is coming: Sun’s poles are set to FLIP within four months and it could lead to bad weather and radio disruption
The sun’s magnetic field reverses its polarity once every 11 years or so Flip represents a peak in solar activity where bursts of energy are released These bursts can lead to space storms and changes to Earth’s climate Radio and … Read More ›
Never-before-seen GIANT virus found that’s so unusual it may have come from Mars
The Pandoravirus is one micrometre big – ten times the size of other viruses It is found underwater but is not considered a threat to humans The virus has been spotted off the coast of Chile and in an Australian … Read More ›
One giant leap for reptiles: Have alien-hunters found a lizard on Mars?
Samuel Muston Wednesday, 29 May 2013 While studying pictures of Mars sent back to Earth by the Curiosity rover, a Japanese alien-enthusiast spotted something between the endless plain of rocks spread out on the screen in front of him…. Read More ›
Applicants wanted for 1 way trip to Mars
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Want to go to Mars? Dutch organisation Mars One says it will open applications imminently. It would be a one-way trip, and the company hopes to build a community of settlers on the… Read More ›
Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun
09 April 2013 by Stephen Battersby Magazine issue 2911. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Astrobiology Topic Guide With scans for alien radio signals drawing a blank, three teams are now searching for signs of extraterrestrial engineering… Read More ›
Mars could be hit by comet next year – ” solar system may be left without Mars / collision is very likely “
– Mar 4, 2013 21:37 Moscow Time Margarita Bogatova, Alexei Lyakhov © Photo: SXC.hu The solar system may be left without Mars as experts predict that comet C/2013 A1 measured at about 50 km in diameter will hit the planet… Read More ›
‘Close’ encounters of the asteroid kind: 130,000 ton asteroid to make closest ever fly-by of Earth: “within 32,000km of earth”
2012 DA14 asteroid pass within 32,000km of earth, inside the orbit of communication satellites Rob Williams Monday, 4 February 2013 A chunk of space rock 50 metres wide, weighing 130,000 tonnes and travelling at 17,400mph is set to make its… Read More ›
Study finds significant microorganism populations in middle and upper troposphere
Contact: John Toon jtoon@gatech.edu 404-894-6986 Georgia Institute of Technology Bugs in the Atmosphere In what is believed to be the first study of its kind, researchers used genomic techniques to document the presence of significant numbers of living microorganisms –… Read More ›
Humans are plague on Earth – Attenborough
Humans are a plague on the Earth that need to be controlled by limiting population growth, according to Sir David Attenborough. Sir Attenborough said commentary from presenters like himself are becoming less necessary as camera work is able to tell… Read More ›
3-mile-wide asteroid to buzz planet Earth tonight
By Space.com Published December 11, 2012 A giant asteroid will make a flyby of Earth over the next few days, and armchair astronomers can watch the action live on their computers. The near-Earth asteroid 4179 Toutatis, which is… Read More ›
Search for Life Suggests Solar Systems More Habitable than Ours
12/3/12 Poster P11B-1816, “The Distribution of Radiogenic Elements in Stars with and without Planetary Systems: Implications for Dynamics and Habitability,” will be presented from 8:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m PT on Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 in Moscone South Hall A-C…. Read More ›
Is the end of the world really nigh? Authorities reassure Russians over Mayan Armageddon prophecy amid reports of ‘unusual behaviour’
Some parts of Russia, which is often said to have a penchant for mystical thinking, appear to have been spooked by the Mayan predictions Rob Williams Monday, 3 December 2012 As the 21st of December nears, Russian authorities are attempting… Read More ›
Rogue planet discovered: is the Mayan apocalypse coming?
Scientists observe orphan planet like Nibiru, but it’s unlikely to destroy Earth next month LAST UPDATED AT 16:05 ON Wed 14 Nov 2012 Rogue planet discovered: is the Mayan apocalypse coming? NASA scientists could be forced to confront… Read More ›
Apocalypse and salvation strategy
Boris Pavlishev Nov 9, 2012 16:18 Moscow Time http://www.nasa.gov Life forms on Earth may fully disappear in 2,8 billion years, according to a survey conducted by British scientists earlier this year. The survey said that temperature increase depends both on… Read More ›
Russian beacon to track menacing asteroid Apophis
Monday, 08 October 2012 Russia’s space agency wants to send a mission to Apophis, the notorious asteroid which may change its course and eventually collide with Earth. It will plant a radio beacon, which will help track… Read More ›
Lost in migration: Earth’s magnetic field overdue a flip
By Chris WickhamPosted 2012/10/03 at 11:41 am EDT LONDON, Oct. 3, 2012 (Reuters) — The discovery by NASA rover Curiosity of evidence that water once flowed on Mars – the most Earth-like planet in the solar system – should intensify… Read More ›
Private Manned Mars Mission Gets First Sponsors
A Dutch company that aims to land humans on Mars in 2023 as the vanguard of a permanent Red Planet colony has received its first funding from sponsors, officials announced this week. Mars One plans to fund most of its… Read More ›
One third less life on planet Earth
Contact: F.Ossing ossing@gfz-potsdam.de 49-331-288-1040 Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres New estimate of living biomass Previous estimates about the total mass of all life on our planet have to be reduced by about one third. This is the result of… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 