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Astronomers mystified by 'weird' star
AFP - Thu May 15, 2008
Astronomers are puzzled by the discovery of a pulsar with an unusual orbit never before seen in similar fast-spinning neutron stars that beam regular pulses of radio waves. More»

Phoenix Spacecraft on Track for Mars Landing
Space.com - Mon May 12, 2008
WASHINGTON - With just 12 days to go until its Mars arrival, NASAs Phoenix lander is functioning well and on course to be the first mission to land in the frigid, arctic regions of the red planet, NASA officials said today. More»

Overlooked in the global food crisis: A problem with dirt
Associated Press - Sat May 10, 2008
Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding -- now the problem is the dirt theyre planted in. More»

Chile volcano erupts, villages evacuated
Associated Press - Thu May 1, 2008
SANTIAGO, Chile - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from villages in southern Chile Friday after a snowcapped volcano considered dormant for thousands of years erupted. More»

Earth's Hum Sounds More Mysterious Than Ever
Live Science - Wed Apr 16, 2008
Earth gives off a relentless hum of countless notes completely imperceptible to the human ear, like a giant, exceptionally quiet symphony, but the origin of this sound remains a mystery. More»

Kilauea volcano explodes again
Associated Press - Thu Apr 10, 2008
HAWAII - Kilauea Volcano has exploded again. More»

Western Antarctic ice chunk collapses
Associated Press - Mon Mar 24, 2008
A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan suddenly collapsed, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk, scientists said Tuesday. More»

Greatest experiment ever in particle physics nears countdown
AFP - Sun Mar 23, 2008
GENEVA - In a vast circular underground tunnel below the French-Swiss border, the final pieces of a gigantic machine are being set in place for an extraordinary investigation into the infinitely small at CERN: Europes atom-smashing laboratory. More»

Saturn moon, Rhea, may have rings
Associated Press - Wed Mar 5, 2008
PASADENA, California - New observations by a spacecraft suggest Saturns second-largest moon may be surrounded by rings. More»

Earth's Clouds Alive With Bacteria
Live Science - Fri Feb 29, 2008
Clouds are alive with tiny bacteria that grab up water vapor in the atmosphere to make cloud droplets, especially at warmer temperatures, a new study shows. More»

The catastrophic flood that cooled the Earth
AFP - Sun Feb 24, 2008
Canadian geologists say they can shed light on how a vast lake, trapped under the ice sheet that once smothered much of North America, drained into the sea, an event that cooled Earths climate for hundreds of years. More»

Navy Tests Incredible Sci-Fi Weapon
Live Science - Sun Feb 3, 2008
The US Navy yesterday test fired an incredibly powerful new big gun designed to replace conventional weaponry aboard ships. More»

Disabled spy satellite threatens Earth
Associated Press - Sat Jan 26, 2008
A large US spy satellite has lost power and could hit the Earth in late February or early March, government officials said Saturday. More»

Alien Impact Poisons Canadian Town
Discovery News - Sat Jan 26, 2008
Well water of the tiny Canadian town of Gypsumville, Manitoba (population 65) has been poisoned by an extraterrestrial. More»

Female Figure on Mars "Just a Rock"
Space.com - Fri Jan 25, 2008
The idea that there may be life on Mars has been around for centuries, but the theory got a dubious boost from recently released photos of the surface of Mars (taken by the NASA robot Spirit) apparently showing a human-like figure. More»

Asteroid will swing by, but won't stop
Associated Press - Wed Jan 23, 2008
An asteroid at least 500 feet long will make a rare close pass by Earth next week, but there is no chance of an impact, scientists reported Thursday. More»

Mount St. Helens rumbles once again
Associated Press - Sat Jan 19, 2008
VANCOUVER, Washington - Steam seeping from a fracture atop the lava dome in Mount St Helens crater and the mountains first noteworthy seismic activity since 2004 have caught scientists attention this week as signs that something is moving inside it. More»

Northern Lights flow on celestial magnetic ropes
AFP - Mon Dec 10, 2007
NASA satellites have uncovered giant magnetic ropes linking the Earths atmosphere to the Sun which channel solar energy to create spectacular Northern Lights shows, a study said Tuesday. More»

Volcano spews steam and ash in Mexico
AFP - Sat Dec 1, 2007
PUEBLA, Mexico - Mexicos Popocatepetl volcano spewed ash and steam on Saturday in a giant plume stretching some 3,000 meters (two miles) high, authorities said. More»

Venus has frequent bursts of lightning
Associated Press - Wed Nov 28, 2007
Nearby Venus is looking a bit more Earth-like with frequent bursts of lightning confirmed by a new European space probe. More»

Powerful earthquake hits Caribbean
Associated Press - Wed Nov 28, 2007
ROSEAU, Dominica - A powerful earthquake rocked the eastern Caribbean Thursday, sending office workers and shoppers on several islands fleeing into the streets. More»

What's in Your Genes? Ancient Parasites
Live Science - Sat Nov 17, 2007
You may not know it, but youre part virus. More»

UN panel gives dire warming forecast
Associated Press - Fri Nov 16, 2007
VALENCIA, Spain - The Earth is hurtling toward a warmer climate at a quickening pace, a Nobel-winning UN scientific panel said in a landmark report released Saturday, warning of inevitable human suffering and the threat of extinction for some species. More»

New technique creates cheap, abundant hydrogen
AFP - Mon Nov 12, 2007
CHICAGO - US researchers have developed a method of producing hydrogen gas from biodegradable organic material, potentially providing an abundant source of this clean-burning fuel, according to a study released Monday. More»

Indonesian volcano roaring to life
Associated Press - Fri Nov 9, 2007
ANAK KRAKATAU, Indonesia - Sending a boom across the bay, the offspring of the fabled Krakatau volcano unleashes another mighty eruption, blasting smoke and red-hot rocks hundreds of feet into the sky. More»

Ground said rising at Yellowstone Park
Associated Press - Wed Nov 7, 2007
Yellowstone National Park, once the site of a giant volcano, has begun swelling up, possibly because molten rock is accumulating beneath the surface, scientists report. More»

Are we missing a dimension of time?
Telegraph UK - Tue Oct 9, 2007
A scientist has put forward the bizarre suggestion that there are two dimensions of time, not the one that we are all familiar with, and even proposed a way to test his heretical idea next year. More»

Group renames asteroid for George Takei
Associated Press - Mon Oct 1, 2007
A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt. More»

Parallel universe proof boosts time travel hopes
Telegraph UK - Thu Sep 20, 2007
Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists that sweeps away one of the key objections to the mind boggling and controversial idea. More»

Experts confirm meteorite crash in Peru
Associated Press - Tue Sep 18, 2007
LIMA, Peru - A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. More»

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