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Arctic summer ice may vanish in 30 years, study finds ahead of summit
Washington - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as...
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Cassini May Have Found the Source of Saturn’s G Ring in Tiny Moon
Cassini’s mission around the sixth planet from the Sun and its moons has so far...
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NASA: Kepler To Launch No Earlier Than March 6
For centuries, people have been fascinated with discovering new Earth-like planets somewhere in our...
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Social Networking Sites: Pleasure, Addiction and… Messed-Up Brain?
The popularity of social networking sites has reached sky-high over the last years, but so have...
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Green Comet Makes Its Way Through Our Solar System
It’s not very often that we are given the chance to witness the amazing display that Comet...
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NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory Ready For Takeoff
We are standing at a crossroad, where knowing when, why and how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere...
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Study: 235 Species In Arctic and Antarctic Waters Possibly Identical
The Arctic and Antarctic regions don’t seem to offer the friendliest conditions for life...
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Climate Change to Cause Severe Losses in California Native Bird Species
California is on the verge of losing one third of its native bird species, as the effects of global...
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AVO Warning: Redoubt Volcano On The Verge of Erupting
Scientists from the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) issued an advisory on the Redoubt Volcano...
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Astronomers Capture Giant Exoplanet Displaying Extreme Temperature Swing
The most recent observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have uncovered an...
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Antarctica Is Warming, Rather Than Cooling, Study Shows
A recent study made by scientists from the United States rejected the wide accepted thesis that...
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Report Details the Surfacing of Plumes of Methane on Mars
On Thursday, a team of researchers issued a report saying that the plumes of methane that...
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Trails of Methane Discovered on Mars
On Thursday, scientists offered the first evidence of the fact that there is methane gas...
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Methane On Mars: The Red Planet Is Still As Active As Can Be
Mars keeps the scientists on their toes, as there is always some new interesting aspect being...
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Milky Way on Collision Course With Andromeda Galaxy
Since Aristotle’s first theory on the Milky Way to present times, there’s still...
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We Actually Live in a Super Milky Way!
The fact that the Milky Way is much smaller than the Andromeda Galaxy, which is our nearest...
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Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster, Heading For Collision
We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
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Spirit and Opportunity: 5 Years Of Mars Exploration
NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity rovers entered their fifth year on Mars on January 03, marking...
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Diamonds Suggest That Comet Hit North America 13,000 Years Ago
A scientific report showed on Friday pointed out that a group of comets may have hit North...
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Dinosaurs Much Better Fathers than Mammals
New research says dinosaur males were not exactly the macho-ferocious cruel beasts we thought them...
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Studies Show That the Universe Is Expanding
Recent observation on the Universe made astronomers believe that the Universe is indeed expanding...
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Arctic Meltdown Likely To Occur Sooner Than Predicted
The signs of global warming reflect the most in the Arctic ice
sheet that has been declining at...
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Shedding Some Light on Dark Energy
Some while ago, when scientists began talking about the hypothetical “dark energy” filling the...
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Dark Energy Observations Suggest Einstein Was Right All Along!
Almost a decade ago, astronomers concluded that the
expansion of the Universe was taking place at...
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The Dark Energy Is In Charge With the Expansion of the Universe
During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
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Hubble Observations Find Prebiotic Elements on “Hot Jupiter”
Every new discovery in space adds another piece to the
puzzle scientists have been trying so hard...
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NASA’s Hubble Finds CO2 On HD 189733b
The Hubble Space Telescope made a remarkable discovery on a
Jupiter-sized planet from another...
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Astronomers Mirror Echoes From 400-Year-Old Supernova
Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have
managed to recreate the death of a star...
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Enceladus Geyser-Jets Pumped By Underground Hot Liquid Water
For almost three decades now, scientists have been intrigued
by Saturn’s six-largest moon,...
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Buried Ice Glaciers on Mars Shed Light on the Planet’s Ice Age Past
Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’
polar regions, according to the...
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Methane Discovered On The Red Planet
Mars keeps the scientists on their toes, as there is always some new interesting aspect being...
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Milky Way Heavier, Spinning Faster
We’re spinning faster than ever thought, and we’re more likely than ever to...
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Kathy Griffin’s Live Remarks “Inappropriate,” CNN Says
What happens during CNN’s New Year’s Eve telecast does not stay with the channel....
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"Clash of Civilizations" author Samuel Huntington dies at 81
Washington - Influential political scientist and former Harvard professor Samuel Phillips...
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Dark Energy And The Expansion Of The Universe
During a press conference today, NASA announced the fact that new measurements from the Chandra...
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They kill elephant in zoos, says “Science” article; zoo expert sputters in denial
Researchers compounded a study showing that elephants and zoos don’t go well together at all. Their...
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Hubble Finds Prebiotic Elements On “Hot Jupiter” Exoplanet
Every new discovery in space adds another piece to the
puzzle scientists have been trying so hard...
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Hubble Detects Carbon Dioxide On A Distant Exoplanet
The Hubble Space Telescope made a remarkable discovery on a
Jupiter-sized planet from another...
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Buried Ice Glaciers On Mars Shed Light On The Planet’s Ice Age Past
Huge water ice reservoirs are not exclusively present in Mars’
polar regions, according to the...
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Researchers Capture First Photo Of An Exoplanet Orbiting A Star
For many years now, astronomers have given their best to
learn more about planets orbiting other...
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Ark. Anchorwoman Dies of Injuries from Attack. Station Sets Reward Fund
While tributes swarmed the Web site of the Little Rock
television station whose morning news...
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NASA To Give Hubble Another Go After Extensive Repair Work
Over the past week, the NASA engineers have been working
extensively on putting Hubble back on...
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FCC's Decision On The Unregulated Spectrum Criticized
Two days ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued
a statement, saying that the...
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Cattle Have Magnetic Sense of Direction, Google Earth Proves
Hamburg, Germany (dpa) - Grazing cows tend to face the North and South Poles, according to German...
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World’s Smallest Snake Can Curl Up on a Quarter
Have you ever imagined a snake about 4 inches (10cm)? Guess not…Apparently, such a species was...
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Scientists Expose Mystery Behind Aurora Borealis Spectacle Of Light
The enigmatic aurora borealis has kept
scientists on a constant quest to understand the...
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Supernova - The Death Of A Star Brings Hope For The Future
Theoretically, scientists have
managed to explain the death of a star by mere assumptions and...
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Chandra Spots Youngest Supernova In The Milky Way
Approximately 140 years ago, in
the center of the Milky Way, a stellar explosion gave birth to...
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Red Giant Star Found to Have Massive Tail
A dying star situated 400 light years away from us exhibits an unusual and massive tail of heated...
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NASA Mars Rovers Threaten By Severe Dust Storms
NASA’s Mars rovers, Opportunity
and Spirit, ere affected by a series of Martian summer dust...
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