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Science News
September 20, 2003 |
More Mars -- Better than Ever On Aug. 27, Mars and Earth were closer to each other than at any other time in the last 50,000 years. Even as Earth and Mars slowly draw apart, the Red Planet remains a dazzling sight in the night sky. There's still time to take in the view.   |
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Earth-Like Planet Found Astronomers have finally found a place outside our solar system where there's a firm place to stand -- if only it weren't so broiling hot. |
Scientific American
September 2008
David Appell |
The Sun Will Eventually Engulf Earth--Maybe Researchers debate whether Earth will be swallowed by the sun as it expands into a red giant billions of years from now |
Popular Mechanics
October 28, 2009
Karen Rowan |
9 Wildest Exoplanets Ever Spotted A team of European planet hunters has uncovered a bonanza of 32 new exoplanets, planets outside our solar system. |
Chemistry World
March 13, 2008
Kira Welter |
Planets' Birthplace Harbours Chemical Seeds of Life Astrochemists have for the first time directly observed both organic molecules and water vapour in the region around a young star where planets form. |
Geotimes
March 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Starry Lens A newly discovered planet may be the most Earth-like planet found to date outside our solar system. The discovery confirms the value of a relatively new detection method known as gravitational lensing. |
Science News
August 12, 2000 |
TimeLine: August 9, 1930 A Fish With Hands... Little Eros on Way to Visit Earth... Birthplace of the Moon... |
Chemistry World
November 18, 2014
Katrina Kramer |
Molecules: the elements and the architecture of everything Molecules is a serious attempt to explain the world of chemical compounds to the reader without assuming previous science knowledge. |
Chemistry World
April 14, 2015
Anthony King |
Chemicals formed on meteorites may have started life on Earth The molecules that kick-started life on primordial Earth could have been made in space and delivered by meteorites, according to researchers in Italy. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
X-ray Eyes in the Sky Scientists are working on the next generation of low-orbiting satellites that they hope will see far past the Earth's surface and into its interior, to better understand the structure and composition of Earth's crust, mantle and core. |
Science News
February 17, 2001 |
TimeLine: February 14, 1931 From The February 14, 1931 Issue: Small Changes of Sun's Heat Control Weather on Earth... Synthetic Petroleum Teaches About Oil Formation in Earth... Eros, Unlike Large Planets, Has Elliptical Outline... |
Chemistry World
November 29, 2012
Jon Evans |
Messenger spots Mercury performing organic chemistry Nasa's Messenger spacecraft has uncovered evidence that not only does water ice exist on the surface of the planet Mercury, but in many places this ice appears to be covered in a 10cm-thick layer of soot-like organic material. |
Geotimes
July 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Mercury's Gooey Center Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has a large core, which scientists now know is partially molten and therefore could create a magnetic field around the planet. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Carl Zimmer |
Life on Mars? It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars? |
IEEE Spectrum
August 2006
Stephen Cass |
Summer Reading Hollow Earth: The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth's Surface by David Standish... Kids to Space: A Space Traveler's Guide by Lonnie Jones Schorer... etc. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Chemistry calculations reveal Earth's inner core Theoretical calculations have confirmed that the Earth's core contains a significant proportion of oxygen. |
Chemistry World
March 29, 2012
Simon Hadlington |
Seeds of life incubated in proto-planetary nurseries New findings imply that the organic chemistry required to produce the necessary molecules for life is part of the normal processes of planet formation. |
Smithsonian
July 2007
Eric Jaffe |
Life Beyond Earth An ocean on Mars. An Earth-like planet light years away. The evidence is mounting, but are astronomers ready to say we're not alone? |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2014
Simon Poulton |
The Earth as a cradle for life This enjoyable book by Stacey and Hodgkinson takes a long-term view of Earth's development as a habitable planet, incorporating physical, chemical and biological processes on the early Earth, to the modern world. |
Chemistry World
July 8, 2014
Ian Crawford |
Lucky planet Lucky Planet is a well-written, engaging, and thought-provoking addition to discussions of extraterrestrial life. |
Science News
January 17, 2004
Ivars Peterson |
Extreme Tides If Earth had been somewhat larger, it's possible that it would not have survived tides induced by its moon or even by an encounter with a passing asteroid. That's one scenario suggested by a recent investigation of a venerable equation that serves as a model for planetary tidal effects. |
Geotimes
November 2004
Jay Chapman |
Impacting the Origin of Life Impact events and meteorite strikes are often associated with mass extinctions and widespread devastation. But, despite this destructive reputation, impact events may have played a role in the evolution of life, according to several new studies. |
Wired
December 2004
Patrick Di Justo |
Mysteries of the Cosmos The top 13 places to explore in outer space. |
Popular Mechanics
March 2007
Jennifer Bogo |
NASA Mission Statement Q&A: Eyes on Earth Interview with a professor involved in a study to find out how Earth scientists view NASA's shifting priorities and how it may affect the study of the planet. |
Science News
March 22, 1930 |
TimeLine: Mar. 22, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: The Sun'S New Trans-Neptunian Planet... Black As Coal, Dense As Zinc... Naming The Planet |
Geotimes
May 2003
Lisa M. Pinsker |
Molten martian core The more researchers study Mars, the more similarities they seem to find between the Red Planet and Earth. The latest parallels come from the planet's enigmatic interior. |
Science News
March 27, 2004 |
Earth Image Presented by the Universities Space Research Association, this Web site features a new photo, graphic, or illustration every day. Each one deals with an aspect of earth science. |
Geotimes
June 2005
Sara Pratt |
Revising the Asteroid Threat Scale Although scientists still assign Torino Impact Hazard Scale values via the same method, the language used to describe some levels has now changed to better inform the public -- and the media -- of the risk without unintentionally scaring people. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Rich Smith |
Quick Take: Mission to Mars? Aim Higher It's time to kick the space race into higher gear. European Southern Observatory's telescope in La Silla, Chile, has identified a planet circling the red dwarf star Gliese 581 as capable of supporting life. |
Geotimes
January 2007
Sally Adee |
Meteorite Pre-Dates Solar System When the Tagish Lake meteorite crashed to Earth in 2000, researchers suspected that it would provide one more clue to the origin of life, but instruments were not yet sophisticated enough to confirm a connection. That connection could soon turn up. |
Popular Mechanics
December 3, 2008
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Why I Hope There's No Life on Mars If Mars is lifeless, that will make exploring -- and later settling -- the planet much easier. |
Science News
October 5, 2002 |
TimeLine: October 1, 1932 Warning spots or targets?... Cosmic rays bombard earth with 40,000 million volts... New nebular theory explaining origin of planets proposed... |
Popular Mechanics
October 9, 2008
Thomas D. Jones |
Why the World Needs Asteroid Insurance: Resident Astronaut Meteors, or bolides, strike Earth routinely, part of the hundred tons or so of cosmic debris that rain down on us every day. We orbit the Sun in a cosmic shooting gallery |
Smithsonian
December 2006
Cate Lineberry |
Diamonds Unearthed In the first installment of a multi-part series, Smithsonian diamond expert Jeffrey Post, curator of the National Gem and Mineral Collection, explains how the rare crystals form. |
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel |
Satellite System Rides the Solar Wind A new system for observing space weather is bringing scientists closer to making accurate forecasts for conditions beyond Earth's atmosphere. |
Chemistry World
May 22, 2008
Richard Van Noorden |
Xenon doubled up with water Creating a water molecule with two noble gas atoms interpolated into its structure sounds an improbable feat, but a international team of researchers now claim to have trapped just such an exotic compound in xenon. |
Science News
January 5, 2008 |
Science Safari: Focus on Our Planet The United Nations website to show communities how they can promote sustainable use of Earth's resources. |
Chemistry World
April 28, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Frosty asteroid surprises astronomers Water and organic molecules on Earth could have been brought here by impacting asteroids and comets, say two groups of US astronomers. |
Scientific American
November 7, 2005
Mark Alpert |
Red Star Rising Small, cool stars may be hot spots for life |
Geotimes
June 2004
Sara Pratt |
Why the Wobble? A new study says that the shifting of masses of water and ice around the globe's surface primarily drives the seasonal wobbleon its axis. The finding could lead to new ways to monitor global change. |
Chemistry World
February 8, 2006
Jon Evans |
To Boldly go Where no Chemist Has Gone Before Studying the interactions between different molecular fragments is taking researchers to the uncharted regions of chemical space. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2014
Tim Wogan |
Earth ripe for life soon after formation There has been water on Earth since shortly after it formed, say researchers from the US, who compared the deuterium to hydrogen ratios in water on Earth and from the Vesta asteroid belt. |
D-Lib
April 2006
Foster & Ruzek |
D-Lib Featured Collection April 2006: Earth Science Picture of the Day The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) web site is designed to serve as a repository of imagery, captions and web links highlighting the diverse processes and phenomena that shape our planet and our lives. |
Chemistry World
December 17, 2007
Simon Hadlington |
Blow to Hopes for Life on Mars Organic molecules found on rocks from Mars may not be the remnants of ancient Martian microbes after all. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Joe Pappalardo |
30-Ton Metal Sphere Spins for Magnetic Fields (With Video!) Building a test planet takes serious engineering. Researchers at the University of Maryland have constructed a 30-ton sphere that spins at more than 90 mph to generate magnetic fields. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Planet Earth After five years and more than $25 million, BBC's award-winning Natural History Unit presented the landmark documentary series Planet Earth. Here are five things you may not know about the making of the program. |
Smithsonian
October 2006
Robert Irion |
The Planet Hunters Never mind the demotion of Pluto to a dwarf planet. Astronomers have found about 200 planets orbiting other stars, and they say it's only a matter of time before they discover another Earth. |
Chemistry World
September 12, 2010
Mike Brown |
Comet shockwaves helped stimulate life on Earth The shock waves caused as comets hit the early Earth could have helped promote the formation of amino acids and the early building blocks of life, say US researchers. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Tristar Planet A recent planet found in a triple-star system perplexes astronomers because, according to current models of planetary formation, it should not exist. |
Science News
April 19, 1930 |
TimeLine: Apr. 19, 1930 70 Years Ago in Science News: Travel to The Moon by The Year 2050... Planet Possibly Not Object Predicted... Ant Gestures Have Chemical Cause... |
