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Forest Change in Paraguay, 1990-2000 Seen from Space

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:01:29 +0000

Sandwiched between Argentina to the southwest and Brazil to the northeast, landlocked Paraguay possesses remarkable ecological richness for its relatively small (about the size of California) area. The northwestern part of the country is occupied by the dry woodlands known as the Chaco. In the ...

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Spaceflight Now | Breaking News | Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:16:49 +0000

Space plane unveiled - Air Force releases new photos of X-37B space plane as April launch date draws closer. Atlas roars into night - Atlas 5 rocket launches Intelsat 14 commercial communications satellite during overnight mission. Out of this ...

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‘Keys’ to GOCE satellite handed over

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:49:47 +0000

(ESA) – ESA’s GOCE gravity mission has achieved another major milestone as control of the satellite is transferred to the operations teams, marking the end of its commissioning and calibration phase. The ‘Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer’ (GOCE) satellite, launched ...

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Picture of the Day – Thin Blue Line

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:06:15 +0000

The thin line of Earth’s atmosphere and the setting sun are featured in this image photographed by the crew of the International Space Station while space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-129 mission was docked with the station. © Matt for International Space Fellowship, 2009. ...

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NASA Satellites Detect Unexpected Ice Loss in East Antarctica

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:42:36 +0000

Using gravity measurement data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) mission, a team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin has found that the East Antarctic ice sheet-home to about 90 percent of Earth’s solid fresh ...

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The Crab Nebula: A Cosmic Icon

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:53:05 +0000

Spectacular death of a star in the constellation Taurus was observed on Earth as the supernova of 1054 A.D.

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Scientific Visualization Studio: Gallery of Animations

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:36:46 +0000

Climate Essentials This Climate Essentials multimedia gallery brings together the latest and most popular climate-related images, data visualizations and video features from Goddard Space Flight Center on one web page. Browse our top ten most popular climate resources, or select from the ...

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Solar Tsunamis Move at Astronomical Speeds

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:25:52 +0000

Images of a tsunami blasting its way through the sun's lower atmosphere have been taken for the first time. NASA's twin STEREO spacecraft captured one of the massive solar waves in action May 19, 2007, as it moved through four layers of the solar atmosphere. These images and videos , released ...

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Image of the Day

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:25:52 +0000

Scientists have creatively combined pictures of the Sun to make the first 3D view of a massive eruption on the Sun. It should improve understanding of the stormy events that can disrupt radio communications on Earth and threaten satellites and power grids. The 3D images of a coronal mass ...

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Cassini Captures Ghostly Dance Of Saturn’s Northern Lights

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:34:24 +0000

In the first video showing the auroras above the northern latitudes of Saturn, Cassini has spotted the tallest known “northern lights” in the solar system, flickering in shape and brightness high above the ringed planet. The new video reveals changes in Saturn’s aurora every ...

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Mystery of the Flyby Anomaly Endures

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:19:39 +0000

Written by Nancy Atkinson The weird mystery of the flyby anomaly just got even weirder. Since the early 1990’s scientists and mission controllers have noticed that some spacecraft experience unexpected changes in speed during Earth-flybys. The unexplained variation is extremely small and ...

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Maupiti Island Seen from Space

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:44:50 +0000

Spanning less than 10 kilometers (6 miles), Maupiti Island sits in the South Pacific Ocean, about 46 kilometers (29 miles) west of Bora Bora. The remote island lies 5,800 kilometers (3,600 miles) from Australia, and about 3,800 kilometers (2,400 miles) from New Zealand. Maupiti consists of a ...

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: Hubble Provides Clear Images of Saturn's Aurora

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:28:29 +0000

What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Here is the picture of Saturn taken by the Hubble telescope in ultraviolet light. The glowing, swirling material at Saturn's ...

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Savage Islands, Atlantic Ocean Seen from the ISS

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:57:41 +0000

The Savage Islands, or Ilhas Selvagens in Portuguese, are a small archipelago in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean between the archipelago of Madeira to the north and the Canary Islands to the south. Like these other island groups, the Savage Islands are thought to have been produced by volcanism ...

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Astronomy Question of the Week: What happens on the Moon during a lunar eclipse?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:40:16 +0000

Nowadays, solar eclipses are seen as a fascinating natural phenomenon. In earlier times, people viewed them instead as something threatening, since the Sun provides us with light and heat, without which life on Earth could not flourish. However, the cause of solar eclipses is now generally ...

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THE RINGS OF THE EARTH , 3DS Max Animation (video)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:10:26 +0000

How would the Earth look like if it had a ring system like Saturn? --- 3ds Max animation.

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Is global warming unstoppable?

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:05:50 +0000

In a provocative new study, a University of Utah scientist argues that rising carbon dioxide emissions - the major cause of global warming - cannot be stabilized unless the world's economy collapses or society builds the equivalent of one new nuclear power plant each day.

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The Surprising Contents of Titan's Lakes

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:35:15 +0000

The lakes on Titan have some surprising chemical contents, according to the latest data from the Cassini spacecraft One of the exotic attractions of Saturn's moon Titan is the possibility that it has oceans and lakes, with waves and breakers not unlike those on Earth. In the 1990s, ...

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Astronomy Question of the Week: What are shooting stars?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:11:39 +0000

A bright line of light appears across the night sky – and popular wisdom would have us believe that any person witnessing a shooting star is entitled to make a wish. With eyes closed, that person must then make their wish, but not tell anyone else what it is. Science also takes an interest in ...

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Rosetta - First view of Earth as Rosetta approaches home - images

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:50:50 +0000

Image of the Earth acquired with the OSIRIS narrow-angle camera from a distance of 633 000 km on 12 November 2009 at 13:28 CET. The resolution is 12 km/pixel. The image is a part of a sequence of images taken every hour through one full rotation (24 hours). The movie will be published later. ...

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