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Space shuttle Endeavour departs space station

Houston :: TX :: USA | 4 days ago

The space shuttle undocked from the space station Friday morning, ending a 12-day visit that left the orbiting complex with more modern and deluxe living quarters. Before Endeavour pulled away, space station skipper Mike Fincke thanked the shuttle astronauts...

Cosmos: 'Lava bomb Earth' buried surface in 15 km of molten rock

Sydney :: Australia | 4 days ago

The ancient Earth experienced bouts of cataclysmic volcanism that buried most of its surface in up to 15 kilometres of lava, says a new study. The research from the Australian National University, in Canberra, reveals that these hellish episodes of volcanic...

Life Procreating Molecule Found in Habitable Part of Galaxy!

Grenoble :: France | 4 days ago

Posted by Majdy

In a potentially habitable region of our galaxy, a sugar molecule linked to origin of life is recently discovered. This sugar molecule called, Glycolaldehyde was spotted in a large star-forming area of space around 26,000 light years away from Earth....

Astronauts share freeze-dried Thanksgiving feast

Houston :: TX :: USA | 5 days ago

Astronauts raised plastic cups of iced tea and toasted the Thanksgiving holiday before eating a traditional dinner of smoked turkey, cornbread dressing and candied yams at the international space station . "To Thanksgiving. Wishing everyone on Earth,...

Cosmos: Water confirmed as major greenhouse gas

Geneva :: Switzerland | 6 days ago

Using satellite data, researchers have precisely estimated the heat-trapping effect of water in air, validating its role as a critical component of climate change. Water vapour has been known to be Earth's most abundant greenhouse gas, but the extent...

Taj under alien attack?

Mumbai :: India | 6 days ago

I s the Taj Mahal [ Images ] , man 's greatest profession of love to woman, under alien attack!?! Nope, thankfully. Turns out, this picture is just a specially created visual for the Scott Derickson-directed The Day the Earth Stood Still , a contemporary...

How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth

New York City :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago

Posted by cooldiponline

The following is reprinted from the new book How the Rich Are Destroying the Earth by Herve Kempf and published by Chelsea Green. There is an emergency. In less than a decade we will have to change course -- assuming the collapse of the U.S. economy or...

Scientists claim finding Copernicus' remains

Warsaw :: Poland | 11 days ago

Researchers believe they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton they have found with that of hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. Jerzy Gassowski, an academic at an archaeology school...

Endeavour near docking with space station

Cape Canaveral :: FL :: USA | 16 days ago

The space shuttle Endeavour was approaching and preparing to dock with the International Space Station Sunday, to deliver a home improvement kit, including ovens, a refrigerator and new toilet...Before the two crafts link up, the Endeavour will perform...

Astronomers photograph planets outside solar system

Jupiter :: FL :: USA | 18 days ago

The photographs are of three planets orbiting a distant star. Published in the journal Science, they look like tiny white specks around a star in the constellation, Pegasus.

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