Posts Tagged ‘nasa’

Kepler’s Water Worlds

Friday, April 19th, 2013
NASA, exoplanets, Kepler, Ames, 62e, 62f, 69c, water world, borucki, habitable, Earth-like, stars

Some juicy exoplanet news!

Decade of Dark Matter

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
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Scientists believe that the discovery of dark matter is right around the corner…

Asteroid 2012 DA14

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
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Asteroid 2012 DA14 will come very close to Earth on February 15, 2013.

Earth at Night

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
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This satellite views Earth in a whole new light!

The Climate is Changing

Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
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2012 was the warmest year on record for the United States and one of the warmest globally. But can we fight climate change?

iGEM Competition

Friday, January 11th, 2013
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A group of undergraduates from Stanford and Brown compete in a genetic engineering competition using synthetic biology techniques to answer astrobiology questions.

2012: The World’s Not Ending

Monday, December 17th, 2012
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Scientists debunk the fears behind the end of the Mayan calendar.

Voyager at Magnetic Highway

Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
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Voyager 1, the most-distant spacecraft, has merged onto the “magnetic highway.”

A Warming Planet

Friday, November 30th, 2012
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A new round-up of climate-related stories including trees and drought, melting ice sheets, and fighting ocean acidification.

Life Near the Asteroid Belt

Friday, November 9th, 2012
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Two researchers hypothesize that an asteroid belt, just the right size and distance from its star, might be necessary for a star system to support a life-bearing planet.

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