Ready for launch: CU Boulder instrument suite to assess space weather
A multimillion dollar University of Colorado Boulder instrument package expected to help scientists better understand potentially damaging space weather is now slated to launch aboard a National...
View ArticleWhy are there volcanoes on an island that isn't near any tectonic boundaries?
Madagascar, the big island off the east coast of Africa with the lemurs and baobabs, is thought to be sitting in the middle of an old tectonic plate, and so, by the rules of plate tectonics, should be...
View ArticleFirst detection of ammonia in the upper troposphere
Population is growing, climate is warming – hence, emission of ammonia (NH3) trace gas from e.g. agriculture will increase worldwide. Recently, scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) for...
View ArticleImage: Vega lofts Turkey's Earth observation satellite
Arianespace today launched a Vega rocket on a commercial mission to deliver a Turkish Earth observation satellite into orbit.
View ArticleResearchers discover hot hydrogen atoms in Earth's upper atmosphere
A team of University of Illinois researchers has discovered the existence of hot atomic hydrogen (H) atoms in an upper layer of Earth's atmosphere known as the thermosphere. This finding, which the...
View ArticleSpaceX's 1st launch since rocket blast now bumped to January
SpaceX's first launch since a rocket explosion at the pad has slipped to January.
View ArticleResearchers dial in to 'thermostat' in Earth's upper atmosphere
A team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has found the mechanism behind the sudden onset of a "natural thermostat" in Earth's upper atmosphere that dramatically cools the air after it has been...
View ArticleRevolutions in understanding the ionosphere, Earth's interface to space
Scientists from NASA and three universities have presented new discoveries about the way heat and energy move and manifest in the ionosphere, a region of Earth's atmosphere that reacts to changes from...
View ArticleSalicylic acid promotes nasal mucosa colonization by Staphylococcus aureus
Salicylic acid is a plant hormone best known for its use as a key ingredient in pain relievers, anti-acne preparations and medications for skin conditions. We also consume mild doses of salicylic acid...
View ArticleEarth's water may have originally been formed deep within its mantle, study...
Earth's water may have originally been formed by chemical reactions deep within the planet's mantle, according to research led by University College Dublin.
View ArticleBlue jets studied from ISS
For years, their existence has been debated: elusive electrical discharges in the upper atmosphere that sport names such as red sprites, blue jets, pixies and elves. Reported by pilots, they are...
View ArticleScientists uncover huge reservoir of melting carbon under Western United States
New research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters describes how scientists have used the world's largest array of seismic sensors to map a deep-Earth area of melting carbon covering 1.8...
View ArticleA kiss of death—mammals were the first animals to produce venom
Africa is a tough place. It always has been. Especially if you have to fend off gigantic predators like sabre-toothed carnivores in order to survive. And, when you're a small, dog-sized pre-mammalian...
View ArticleESA's six-legged Suntracker flying on a Dragon
Tomorrow, a Space-X Dragon cargo ferry will be launched to the International Space Station packed with supplies, experiments, tools and food for the six astronauts living and working high above Earth....
View ArticleSounding rocket launches to study auroras
A NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket soars skyward into an aurora over Alaska following a 5:13 a.m. EST, Feb. 22, 2017 launch from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. The rocket carried an...
View ArticleStatistical technique for automatically cleaning erroneous data from...
Twice a day, weather balloons are released into the atmosphere from 700 locations around the world to observe conditions in the upper atmosphere. Since the 1920s, there have been tens of millions of...
View ArticleNew model for deep mantle conveyor belt system at the core of the Earth
Geophysicists at the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Tokyo Institute of Technology report in Nature Geoscience a new model for the existence of a deep mantle conveyor belt system that may...
View ArticleTaking earth's inner temperature: Surprising new study finds that the mantle...
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet.
View ArticleNASA orbiter steers clear of Mars moon Phobos
NASA's MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled maneuver this week to avoid a collision in the near future with Mars' moon Phobos.
View ArticleAdditional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold waves
A research team consisting of members from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and other organizations conducted...
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