• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 31st, 2009
Venus Bright Spot Puzzles Astronomers

Venus Bright Spot Puzzles Astronomers

It occurred days after the Jupiter impact

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 29th, 2009
GOES-14 Sends Back First Full-Earth Image

GOES-14 Sends Back First Full-Earth Image

The satellite is operated by NASA and NOAA

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 24th, 2009
Cloud Behavior Essential to Global Warming Effects

Cloud Behavior Essential to Global Warming Effects

No one knows for sure how they will act

Meet Machines That Extract Wind Power at Thousands of Feet

Meet Machines That Extract Wind Power at Thousands of Feet

In theory, they could power major cities

  • How to
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 13th, 2009
How to Make the Planet Sustain Life for Longer

How to Make the Planet Sustain Life for Longer

Pumping nitrogen out of the atmosphere is the way to go

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 8th, 2009
Obtaining Drinking Water from Air Humidity

Obtaining Drinking Water from Air Humidity

New plants could be built in the deep desert

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 4th, 2009
Magnetic 'Tornadoes' Keep Mercury's Atmosphere in Place

Magnetic 'Tornadoes' Keep Mercury's Atmosphere in Place

Otherwise, it would disappear very fast

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 2nd, 2009
Life on Earth Will Last 1 Billion Years Longer than Thought

Life on Earth Will Last 1 Billion Years Longer than Thought

It will end about 2.3 billion years from now

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 26th, 2009
New Instruments to Find Life on Other Planets

New Instruments to Find Life on Other Planets

Another "pale blue dot" could be found

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 22nd, 2009
UD Experts Launch Balloon to Analyze Cosmic Rays

UD Experts Launch Balloon to Analyze Cosmic Rays

It will fly at the edge of the atmosphere

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 21st, 2009
The Path We Avoided by Banning CFC Emission

The Path We Avoided by Banning CFC Emission

The ozone layer still exists

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 18th, 2009
Giant Sand Dune Forming Mechanisms Revealed

Giant Sand Dune Forming Mechanisms Revealed

They can be hundreds of feet tall

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 8th, 2009
CALIPSO Loses Primary Laser, Switches to Back-Up

CALIPSO Loses Primary Laser, Switches to Back-Up

The move has been anticipated, and has gone on perfectly

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 4th, 2009
NASA Appoints Northrop Grumman to Build CERES

NASA Appoints Northrop Grumman to Build CERES

The instrument will observe the Earth in detail

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 21st, 2009
Engineering Clouds with Lead

Engineering Clouds with Lead

These clouds could change weather patterns

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 10th, 2009
The 'Edge of Space' Discovered

The 'Edge of Space' Discovered

Scientists have used a new instrument for the find

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 10th, 2009
Life Is Not 'a Picnic' Around Red Dwarfs

Life Is Not 'a Picnic' Around Red Dwarfs

Planets around these stars could still have atmospheres

 
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