• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 25th, 2012
Analyzing Titan's Methane Factories

Analyzing Titan's Methane Factories

Experts are especially interested in how long they've been in operation

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 21st, 2012
How Earth's Atmosphere Looked Like Before Oxygenation

How Earth's Atmosphere Looked Like Before Oxygenation

Experts say it jumped back and forth between various states for a long time

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2012
Venus Will Transit the Sun in June

Venus Will Transit the Sun in June

This will be the last such event for this entire century

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 2nd, 2012
Sea Ice Decline Promotes Ozone Depletion

Sea Ice Decline Promotes Ozone Depletion

The conclusions belong to a new study led by NASA experts

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 24th, 2012
Ozone-Mapping Instrument Aboard Suomi NPP Turned On

Ozone-Mapping Instrument Aboard Suomi NPP Turned On

Checkout and assessment operations are currently on schedule

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 22nd, 2012
Smog Traps Atmospheric Gases

Smog Traps Atmospheric Gases

The chemicals can no longer escape their new traps

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 22nd, 2012
Earth's Clouds Are Moving Closer to the Surface

Earth's Clouds Are Moving Closer to the Surface

The discovery puzzled the international scientific community

Spinning Water Tanks Explain Large-Scale Fluid Dynamics

Spinning Water Tanks Explain Large-Scale Fluid Dynamics

Researchers take a simplistic, yet revealing approach to conducting experiments

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 27th, 2012
Earth's Atmosphere Reveals Cold Plasma Layer

Earth's Atmosphere Reveals Cold Plasma Layer

The formation is located high above the planetary surface

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 16th, 2012
Multiple Layers Found in Titan's Atmosphere

Multiple Layers Found in Titan's Atmosphere

This moon is more like Earth than anyone suspected

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 13th, 2012
Planet-Cooling Atmospheric Particle Discovered

Planet-Cooling Atmospheric Particle Discovered

Experts say it could potentially be used to decrease global temperatures

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 2nd, 2011
Start/Stop Patterns Accompanied the Emergence of Oxygen on Earth

Start/Stop Patterns Accompanied the Emergence of Oxygen on Earth

Our atmosphere did not become life-friendly in a large, single step

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2011
Greenhouse Effect Could Make Some Exoplanets Habitable

Greenhouse Effect Could Make Some Exoplanets Habitable

This could happen even if they are outside their stars' habitable zones

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 30th, 2011
Advanced Lasers Tested Between Two Spanish Islands

Advanced Lasers Tested Between Two Spanish Islands

The technologies could be used to study Earth's atmosphere

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 29th, 2011
Earth's Schumann Resonance Detected from Space

Earth's Schumann Resonance Detected from Space

Planetary scientists are surprised to notice the phenomenon from orbit

The Bride Says Yes to the Green Vintage Wedding Gown

The Bride Says Yes to the Green Vintage Wedding Gown

Reusing a wedding dress keeps 29 kg of CO2 out of the atmosphere

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 18th, 2011
Martian Sand Dynamics Observed from Space

Martian Sand Dynamics Observed from Space

A NASA spacecraft investigated the phenomenon at several locations

 
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