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Archives: astronomy and outer space
Saturn’s moon Enceladus has an Ocean, Geysers and maybe Life
By Andrew Coates | (The Conversation) The Cassini mission that has investigated Saturn since 2004 has revealed much about the giant planet and its many moons. Perhaps most tantalising is the discovery…
Nature’s Fireworks: The Northern Lights in Troms, Norway
Euronews | -- No Comment TV: "Magnetic midnight in Norway - no comment"
How human-emitted Carbon Dioxide Circulates in Earth’s Atmosphere (NASA)
NASA Goddard | --- "An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Plumes of carbon dioxide in…
NASA Photo of Sahara: Richat Structure, Mauritania
NASA Richat Structure, Mauritania, Western Sahara Desert "Richat Structure, Mauritania This prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert of Mauritania has attracted attention since the earliest space missions because it forms a…
Global warming and the vulnerability of Greenland’s ice sheet
Global warming and the vulnerability of Greenland's ice sheet (via Skeptical Science) Posted on 30 May 2014 by John Abraham News continues to emerge in the scientific literature on the future direction…
NASA’s Launch Pads menaced by Sea Level Rise it is Charged to Monitor
Sea level rise forces US space agency to retreat (via AFP) Sea level rise is threatening the majority of NASA's launch pads and multi-billion dollar complexes famous for training astronauts and launching…
Creationists to Neil deGrasse Tyson: Evolution isn’t scientific, but the Book of Genesis is
Creationists to Neil deGrasse Tyson: Evolution isn’t scientific, but the Book of Genesis is (via Raw Story ) Creationist Ray Comfort complained that Neil deGrasse Tyson had misrepresented the Bible. The astrophysicist…
Journalists should stop ‘balancing’ stories with Science Denialists: Cosmos’s Neil DeGrasse Tyson
(By David Edwards) Neil deGrasse Tyson tells CNN: Stop giving ‘equal time to the flat Earthers’ (via Raw Story ) Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of Fox’s documentary series Cosmos, said on Sunday…