NASA Sees Earth From Orbit In 2013
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 -
A fleet of orbiting satellites monitors Earth constantly. The satellites from NASA and other space agencies give us a fresh, wide perspective on things that we can see from the ground - and things that we can't.
A look back at Earth in 2013 from the viewpoint of orbit reveals the kind of data gathering and technical achievement that are the reason NASA puts Earth-observing satellites in sp ...
more
Impact glass stores biodata for millions of years
Providence RI (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 -
Asteroid and comet impacts can cause widespread ecological havoc, killing off plants and animals on regional or even global scales. But new research from Brown University shows that impacts can also preserve the signatures of ancient life at the time of an impact.
A research team led by Brown geologist Pete Schultz has found fragments of leaves and preserved organic compounds lodged inside ...
more
A Star's Early Chemistry Shapes Life-Friendly Atmospheres
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 22, 2014 -
Born in a disc of gas and rubble, planets eventually come together as larger and larger pieces of dust and rock stick together. They may be hundreds of light-years away from us, but astronomers can nevertheless watch these planets as they form.
One major point of interest is the chemistry of the rubble that forms around a star before a planetary system is formed, known as the protoplanetar ...
more
Lockheed Martin Solar Ultraviolet Imager Installed on GOES-R Weather Satellite
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 -
Lockheed Martin has delivered a new solar analysis payload that will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on Earth.
The Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument was integrated with the first flight vehicle of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Op ...
more
Australia plans to widen fruitless MH370 search
Perth, Australia (AFP) April 25, 2014 -
Australian authorities said Friday they would widen the underwater hunt for missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for wreckage at the suspected crash site neared completion with no results.
Mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has scanned 95 percent of its initial search area in the Indian Ocean, far off western Australia, without making any "contacts of interest" the Perth-based search coordina ...
more
No Everest summits likely this season: expedition official
Kathmandu (AFP) April 25, 2014 -
The Everest climbing season will probably be called off this year following last week's avalanche that killed 16 sherpas, an organisation representing Nepalese expedition operators said Friday.
Mountaineers and guides have been deserting the world's highest peak since the avalanche killed 13 sherpas and left three others missing and presumed dead on a treacherous ice field on April 18.
D ...
more
Taiwan typhoon victims lose compensation suit
Taipei (AFP) April 25, 2014 -
A Taiwanese court on Friday rejected a group compensation claim filed by victims of a deadly typhoon in 2009 against local authorities for alleged negligence.
A district court in the southern city of Kaohsiung ruled that the city government and a local township office did not have to pay Tw$590 million ($19.67 million) jointly sought by relatives of 175 people who died when their village wa ...
more
