Scientists solve riddle of celestial archaeology
A decades old space mystery has been solved by an international team of astronomers led by Professor Martin Barstow of the University of Leicester and … Read more
Earth
Famous paintings help study the Earth’s past atmosphere
A team of Greek and German researchers has shown that the colours of sunsets painted by famous artists can be used to estimate pollution levels … Read more
Space Sunflower May Help Snap Pictures of Planets
A spacecraft that looks like a giant sunflower might one day be used to acquire images of Earth-like rocky planets around nearby stars. The prototype … Read more
Earth nearly got fried by Sun discharge in July 2012
Earth dodged a huge magnetic bullet from the sun on July 23, 2012. According to University of California, Berkeley, and Chinese researchers, a rapid succession … Read more
Geographers create ‘easy button’ to calculate river flows from space
The frustrated attempts of a UCLA graduate student to quantify the amount of water draining from Greenland’s melting ice sheet led him to devise a … Read more
Simulating how the Earth kick-started metabolism
Researchers have developed a new approach to simulating the energetic processes that may have led to the emergence of cell metabolism on Earth – a … Read more
Mercury contracted more than prior estimates
New evidence gathered by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft at Mercury indicates the planet closest to the sun has shrunk up to 7 kilometers in radius over … Read more
More accurate data on thousands of years of climate change
Using a cutting-edge research technique, UCLA researchers have reconstructed the temperature history of a region that plays a major role in determining climate around the … Read more
Long-Term Warming Likely to Be Significant Despite Recent Slowdown
A new NASA study shows Earth’s climate likely will continue to warm during this century on track with previous estimates, despite the recent slowdown in … Read more
Ocean food web is key in the global carbon cycle
Nothing dies of old age in the ocean. Everything gets eaten and all that remains of anything is waste. But that waste is pure gold … Read more
Astronomer maps out Earth’s place in the universe among ‘Council of Giants’
We live in a galaxy known as the Milky Way – a vast conglomeration of 300 billion stars, planets whizzing around them, and clouds of … Read more
