As reported earlier this year, Arctic sea ice is thawing at an unprecedented rate. News is perturbing, provided that heat exchange between sea and atmosphere is largely influenced by sea ice. Thermal flux, the rate at which heat energy transfers, can change
NASA’s Robonaut technology currently deployed at ISS, has led to development of a robotic exoskeleton which will help astronauts staying healthy in space and prove an aid to paraplegics on Earth. Weighing 57 pounds (approximately 26 kilograms), humans can wear this
The following is a video presentation done by Nils Humano. Using only images and sound the message becomes apparent.
Video by Nils Humano – "5th
A tornado touched down five miles southeast of Hale Center in a storm system that delivered baseball-sized hail, at least in one case breaking car windows Friday, October 12, 2012.The first official report of Hale Center hail came at 6:21 p.m., Vitale said, measuring
A recent study done by Nikku Madhusudhan, a Yale postdoctoral researcher in physics and astronomy, Yale geophysicist Kanani Lee, and Olivier Mousis, a planetary scientist at the IRAP suggests a surface of a nearby super-Earth planet is covered in graphite and diamond.
Time-lapse movie of the aurora displays over partially-frozen Olnes Pond, Alaska. (9:06 – 10:06 pm AKDT, October 12, 2012)Video by MicrometeorologistTaro Nakai, Micrometeorologist — a researcher of micrometeorology (dynamics of the interaction between plants
In a study published today, October 12, 2012 in Science, scientists used radar data from the ESA’s ERS and Envisat missions to study an unusual uplift near the Uturuncu volcano, which had been dormant for 270 000 years.Authors of the study led by Yuri Fialko have
Europe will launch a second pair of Galileo satellites to accompany 2 satellites already sent last year in attempt to build its own global navigation satellite system. The launch is scheduled for October 12, 2012 at 18:15:00 UTC from Europe’s Space Port in French
A very strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.7 struck near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia on October 12, 2012 at 00:31 UTC according to USGS and EMSC. Epicenter was located 103 km (64 miles) N of Dobo, Indonesia and 173 km (107 miles) ENE of Tual,
As noted before, Voyager 1 is at the edge of our solar system. Science enthusiasts around the world are eyeing Voyager 1’s progress as such an incident will mark another giant leap for humanity. New data suggests it has already happened. There were three things
