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Researchers from Princeton University and the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) report that during the past 160 000 years nitrogen fixation rose and fell in a pattern that closely matched the changing orientation of Earth's axis of
Japan officials issued a special warning of heavy rain as Typhoon Man-yi hit central Japan and moved toward the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. At the moment, Man-yi is generating heavy rain and wind gusts of more than 140 km/h. It is expected to pass over
The Volcanological Survey of Indonesia (VSI) raised the volcanic alert level of Sinabung volcano to 3 (out of 4) after new eruption occurred over night, September 14/15, 2013. According to press articles, more than 3 700 people from nearby villages have been…
The following video shows where NASA's human spaceflight programes are going in the years ahead. A look at ground operations, space launch systems, new multipurpose crew spacecraft – Orion and more.
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Tropical storm Man-yi formed on September 12, 2013, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean as the sixteenth tropical depression and by September 13 it strengthened into a tropical storm.
When Terra satellite passed over newborn Man-yi it captured an image that
Ubinas volcano erupted at least seven times since September 1, 2013, and on September 13 officials declared state of emergency in nine districts. The explosions have sent a plume of smoke rising to about 2500 meters above the crater. The strongest explosion
Researchers at Northern Arizona University using the Spitzer Space Telescope discovered that what was thought to be a large asteroid called Don Quixote is in fact a comet. Don Quixote, whose journey stretches to the orbit of Jupiter wandered its lone,
What National Weather Service termed "biblical rainfall amounts" triggered a massive flash flooding in northern Colorado on Thursday, September 12, 2013. NWS warned of extremely dangerous and life threatening situation.
At least three people have
It’s finally official, Voyager 1 spacecraft is now in interstellar space. The 36-year-old probe is now about 19 billion kilometers (12 billion miles) from our Sun traveling at a speed of about 61 155 km/h (38 000 mph).
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A 230 kilometers wide asteroid 324 Bamberga is making a relatively close flyby to our planet this week. It will reach opposition in the constellation Pisces on Friday, September 13, 2013 at 16:00 UTC and at that time will be 0.81 astronomical units
