Hale-Bopp: the electric comet

Hale-Bopp: the electric comet

A team of scientists analyzing the coma and tail of Comet Hale-Bopp have published their observations in a landmark paper but what they discovered cannot be explained by the standard model of comets. The scientists analyzed the comet's surprising coma and tail at di

Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille: The Cosmic Microwave Background – EU2014

Dr. Pierre-Marie Robitaille: The Cosmic Microwave Background – EU2014

Ever since Penzias and Wilson discovered that the Earth was surrounded by microwave energy, astronomers have been quick to postulate that the apparent ~3K signal represented the signature of the Big Bang. Yet long ago, Gustav Kirchhoff insisted that the setting of

Unprecedented amount of ice still present at Great Lakes, USA/Canada

Unprecedented amount of ice still present at Great Lakes, USA/Canada

Although North America is now a full month into astronomical spring, the Great Lakes are still almost half frozen. As of April 22, 2014, the Great Lakes were 33.9 percent ice covered. Some scientists say that the amount of ice that still remains could have a big im

Earthquake interaction on the scale of a fault to the planet

Earthquake interaction on the scale of a fault to the planet

Ross Stein (PhD, 1980, Geology), Geophysicist at the USGS gave this interesting presentation a couple of days ago at the Stanford University. He explains the fundamentals of earthquake science and takes listeners to one of its frontiers.His research focuses on

Vermont Senate approves GMO labeling law by huge majority

Vermont Senate approves GMO labeling law by huge majority

The Vermont Senate has given decisive approval to a measure that would require the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified ingredients, meaning the state could become the first one in the country to enact such a law."We are saying people have a righ

Large-scale decline of world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, Congo

Large-scale decline of world’s second-largest tropical rainforest, Congo

A new analysis of NASA satellite data shows Africa's Congo rainforest, the second-largest tropical rainforest in the world, has undergone a large-scale decline in greenness over the past decade.The study, led by Liming Zhou of University at Albany, State Univers

Preserved ancient tundra landscape discovered under the Greenland Ice Sheet

Preserved ancient tundra landscape discovered under the Greenland Ice Sheet

A team of university scientists and a NASA colleague were greatly surprised to discover an ancient tundra landscape preserved under the Greenland Ice Sheet, below 3.2 km (2 miles) of ice. "We found organic soil that has been frozen to the bottom of the ic

Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida

Today’s Antarctic region once as hot as California, Florida

Parts of ancient Antarctica were as warm as today's California coast, and polar regions of the southern Pacific Ocean registered 21st-century Florida heat, according to scientists using a new way to measure past temperatures.The findings, published the week of A

Earth from Orbit 2013

Earth from Orbit 2013

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

Stephen Crothers: The Parallax Effect on Short Hair – EU2014

Stephen Crothers: The Parallax Effect on Short Hair – EU2014

Stephen Crothers presented the case that Black Holes and the Big Bang have been created by theorists and never observed. Black Holes are now said to be both invisible and visible. Quasars are now black holes; so are the 'blazars'. Individual black holes are also