How the Sun Get Its Spots: New Theory Proposed for Solar Mystery
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The 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull volcano was not a large event. Over months of volcanic activity the ash plume never pushed above 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), and the mass flows peaked at 1 million kilograms per second (2.2 million pounds per second), feeble amounts compared to some other volcanic eruptions. ...
Experts say Gingrich moon base dreams not lunacy
(AP) -- Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich wants to create a lunar colony that he says could become a U.S. state. There's his grand research plan to figure out what makes the human brain tick. And he's warned about electromagnetic pulse attacks leaving America without electricity.
NASA Probe Discovers ‘Alien’ Matter From Beyond Our Solar System
NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer has detected "alien matter" streaming into our solar system.
How do you fight fire in space? Experiments provide some answers
Improving fire-fighting techniques in space and getting a better understanding of fuel combustion here on Earth are the focus of a series of experiments on the International Space Station, led by a professor at the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. A first round of ...
Documenting Discovery: NASA, Archivists Work to Record Space Shuttles’ History
The space shuttles are undergoing final preparation for public display at museums.
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Alien Atoms: First Contact Made By NASA Satellite
Using the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), NASA has sampled the galactic wind that has traveled from outside our solar system. Four types of atoms were found to be different from what we have in our Solar System.
IBEX spacecraft measures ‘alien’ particles from outside solar system
Using data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft, an international team of researchers has measured neutral "alien" particles entering our solar system from interstellar space. A suite of studies published in the Astrophysical Journal provide a first look at the constituents of the interstellar medium, the matter between star ...
Space Radiation Doomed Russian Mars Probe That Crashed: Reports
A Russian investigation points to cosmic radiation as the cause of Phobos-Grunt's demise.
Study finds ‘cool’ gas may form and strengthen sunspots
Hydrogen molecules may act as a kind of energy sink that strengthens the magnetic grip that causes sunspots, according to scientists from Hawaii and New Mexico using a new infrared instrument on an old telescope.
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