A greener way to keep flames away
Flame retardants are used to protect clothing and furniture from fire. But the chemicals are also used to fight forest fires: Special planes may dump thousands of gallons of flame retardants on a blaze to try to get it under control. Credit: [...]
‘Exciting’ find: Possible planets without orbits
So many lonely planets with no star to guide them. Are these planets without orbits? Our Galaxy may be full of worlds without a sun to call their own.
Scattered about the Milky Way are floating, Jupiter-mass objects, which are likely to be planets [...]
Mysterious deep sea jets alter global climate
For the first time, scientists have discovered mysterious deep seat jets of water, which cause anomalies in wind, rainfall and sea temperature across the tropical Atlantic.
Strange jets of water rising from deep in the ocean repeatedly trigger [...]
Lonely Rogue Worlds Surprisingly Outnumber Planets with Suns
Astronomers have discovered a whole new class of alien planet: a vast population of Jupiter-mass worlds that float through space without any discernible host star, a new study finds.
Artist’s concept showing a free-floating planet with [...]
Dinosaur fossil found in Alta
Suncor’s significant fossil find headed to the Tyrrell. A series of unlikely events over a span of 113 million years has resulted in the discovery of what may be the oldest dinosaur remains in Alberta’s history.
Finding: The fossil found [...]
Scientists solve mystery of disappearing sunspots
A trio of top solar scientists said on Wednesday they had solved the mystery behind the disappearance of sunspots, a phenomenon that has stumped astrophysicists worldwide for more than two centuries.
The research, which will be published on [...]
Japan’s earthquake shifted balance of the planet
March 11, 2011, a devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan has actually moved the island closer to the United States and shifted the planet’s axis. A massive 8.9-magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing dozens of deaths, more [...]
Sun unleashes huge solar flare towards Earth
Explosive magnetic reconnection aims “firehose” of charged gas at Earth. The most powerful solar flare in four years exploded over the sun late Monday, according to NASA.
The sun unleashed its strongest solar flare in four years [...]
In a galaxy far away, Indian-origin scientist finds her calling
US-based Indian origin astrophysicist Sukanya Charkrabarti has found her calling 260,000 light years away in a galaxy that can barely, if at all, be seen. Galaxy X, at a distance which is modest on the cosmic scale, is where she is perfecting [...]
India’s Maiden Scientific Team Reaches South Pole
After traversing over 2,350 km miles in nine days, India’s first scientific expedition team to the South Pole planted the Indian flag at the earth’s southernmost point Nov 22 2010.
The eight-member team reached South Pole at 4 p.m. Nov 22, [...]
