How to Watch This Week's Leonid Meteor Shower Nov 15, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 By Joe Rao. Norwegian astrophotographer Arne Danielsen captured this spectacular Leonid fireball on Nov. 18, 1999. (Fox News)
PIAA Soccer: Norwin tops Seneca Valley Nov 15, 2009
Palmyra 2, Mars 1: The WPIAL champion Planets (22-2) allowed the go-ahead goal with seven minutes remaining in a quarterfinal loss to Palmyra (25-1) ... The Planets had allowed just two goals in their previous 12 games. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
* Medvedev pushes for reforms Nov 14, 2009
He called for the development of nuclear technology including engine units capable of powering space flights, even to other planets. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
2 Earth-sized bodies with O2 in atmospheres 'found' Nov 14, 2009
LONDON: Planetary scientists have discovered two Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres -- however, they are not planets but are actually two unusual white dwarf stars ... Planetary scientists have discovered two Earth-sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres -- however, they are not planets but are actually two unusual white dwarf stars. (India Times, India)
The Water From Another Planet Nov 14, 2009
A couple of questions about water on other planets ... That doesn't mean life on other planets would necessarily be based on liquid water, but it gives us one of our best clues as to what to look for. (Slate)
On Crowded Space Station, Broken Urine Recycler a Problem Nov 14, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009 By Tariq Malik. The Expedition 19 crew participates in a toast aboard the International Space Station. (Fox News)
No vaccine for viral meep in Danvers Nov 14, 2009
The radiation from the black star mutated them into an aggressive, expansionist species who began to mercilessly conquer and subjugate other planets. Eventually, the Star Council authorized the use of the Wrarth Warriors, a genetically engineered insectoid race who acted as interstellar law enforcers. (Danvers Herald, MA)
One ring around them all Nov 14, 2009
(The solar system includes the sun and all the planets and other objects that orbit around it. . (Science News for Kids)
President Medevedev calls for Russia reforms Nov 13, 2009
" Medvedev's top economic aide Arkady Dvorkovich said later that one company to be reorganised would be Russian Technologies, a conglomerate led by a close Putin ally, Sergei Chemezov, with assets ranging from cars to arms exports. On foreign policy, Medvedev signalled that Russia would broadly follow the priorities of Putin's presidency, when Moscow pushed back against US global dominance. "We will work actively for the United Nations to strengthen its position," he said, calling for... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Two Earth-sized Oxygen-Rich Stars Nov 13, 2009
Two Earth-sized Bodies With Oxygen Rich Atmospheres Found, But They're Stars Not Planets ... Two Earth-sized Bodies With Oxygen Rich Atmospheres Found, But They're Stars Not Planets ... 13, 2009) Astrophysicists at the University of Warwick and Kiel University have discovered two earth sized bodies with oxygen rich atmospheres -- however there is a bit of a disappointing snag for anyone looking for a potential home for alien life, or even a future home for ourselves, as they are not planets but... (Science Daily)
Stuck Mars Rover to Begin Moving Nov 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009. An artist's illustration of the Spirit rover on the surface of Mars. (Fox News)
Space Station Gets New Russian Module Nov 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009 By Tariq Malik. The Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2), also known as Poisk, approaches the International Space Station for docking on Nov. 12, 2009. (Fox News)
Russias leader urges modernization Nov 13, 2009
He said that Russia needs to focus on innovative know-how, including research on new nuclear reactors and space technologies, and even think about preparing for space flights to other planets. Medvedev said that the economic downturn hit Russia more severely than other countries but refused to shift the blame onto the U.S. as Putin, now Russia's powerful prime minister, did. (MSNBC -- International)
Why the World Won't End in 2012 Nov 13, 2009
Fears of Mysterious Planets and Mayan Predictions Groundless ... After all, numerous books and websites tell of an unseen planet that is heading right into our orbit, or of a baleful alignment of planets that will surely spell our doom ... Nibiru was certainly not a planet of any kind, and as advanced as the Sumerians were, they did not have the technology available to discover such a planet, as there is no evidence they even had knowledge of the outer planets of our solar system. (Suite101.com)
All About Mars Nov 13, 2009
It is one of the only planets in the Solar System humans can hope to visit anytime in the near future ... These motions of Earth and Mars put the planets on opposition every 26 months. (Suite101.com)
End of the World for John Cusack? Nov 13, 2009
The so-called alignment of the planets scheduled for December 21, 2012 will not occur. Galaxies are thousands if light years away from us, so their gravitational pull is non-existent. (CBS News)
Family Claims To Have 'Close Encounter'; Tale Of Alien Abduction Nov 13, 2009
Others believe that, with the thousands of other planets and galaxies that may exist in space, it's foolish to think we're the only civilization. The new movie "The Fourth Kind" is based on a real life series of interviews with residents in Nome, Alaska who believe they may have experienced the "fourth kind" of alien encounter, an "abduction.". (W-USA News, DC)
Alien Abduction, Done Hollywood Style Nov 12, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Close encounters of the fake kind. (Fox News)
Earth Narrowly Misses Asteroid Strike Nov 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009. On November 6, 2009, The Catalina Sky Survey noticed something in the sky an asteroid, seemingly on a collision course with Earth. (Fox News)
Lithium clue for planet-hunters Nov 12, 2009
Planets grow in the dusty discs that form around infant stars. Astronomers may have found a way to identify those Sun-like stars most likely to harbour orbiting planets ... A survey of stars known to possess planets shows the vast majority to be severely depleted in lithium. (BBC News)
Lithium-rich stars less likely to have planets Nov 12, 2009
Stars with planets may lack lithium, scientists say Wednesday ... It reveals the ones without planets possess 10 times more lithium than ones with worlds ... Planets exert a gravitational brake on the swirling of a star, the team suggests, allowing more time for lithium to cook off the star's surface. (USA Today -- Tech)
NASA Reproduces A Building Block Of Life In Laboratory Nov 12, 2009
"Nobody really understands how life got started on Earth. Our experiments demonstrate that once the Earth formed, many of the building blocks of life were likely present from the beginning. Since we are simulating universal astrophysical conditions, the same is likely wherever planets are formed," explained Sandford. Additional team members who helped perform the research and co-author the paper are Jason Dworkin and Jamie Elsila, two NASA scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center,... (Science Daily)
Are Earth's Oceans Made Of Extraterrestrial Material? Nov 12, 2009
Francis Albar;de of the Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre (CNRS / ENS Lyon / Universit; Claude Bernard) suggests that water was not part of the Earth's initial inventory but stems from the turbulence caused in the outer Solar System by giant planets. Ice-covered asteroids thus reached the Earth around one hundred million years after the birth of the planets ... The same is true on Earth's sister planets, Venus and Mars. (Science Daily)
To Find New Planets, Look for the Lithium? Nov 12, 2009
To Find New Planets, Look for the Lithium ... To Find New Planets, Look for the Lithium ... Sunlike stars that harbor planets are low on lithium, according to a recent study that may offer a new tool in the hunt for planets beyond our. (National Geographic)
Planets May Affect the Chemistry of Their Stars Nov 12, 2009
Planets are, by and large, at the mercy of their stars ... In our solar system, which has more planets regardless of where one stands on the Pluto debate than any other planetary system we know of so far, the sun still makes up of its system's mass ... But a new survey of stellar chemistry in solar-type stars reveals at least one way that pip-squeak planets can strike back, affecting the evolution of their parent stars. (Scientific American)
Vatican Considers Possibility of Aliens Nov 12, 2009
Pope Orders Astronomers to Look into Life on Other Planets; Wants to Bridge Gap Between Religion and Science ... Scientists have discovered hundreds of planets outside our solar system - including 32 new ones announced recently by the European Space Agency ... This Universe is so huge that I find it impossible to imagine that 'Humans' are the only form of sentient life in a Universe of more Stars (which mean possible planets) than a computer (of today) can enumerate. (CBS News -- World)
Exoplanets Clue To Sun's Curious Chemistry Nov 12, 2009
12, 2009) A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing "lithium mystery" observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems. Using ESO's successful HARPS spectrograph, a team of astronomers has found that sun-like stars that host planets have destroyed their lithium much more efficiently than "planet-free" stars ... "We have now found that the amount of lithium in Sun-like stars depends on whether or not they have... (Science Daily)
60-year-old solar mystery finally solved Nov 12, 2009
Element lithium seems to play a key role in whether stars have planets. Artist's impression of a baby star still surrounded by a protoplanetary disc in which planets are forming ... The search for planets beyond our solar system may be a little easier, thanks to a new comparison of sun-like stars that has revealed a key difference in the chemistry of stars that have planets and their barren cousins and solved a long-standing mystery about our own sun's chemistry. (MSNBC -- Technology)
PIAA Soccer: Center beats Villa Maria, 3-2 Nov 11, 2009
Mars 2, Harbor Creek 1 (2OT): Yulian Lustiv had the winner five minutes into the second overtime for the Planets (22-1) at West Allegheny. Hampton 2, Clearfield 0: The Talbots (17-4) got two second-half goals at Du Bois. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
E.T. PHONE ROME: Vatican looks for signs of alien life Nov 11, 2009
Scientists have discovered hundreds of planets outside our solar system including 32 new ones announced recently by the. Impey said the discovery of alien life may be only a few years away. (USA Today)
Low-carb diets can put you in the grumpy zone Nov 11, 2009
Gemini: Thankfully the planets provide some positive support today for business and working affairs. Allow your intuition to flow as solutions and answers are there waiting for you in this regard. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Wild solar system spotted around distant star Nov 11, 2009
The Spitzer observations suggest young planets circling the star are disturbing smaller comet-like bodies, causing them to collide and kick up a huge. The star, called HR 8799, became one of the first of two stars with planets that were directly imaged from Earth in November 2008 ... Ground-based telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory and the Gemini Observatory, both in Hawaii, took images of three planets orbiting in the far reaches of the system. (MSNBC -- Technology)
'V' star Wolf: Visit from aliens 'doesn't seem that far-fetched' Nov 11, 2009
Namely, the existence of life on other planets and, in turn, a visit from extraterrestrials. "The only thing that makes our show science fiction is the fact that it hasn't happened yet. What is so compelling is that it doesn't seem that far-fetched," he says. (USA Today -- Life)
Black holes: Powerhouses of the universe Nov 11, 2009
That means that if the sun were replaced with a black hole of the same mass, all the planets would continue to orbit around it just as usual, scientists have said, though Earth would not be habitable due to lack of sunlight. Black holes are thought to form during the explosive deaths of very massive stars. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Review Nov 10, 2009
At the start of every turn, you acquire credits based on the number of planets you own and can use them to purchase reinforcements, equipment and abilities. From there, you can conquer a neutral world, attack an enemy held planet, or reinforce your territory. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Planetary Society plans new 'solar sail' Nov 10, 2009
Russia should build a new nuclear-powered spaceship for prospective manned missions to Mars and other planets, the nation's space chief said Thursday ... In remarks posted Thursday on his agency's Web site, Perminov said the nuclear spaceship should be used for human flights to Mars and other planets. (Fresno Bee -- State)
World will not end in 2012: NASA Nov 10, 2009
Even if the planets were to line up as some have forecast, the effect on our planet would be "negligible," NASA said. Read business stories in. (India Times)
Dragon Ball - S2 Nov 10, 2009
In the days before Goku could punch planets to pieces with nothing more than his bare fists and an especially mighty grunt, he had to find more creative ways of beating down his enemies, which leads to his partner Bulma crashing trucks into giant robots and many other episodes of entertainingly creative violence. Dragon Ball's often very funny, too, thanks to durable comic-relief characters like Master Roshi. (IGN FilmForce)
Stocks Ben Graham Might Buy If He Were Alive Now Nov 9, 2009
Graham, who lived from 1894 to 1976, saw stock prices as behaving like planets revolving around the sun. The intrinsic value of a stock, like the sun, acts as a center of gravity. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Spitzer Observes Chaotic Planetary System Nov 9, 2009
9, 2009) Before our planets found their way to the stable orbits they circle in today, they wiggled and jostled about like unsettled children ... Young planets circling the star are thought to be disturbing smaller comet-like bodies, causing them to collide and kick up a huge halo of dust ... The star, called HR 8799, was in the news last November 2008, for being one of the first of two stars with imaged planets. (Science Daily)
Spectacular Simien Mountains in Eth... Nov 9, 2009
Trekking in East Africa, 1998 edition, Published by Lonely Planets Guide, pages 329 - 333. The copyright of the article Spectacular Simien Mountains in Ethiopia in is owned by. (Suite101.com)
Space Tourism a Reality by 2012 Nov 7, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009. Space Exploration Technologies Corp.. (Fox News)
Frontiers of the future: Is there anybody out there? Nov 7, 2009
And so, they're hunting for exoplanets, or planets orbiting other stars. The Kepler mission, launched in March this year, will be looking for planets among 100,000 stars over the next three years ... The Corot mission of 2006 has also been looking for such exoplanets. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Gigantic, chilly Jupiter has its peers across the universe Nov 7, 2009
Right now, planet-hunting technology can t detect planets smaller than super-Earths, with about 5 Earth masses ... And as for Earth-mass planets, Marses, and smaller. (Boston Globe)
Tant: Galileo opened heavens for scientific discovery Nov 7, 2009
It has been 50 years since I first viewed the moon and planets through a telescope my parents gave me as a Christmas gift in 1959, when I was 12 years old. When I first gazed at the moon and the planets with the little instrument, I felt some of the same awe, humility and wonder that Galileo himself must have felt on those long-ago nights in Italy when he aimed his epoch-making instrument to the skies in 1609 ... It has been 50 years since I first viewed the moon and planets through a telescope... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Teen Charged with Killing Nun in N.M. Nov 7, 2009
i'd see one making new micro planets for new macro folk, and i'd lay on the ground and cry for i had no dirts that kind of fertile. . (CBS News)
WPIAL Class AAA Roundup: Bly's TDs help Hampton upset Chartiers Valley Nov 7, 2009
The Planets (7-3) recorded their fourth shutout of the season in a first-round game against the visiting Hillers (5-5) ... Kevin Randolph led the Planets with 84 yards on 12 carries. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Looking Up: Pondering life on other worlds Nov 7, 2009
It is one of over 350 known planets beyond the Suns solar system ... One of the exciting fields of astronomical research today is the search and study of exoplanets ... Before 1995 we had not detected any planets beyond our solar system. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Sweating the Space-Junk Problem Nov 7, 2009
Friday, November 06, 2009. A NASA diagram of the thousands of man-made objects, 95 percent of which are junk, orbiting the Earth in both low and geosynchronous orbits. (Fox News)
Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate Nov 6, 2009
Just as light collected from distant planets can reveal the composition of their atmospheres to astronomers, so light collected from these collisions can indicate chemical evidence of cancer. A third technique, known as index refraction or phase contrast, provides information on cellular size and density both factors that play into determination of cancer in laboratory biopsies. (EurekAlert!)
Will E.T. Look Like Us? Nov 6, 2009
Anything approaching a certain inevitability would mean millions or even billions of humanoid life-forms in the universe, simply because the number of available planets is so huge. Now, my guess is intermediate between your two extremes. (Scientific American)
To the Moon, Tourist Nov 6, 2009
Space Tourism a Reality by 2012. Thursday, November 05, 2009. (Fox News)
Ursula K. LeGuin's The Left Hand of... Nov 6, 2009
At that same lunch, Genly goes on to describe the way the Ekumen interacts with its member states, allowing each to follow their own laws but mediating when a conflict arises between planets ... Mere policing seems a prosaic and counterintuitive thing when contrasted to the Ekumen proper, with its Utopian aspirations toward free trade between planets. (Suite101.com)
Stars:Cosmic road signs to alien life? Nov 6, 2009
To make their calculation, Whitmire and colleague John Matese combined models of how planets form with data on the distribution of stars in the galaxy as a function of mass ... Planets in the habitable zone are the best candidates for having liquid water, which is thought to be a prerequisite of life ... In general, the planet-formation t 000014A8 heories predict that more massive stars are the most likely to have planets in the habitable zone. (MSNBC -- Technology)
NASA Probe Sees Changing Seasons on Mercury Nov 5, 2009
Mercury's surface has long thought to be deficient in the heavy metals iron and titanium on the basis of earlier observations, an ironic make-up considering that its heavy iron core makes up an estimated 60 percent of the planet's mass and makes it the densest of the solar system's rock planets. MESSENGER's observations show that Mercury's surface actually possesses relatively high numbers of these elements similar to the concentrations in the moon's nearside maria basalts which could mean that... (Fox News)
1 World Trading Co. brings eco-biz to Portsmouth Nov 5, 2009
The bracelet has painted glass beads (joined with pieces of bauxite) representing the ocean, rainforest, animals, people, the stars, planets and fair trade. It includes an explanatory card and sells for $10. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
EXCLUSIVE: Secrets of Google's 3-D Mars, Moon Nov 4, 2009
Nobody ever thought that we'd necessarily do other planets with it. It was called Google Earth. (National Geographic)
Discovery offers clearer picture of Mercury Nov 4, 2009
Scientists are interested in Mercury because it's one of four planets - including Earth, Venus and Mars - that resemble each other in composition. All have a metallic core, covered by a rocky mantle and topped with a thin crust. (AZCentral -- News)
WPIAL Class AA Boys' Soccer: Mars beats Chartiers Valley, 2-0 Nov 4, 2009
Chris Karns scored less than a minute into the game and the reigning champion Planets (20-1) added two second-half goals to coast to a 3-0 semifinal win against Chartiers Valley (12-6-2) at North Allegheny. Yulian Lutsiv and Michael Page also scored for the Planets, who have won 17 games in a row. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
'Ultra-primitive' Particles Found In Comet Dust Nov 3, 2009
Material held for eons in cometary ice has largely escaped the heating and chemical processing that has affected other bodies, such as the planets. However, the Wild 2 dust returned by the Stardust mission included more altered material than expected, indicating that not all cometary material is highly primitive. (Science Daily)
The Long-Lost Siblings of the Sun Nov 3, 2009
The night is dark because, in cosmic terms, our sun and its family of planets are very lonely. Neighboring stars are so far away that they look like mere specks of light, and more distant stars blur together into a feeble glow. (Scientific American)
GALAXY PICTURE: Cosmic Ray Mystery Solved? Nov 3, 2009
But the magnetic fields of larger objects such as planets and stars bend the particles' flight paths, making it hard to trace their exact sources. In addition, the magnetic field of the galaxy itself traps cosmic rays inside, sending them darting about like flies in a sealed mason jar. (National Geographic)
Saturns equinox brings longnight Nov 3, 2009
"Our solar system formed from a dusty disk, so by understanding the dynamics in a disk like Saturn's rings, we can gain insight into how Earth and the other planets in our solar system were made," Spilker said. 2009 Space. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Skywatch: Leonid meteor shower Nov 3, 2009
Along with the mythologically related constellations of Pegasus, Andromeda, Perseus and Cassiopeia, all of which appear high in the eastern and northeastern sky during the evenings, November features prominent planets and a famous meteor shower ... The king of the planets is well-placed for evening viewing throughout November. (AZCentral -- Travel)
New Ben 10 Game Out Now Nov 3, 2009
In an original storyline developed exclusively for BEN 10 ALIEN FORCE: Vilgax Attacks, Ben and the Omnitrix will journey to outer space and distant never-before-seen planets for the first time ever in the series ... Gamers will journey to exciting never-before-seen alien home planets on Ben's first interactive intergalactic adventure to battle against a roster of Ben's most infamous villains and foes, including his ultimate nemesis, Vilgax. (IGN PS2)
