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(Jun 7, 2009) Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion. Their forecast for Titan's early autumn – warm and wetter. Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have monitored Titan's atmosphere for three-and-a-half years, between July 2004 and December 2007, and observed more than 200 clouds. Read more. Source: NASA/JPL |
(Jun 6, 2009) A wandering black hole may have torn apart a star to create a strange object that brightened mysteriously and then faded from view in 2006, a new study suggests. But more than three years later, astronomers are still at a loss to explain all the features of the strange event. The object, called SCP 06F6, was first spotted in the constellation Bootes in February 2006. Read more. Source: New Scientist |
(Jun 5, 2009) Fist-sized stones scattered around Victoria Crater on Mars appear to be meteorites – and might be fragments of the object that punched out the crater, researchers say. Because the rocks contain iron, which rusts in the presence of water, they could provide a sensitive gauge of how much weathering has affected the region in recent times. Read more. Source: New Scientist |
(Jun 4, 2009) Neil Armstrong missed out an "a" and did not say "one small step for a man" when he set foot on the Moon in 1969, a linguistic analysis has confirmed. The researchers show for the first time that he intended to say "a man" and that the "a" may have been lost because he was under pressure. They say that although the phrase was not strictly correct, it was poetic. Read more. Source: BBC |
(Jun 3, 2009) A storm of meteorites that pounded Earth and Mars four billion years ago may have made the planets warmer and wetter. Researchers superheated younger space rocks to measure the gases that would have been shed as meteorites entered fledgling atmospheres during the storm. There would have been enough to create warmer and wetter planets more amenable to life, they say. Read more. Source: BBC |
(Jun 2, 2009) Astronauts need to add space headache to their list of occupational hazards, say researchers. After quizzing 17 seasoned astronauts they found more than two-thirds suffered from headaches on missions yet were headache free back on earth. The disabling headaches appeared unique – described by the crew as "exploding" – and were generally unrelated to common space motion sickness. Read more. Source: BBC |
(Jun 1, 2009) A model that postulates the existence of a 'chameleon' particle – which would change its mass depending on its surroundings – is gaining attention. A new paper claims to have spotted signs of this elusive particle, whose existence was first postulated in 2003 to explain the accelerating expansion of the Universe, which has been attributed to some unknown dark energy. Read more. Source: Nature |
