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'Dropouts' pinpoint earliest galaxies

November 6, 2009

Pasadena, CA -- Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its cha

Carbon atmosphere discovered on neutron star

November 4, 2009

Evidence for a thin veil of carbon has been found on the neutron star in the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant.

NASA's TRMM satellite provides a rainfall map of Mirinae's flooding rains

November 3, 2009

Typhoon Mirinae drenched the Philippines and Vietnam over the last two weeks.

Tropical Depression 97W passing through central Philippines

November 3, 2009

Tropical Depression 97W hasn't grown into a tropical storm and is now tracking through the central Philippines, far south of Manila.

Adapting space-industry technology to treat breast cancer

November 2, 2009

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can be used

NASA satellite confirms another tropical cyclone may impact the Philippines

November 2, 2009

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over the Philippine Sea during the early morning hours today, November 2 infrared imagery saw another new tropical cyclone coming together.

Mirinae floods Philippines, makes landfall in Vietnam with strong thunderstorms

November 2, 2009

Mirinae (Santi) caused 12 hours of flooding rains in the Philippines when it crossed the northern Luzon region over the weekend. On October 31 at 5 a.m.

NASA's Fermi telescope detects gamma-ray from 'star factories' in other galaxies

November 2, 2009

Nearby galaxies undergoing a furious pace of star formation also emit lots of gamma rays, say astronomers using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

'Ultra-primitive' particles found in comet dust

November 2, 2009

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Typhoon Mirinae already raining on the Philippines

October 30, 2009

Infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed that Typhoon Mirinae's cold thunderstorm clouds were already over sections of the central and northern Philippines on October 30 at 4:53 p.m.

Interactions with aerosols boost warming potential of some gases

October 30, 2009

For decades, climate scientists have worked to identify and measure key substances -- notably greenhouse gases and aerosol particles -- that affect Earth's climate.

NASA researchers explore lightning's 'NOx-ious' impact on pollution, climate

October 30, 2009

Every year, scientists learn something new about the inner workings of lightning.

Typhoon Mirinae is already scaring Philippine residents before Halloween

October 29, 2009

Another typhoon in the northern Philippines really is something to be scared about, and Mirinae is expected to make landfall there in the mid-morning hours on Halloween, October 31.

New celestial map gives directions for GPS

October 29, 2009

Many of us have been rescued from unfamiliar territory by directions from a Global Positioning System (GPS) navigator.



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