Science report from Audrey....
Space Weather News for Jan. 13, 2007
http://spaceweather.com
Observers around the world are reporting that Comet McNaught is now visible in
broad daylight. The comet is very close to the sun, so it is tricky to find.
If you want to try, here's how to do it: Go outside and stand in the shadow of
a building so that the glare of the sun is blocked out. Make a fist and hold
it at arm's length. The comet is about one fist-width east of the sun.
This weekend is a special time for Comet McNaught because it is making its
closest approach to the sun. Solar heat causes the comet to vaporize furiously
and
brighten to daytime visibility. McNaught is now the brightest comet in more
than 40 years, and it may become the brightest in centuries.
Visit http://spaceweather.com for photos
and updates.
-- NASA Science News for October 26, 2006
A satellite orbiting Earth is learning to think for itself. This artificial
intelligence offers a powerful new way to study Earth, and it may prove
useful on other planets, too.
FULL STORY at
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NASA Science News for July 28,
2006
At the dawn on the Space Age, the first spaceship to reach the Moon crashed.
Forty-seven years later, NASA plans to do it again. A ship named LCROSS is
going to hit the Moon, not once but twice, in a daring search for lunar
water.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/28jul_crashlanding.htm?list103079
NASA Science News for July 26, 2006 1:00:00 PM
Where do hurricanes come from? Researchers are flying across the Atlantic to
catch the mighty storms in the act of being born. The data they collect could
lead to better forecasting and a deeper understanding of hurricanes.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jul_namma.htm?list103079
NASA Science News for June 5, 2006
The two biggest storms in the solar system are about to go bump in the night,
in plain view of backyard telescopes.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/05jun_redperil.htm?list103079
NASA Science News for April 4, 2006
Researchers have noticed something odd about fine-powdered moondust--it's
magnetic. This raises the possibility that magnets could be used for dust
abatement when astronauts return to the moon.
FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/04apr_magneticmoondust.htm?list10307
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Space Weather News for April 3, 2006
http://spaceweather.com
Solar activity is suddenly increasing. The biggest sunspots of the year are
crossing the solar disk; one group is longer than 10 Earth diameters and
poses a threat for solar flares. Meanwhile, astronomers are monitoring a
large and delightfully complex prominence dancing long the sun's limb.
Whether all this will translate into magnetic storms and auroras remains to
be seen. Please visit
http://spaceweather.com for pictures and updates.
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The moon is shaking
NASA astronauts are
going back to the moon and when they get there they may need quake-proof
housing.
The moon is shaking with "shallow moonquakes" that researchers don't
fully understand.
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Space travel is a good way to
stay young
- according to Einstein's theory of relativity, . Or is it?
NASA researchers are looking into this strange effect; what they learn about
aging could benefit
everyone, on Earth and in space.
-- NASA Science News for
March 22, 2006
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Understanding
your brain
No computer is as powerful as the human mind. It is fascinating and important,
which is why itıs such a tragedy when it stops working correctly.
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