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Earthquakes may come from cyclones, says study
Earthquakes, including the 2010 temblors in Haiti and Taiwan, might be triggered by tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) according to a new study.
December 9, 2011
Intelligence in humans may be limited
A new paper warns that there are limits on how smart humans can get, and any increases in intelligence are likely to come with problems.
December 8, 2011
SETI telescopes resume search for signs of alien life, targeting new planets
SETI telescopes are once again searching planetary systems for signals that would be evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.
December 8, 2011
View lunar eclipse of December 10, 2011 by webcam
Many of you have been asking if we know of a live webcam of the December 10, 2011 total lunar eclipse event. And we do!
December 7, 2011
Earth-like planet 600 light-years away with spring day-like surface temps
The newly-discovered Kepler 22b, 600 light-years away, could be a large, rocky planet with a surface temperature of about 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
December 7, 2011
One year of the moon in 2.5 minutes
The moon appears to wobble as we watch a visualization of a whole year of orbits compressed into 2 1/2 minutes. View 12 lunar months here.
December 6, 2011
Voyager 1 enters region between solar system edge and interstellar space
"We shouldn't have long to wait to find out what the space between stars is really like," said Voyager project scientist Ed Stone.
December 6, 2011
Two record-breaking black holes found nearby
Astronomers say in a crucial discovery they've found the largest black holes ever measured in our nearby cosmological neighborhood.
December 6, 2011
Fastest spinning star ever discovered rotates 100 times faster than sun
Astronomers have found the fastest spinning star ever discovered. The hot blue giant rotates at one million miles per hour, or 100 times faster than our sun.
December 5, 2011
Astronomers find strange new species of red galaxies
The four very red galaxies seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope might be a 'missing link' in galaxy evolution, CfA astronomers say.
December 3, 2011
