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Pigs with H1N1 virus revealed by study in Africa
The first evidence pigs with H1N1 virus has been published. The study found that 89 percent of pigs tested had the virus.
September 26, 2011
The growing problem of space debris
The September 24, 2011 uncontrolled reentry of NASA's UARS satellite places a spotlight the problem of debris in orbit around Earth.
September 24, 2011
New planets may have been found by citizen scientist web users
Looking at data from the Kepler mission, web users participating in the Planet Hunters science project may have found two new planets.
September 23, 2011
Cassini captures five of Saturn’s moons
Five of Saturn's moons appear in one image taken by the Cassini spacecraft in 2011.
September 22, 2011
Traces of Fukushima fallout reached SF Bay Area in March 2011
After Japan's 2011 earthquake, people speculated that radiation from the Fukushima reactor would travel to California. It did, but only in trace amounts.
September 21, 2011
Running Chicken Nebula image in ruby red
An image from the European Southern Observatory shows the Running Chicken Nebula, a star-forming region in space, 6,500 light-years away.
September 21, 2011
Dinosaur-killing asteroid origin remains a mystery
NASA's WISE mission rules out the Baptistina family of asteroids in the search for which ones were the dinosaur-killing asteroid.
September 20, 2011
Amphibians and reptiles found in largest numbers in Florida
A study indicates that the pet trade is the number one reason Florida has the largest number of invasive amphibians and reptiles of any place in the world.
September 19, 2011
Newborn dinosaur fossil discovered in Maryland
A Maryland fossil hunter finds the youngest nodosaur ever found and the first newborn dinosaur ever recovered in the eastern U.S.
September 15, 2011
50 new exoplanets announced, including 16 super-Earths
At the Extreme Solar Systems conference this week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 350 experts talking about 50 new exoplanets.
September 13, 2011
