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Nebula NGC 281 dazzles in the infrared
Imagery from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) highlights erosion by a young star cluster in nebula NGC 281.
October 29, 2011
Science this week – October 29, 2011
Science news for the week ending October 29, 2011 from EarthSky.
October 29, 2011
Survival of the fit, fast and persistent?
Climate variability adds another hurdle for amphibian species trying to migrate to more suitable habitats to escape the impacts of global warming.
October 28, 2011
Hal Levison on Saturn’s weird moon Iapetus
"Iapetus is one of the weirdest things in the solar system, said Levision, "and as we study it more and more, it gets weirder and weirder."
October 28, 2011
Rina weakens into a tropical storm
Hurricane Rina, the 17th named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, weakened into a tropical storm on October 27, 2011.
October 27, 2011
Alabama recovering from tornado 6 months later
Alabama has been rebuilding since April 27, 2011, when tornadoes left devastation and 248 dead. But there is still a lot of work to do.
October 27, 2011
Former climate skeptic confirms Earth is warming
"Let me explain why you should not be a skeptic, at least not any longer," said University of California physicist Richard Muller in October 2011.
October 26, 2011
Geothermal mapping shows coast-to-coast clean energy source
Google and SMU map significant geothermal resources across the United States capable of producing more than three million megawatts of green power.
October 26, 2011
Wandering females give stags the slip
The fierce battle of rutting stags is a famous symbol of male animals competing over females. But it turns out the stags don't have things all their own way.
October 26, 2011
Study finds genes linked to mental illness in developing brain
A Yale study finds that most genes associated with psychiatric illnesses are expressed before birth.
October 26, 2011
