Archive for 2007
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NASA lends a hand in Central America
December 28, 2007
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SERVIR's supercomputer at the Water Center for the Humid Tropics of Latin America and the Caribbean (CATHALAC) in Panama City integrates data from a variety of sources and displays a real-time map of crisis points. At a glance, decisions-makers can see where rain will fall, where flooding will occur, the location of forest fires, hurricanes, tornadoes – pretty much anything nature can dish out. CATHALAC then warns residents.
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What Would ET See?
December 23, 2007
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Astronomers are trying to determine what alien races might see if they happened to be staring at the Earth from the surface of far away planets. The research may help us better understand what we should look for when searching for habitable planets around distant stars.
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Signs of Early Sulfur
December 22, 2007
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Scientists have found that sulfur dioxide might have played a role in warming the climate of early Mars. The finding may help determine whether or not Mars could have supported life in the past, and may also yield important clues about the conditions in which life originated on the early Earth.
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Asteroid Threatens to Hit Mars
December 21, 2007
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Astronomers funded by NASA are monitoring the trajectory of an asteroid named 2007 WD5 that is expected to cross the orbital path of Mars early next year. Calculations by NASA's Near-Earth Object Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory indicate that the 164-ft wide asteroid may pass within 30,000 miles of Mars at about 6 a.m. EST on Jan. 30, 2008.
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Suzaku Explains Cosmic Powerhouses
December 20, 2007
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By working in synergy with a ground-based telescope array, the joint Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/NASA Suzaku X-ray observatory is shedding new light on some of the most energetic objects in our galaxy, but objects that remain shrouded in mystery.