…help us to better understand our own planet and the wide variety of organisms with which we share it. Read about the discovery at: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/gliese_581_feature.html Learn how scientists find new…
From xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/402/ The permafrost line is shifting. It may be slow by tornado-chasing standards, but it’s shifting. A study earlier this year from Université Laval in Quebec City, Canada…
From xkcd: http://www.xkcd.com/164/ Science is about facts and evidence. There is a lot of evidence that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. You can explore with our models how carbon…
…All they need to do now is find stars that have planets that have at least one moon. “When they’re found, we’ll be ready to weigh them,” said Kipping. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101015140801.htm…
…detect smaller and smaller motions will enhance the ability of instruments to detect smaller and smaller planets around other stars–perhaps even another “Earth.” Technological innovation is the only limit. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101128220203.htm…
How can you tell what’s in the atmosphere of a planet that’s over one billion miles from Earth? Blog Post
…the measurement from that far away, it’s only a matter of time until we’ll be able to measure atmospheres of planets and moons outside of our solar system! http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassinifeatures/feature20101126/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101128222041.htm…
…roughly the same amount of sea level rise caused by melting glaciers and icecaps outside of Greenland and Antarctica and 25% of the total sea level rise per year! http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100923142503.htm…
…Earth-like and have the ability to support life. You can explore the transit method–how the Kepler telescope detects planets–in our space investigation “Is there life outside of Earth?” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110151155.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110110-nasa-kepler-10b-new-planet-found-rocky-science-space/…
…about the stars to fully describe the planets. Just as in all scientific fields, the latest breakthrough discoveries are always built on a strong foundation of basic research. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110110151155.htm http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/01/110110-nasa-kepler-10b-new-planet-found-rocky-science-space/…
…big question, for us humans, is how humans will fare. Explore the role of oceans in Earth’s climate with our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110109184025.htm…