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…
…ice sheet dynamics and their relationship with the global climate system.” Explore the relationship between temperature and ice-melting in our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?“ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/01/110126131538.htm…
…think it is important to get that message out now.” http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110216132100.htm Explore the relationship between temperature and greenhouse gases in our activity, “What will Earth’s climate be in the future?“…
…no easy feat. But working in these harsh conditions is the only way that scientists might be able to understand what Earth’s climate was like 1.5 million years ago. http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134229249/its-bottoms-up-for-antarctic-ice-sheets…
…100 to be considered significant. http://www.xkcd.com/882 Scientists test their hypotheses multiple times to be sure of the significance of their results. Even though one test may reach a significant p-value,…
…Formaldehyde is relatively abundant throughout the galaxy, making it possible that life could form in other solar systems in the same way that it formed in this solar system. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/110404151351.htm…