NOAA scientists have demonstrated that tsunamis in the open ocean can change sea surface texture in a way that can be measured by satellite-borne radars. The finding could one day help save lives through improved detection and forecasting of tsunami intensity and direction at the ocean surface.
Large tsunamis crossing the open ocean stir up and [...]

Partial eclipses of the sun pale in comparison to the overwhelming spectacle of a total solar eclipse! On Wednesday, 22 July 2009, a total eclipse of the sun will be visible from within a narrow corridor, which traverses a third of the Earth.
The eclipse will start off on the west coast of India and travel [...]

Artist’s impression of the new source HLX-1 (represented by the light blue object to the top left of the galactic bulge) in the periphery of the edge-on spiral galaxy ESO 243-49. This is the first strong evidence for the existence of intermediate mass black holes.
A black hole is a region of space in which the [...]

Scientists are seeking clues to what is life in the extrasolar planets, they are studying various biosignatures found in the light spectrum leaking out to earth to speculate on something more basic and essential than the musical expertise of Droopy McCool.What they are concerned with is to what kind of photosynthesis might occur on such [...]

This photo, based on imagery captured by the XMM-Newton and Chandra X-ray observatories, shows the supernova remnant known as RCW 86. Scientists studied the stellar leftovers to trace the source of energetic cosmic rays.
A new study shows that a supernovae will serve as gigantic particle accelerators - ranging up to almost the speed of light. [...]

It is a wonderful and amazing fact that in an extreme cold the human body can be preserved over 1000’s of years. A great example of this was the Otzi during September 19, 1991 when hikers (German tourist) in the Otztal Alps near the border between Austria and Italy came across the body of a [...]

An image of Death Valley overlaid with digital topography data from the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model
The most complete terrain map of the Earth’s surface has been published by the US and Japan. The resulting Global Digital Elevation covers 99% of the planet’s surface.
Earth is the third palnet of the solar system fron the [...]