Mar 11 2010
Dark Asteroids Found Near Earth
A new infrared telescope has found 16 previously unknown asteroids that swing close to Earth.
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Mar 11 2010
Dark Asteroids Found Near Earth
A new infrared telescope has found 16 previously unknown asteroids that swing close to Earth.
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Mar 11 2010
Mann Bites Dog
What did the "Climategate" scandal really expose -- a problem with climate science, or the modern media echo chamber? A special article from the pages of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
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Mar 11 2010
Mann Bites Dog
What did the "Climategate" scandal really expose -- a problem with climate science, or the modern media echo chamber? A special article from the pages of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.
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Mar 07 2010
Planetary Trash Talk
The inspiration for the new NOVA program, "The Pluto Files," featuring astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, was the public outcry that accompanied the downgrading of Pluto from a planet to a "dwarf planet" (or "plutoid") by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ...
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Mar 04 2010
Asteroid Did Kill Dinos, Scientists Affirm
A 30-year-old theory about the demise of the dinosaurs gets affirmation from a team of scientists.
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Mar 02 2010
Mars Express Swings by Phobos
The information the satellite gathers could prove crucial to understanding the origin of Mars' moon.
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Feb 17 2010
The Ethics of Planetary Exploration and Colonization
Humans are no strangers to ravaging the land, but the stars have proven a good deal more elusive. So far, our ethical concerns have remained limited to the contamination of extraterrestrial environments, but what will the future bring? Vatican astronomer ...
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Feb 08 2010
Spaced-Out Super Bowl Ads 2010
The Super Bowl is over, the Saints won, but most importantly, were the commercials any good? (Is it me, or is Danica Patrick wearing less and less clothing every year?) On Friday I gave a brief rundown of some of ...
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Feb 07 2010
Mystery “X” Stands For “X-traterrestrial” to Some Believers
When Hubble Space Telescope first photographed the strange comet-like object p/2010 a2 I just knew it would get attention among the X-Files crowd. The "X" pattern of dust debris, presumably from an asteroid collision, is simply arresting. Last week's release ...
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