This image is a slice from a large simulation called ‘GiggleZ’ which complements the WiggleZ survey. It shows a snapshot of the large-scale matter distribution as studied in Morag Scrimgeour’s research. Image Credit: Greg Poole, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University. Australia-(ENEWSPF)- We know that stars group together to[Read More…]
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First Evidence Discovered of Planet’s Destruction by Its Star
An artist’s impression of a red supergiant engulfing a Jupiter-like planet as it expands. Credit: NASA State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The first evidence of a planet’s destruction by its aging star has been discovered by an international team of astronomers. The evidence indicates that the missing planet was devoured as the[Read More…]
Voyager at 35: Break on Through to the Other Side (Story/Video)
Voyager 2 was launched on August 20, 1977, from the NASA Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida, propelled into space on a Titan/Centaur rocket. Image Credit: NASA/JPL WASHINGTON, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Thirty-five years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would[Read More…]
New NASA Mission to Take First Look Deep Inside Mars
WASHINGTON, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NASA has selected a new mission, set to launch in 2016, that will take the first look into the deep interior of Mars to see why the Red Planet evolved so differently from Earth as one of our solar system’s rocky planets. The new mission, named InSight, will[Read More…]
CU-Boulder Researchers Gear Up for NASA Radiation Belt Space Mission
This artist’s rendering shows the twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes as they will appear shortly after they have separated from their launch vehicle but before they have moved apart from each other and deployed their solar panels and booms. Illustration courtesy NASA Boulder, CO-(ENEWSPF)- The University of Colorado Boulder will[Read More…]
Waste Dumped In The Chicago River In 2 Liter Sodas per Minute
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2012. Note: This research was paid for by http://www.angelwater.org
Court Blocks Planting of Genetically Engineered Canola in Oregon
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)– August 22, 2012. The Oregon Court of Appeals has ordered a temporary halt to the state’s plan to allow genetically engineered (GE) canola to be planted in parts of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The order is in effect until the court rules on a lawsuit filed by opponents[Read More…]
Life-Saving Cross-State Air Pollution Rule in Jeopardy Following Court Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012. Today, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled against the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cross-State Air Pollution protection, which sought to protect Americans from dangerous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Sierra Club joined the lawsuit, along with the Environmental Defense Fund, Clear Air Task Force, American Lung Association,[Read More…]
EPA Announces Brownfields Grants
MADISON–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012 — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Susan Hedman today announced EPA brownfields grants totaling $800,000 to clean up contaminated properties in Madison, Wisconsin. Hedman joined Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Cathy Stepp and Madison Mayor Paul Soglin at a brownfield site on East Washington Avenue[Read More…]
Teaching a Microbe to Make Fuel
Genetically modified organism could turn carbon dioxide or waste products into a gasoline-compatible transportation fuel. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 21, 2012. A humble soil bacterium called Ralstonia eutrophahas a natural tendency, whenever it is stressed, to stop growing and put all its energy into making complex carbon compounds. Now scientists at MIT[Read More…]
