This diagram shows the March 11 fault motion sequence. 1. Rupture of the fault plane begins at the epicenter. 2. Rupture travels westward, down the fault plane towards Honshu. The island suffers violent shaking for 40 seconds. 3. The upward sloping east side of the fault plane begins to rupture,[Read More…]
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NASA-Funded Scientists Make Lunar Watershed Discovery
Moffett Field, CA-(ENEWSPF)- A team of NASA-funded researchers has measured for the first time water from the moon in the form of tiny globules of molten rock, which have turned to glass-like material trapped within crystals. Data from these newly-discovered lunar melt inclusions indicate the water content of lunar magma[Read More…]
NASA’S Hubble Finds Rare ‘Blue Straggler’ Stars In Milky Way’s Hub
Blue straggler stars. (NASA) Washington-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has found a rare class of oddball stars called blue stragglers in the hub of our Milky Way, the first detected within our galaxy’s bulge. Blue stragglers are so named because they seemingly lag behind in the aging process, appearing younger[Read More…]
Spitzer Sees Crystal ‘Rain’ in Outer Clouds of Infant Star
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope detected tiny green crystals, called olivine, thought to be raining down on a developing star. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Toledo Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- Tiny crystals of a green mineral called olivine are falling down like rain on a burgeoning star, according to observations from NASA’s Spitzer Space[Read More…]
Juno Solar Panels Complete Testing
Technicians at Astrotech’s payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. stow solar array #2 against the body of NASA’s Juno spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/KSC Pasadena, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The three massive solar panels that will provide power for NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its mission to Jupiter have seen their last photons of light[Read More…]
NOAA: Endangered Species Listing for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Not Warranted
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011. After an extensive scientific review, NOAA announced today that Atlantic bluefin tuna currently do not warrant species protection under the Endangered Species Act. NOAA has committed to revisit this decision by early 2013, when more information will be available about the effects of the Deepwater Horizon[Read More…]
Report Finds Global Smokers Consider Quitting due to Graphic Health Warnings on Packages
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011. Health warnings on cigarette packages prompt smokers to think about quitting, according to a 14-nation study. Effective warning labels as a component of comprehensive tobacco control can help save lives by reducing tobacco use, said a report released by CDC. The study, published in today’s Morbidity[Read More…]
Memorial Day Weekend Among the Deadliest Holidays for ATV Riders
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warns all-terrain vehicle (ATV) riders to take steps to stay safe this holiday weekend. CPSC staff is aware of 28 fatalities that occurred during the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend in 2010. That is an average of seven deaths[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood and ACLU File Lawsuit in South Dakota to Protect Women’s Health and Safety
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2011. Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS), represented by attorneys from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and joined by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against a new law that severely restricts abortion access.[Read More…]
Pakistan and Queensland Floods, Will They Become More Regular Events
United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–26 May 2011. Dramatic climate swings behind both last year’s Pakistan flooding and this year’s Queensland floods in Australia are likely to continue as the world gets warmer, scientists predict. Researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Leeds have discovered that the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the sloshing[Read More…]
