Monthly Archives: January 2008
Sounds In Space?
There is an old riddle it goes something like …. If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound? Well here’s another. If there is no air in … Continue reading
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Mysterious Hot Spot at Saturn’s Pole
Astronomy Journal EntryMysterious Hot Spot at Saturn’s Pole (January 21, 2008) Thanks to new pictures from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers spotted a mysterious hot spot at Saturn’s chilly north pole. The spot is a spinning vortex of gases much hotter … Continue reading
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Earth’s Plates May Take a Break
By Phil Berardelli ScienceNOW Daily News 4 January 2008 Movement of the plates that made up the supercontinent Pangaea could have stopped temporarily and decreased Earth’s volcanic activity. Gridlock. Credit: Nicolle Rager, National Science Foundation, based on Pangaea map … Continue reading
Tungurahua Acting Up Again (January 7, 2008)
(View of Tungurahua volcano courtesy Ecuador Geophysical Institute.) Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano is getting feisty again. In recent weeks, the volcano belched clouds of dark ash and streams of lava. Lahars or mudslides rumbled down its slopes while the ground around … Continue reading
What do scientists do?
Well, in this picture, it looks like they hang out in a room with a bunch of equipment, drink coffee and talk. But on closer investigation students are getting an introduction to the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network, an earthquake monitoring … Continue reading
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