Spectra Confirm Ice on Asteroid 24 Themis. How Did it Get There?

It seems that space age instruments are now finding evidence of water-ice in the many locations we have pointed them to look. The latest to be confirmed includes asteroid 24 Themis. But is it from subsurface...

NASA confirms building blocks of life found on comets

By Paul Lester18:40 August 19, 2009 PDT" Fresh evidence has been revealed to support the theory that life on Earth began in space. NASA's Stardust probe, a specially-designed-comet ‘chaser’, successfully...

Green Comet Lulin Passing by Earth Next Week

A green Comet called Lulin is set to pass by Earth next week, and the way that it travels looks like it is going backwards. This will be the only trip toward the sun that Lulin will take from the outer reaches of...

Hurricane Ike Is Huge and Growing Stronger

"THOUSANDS of people have fled the Texas Gulf coast as deadly Hurricane Ike bears down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean.Ike, which has left more than 100 dead across the Caribbean, could...

2012 End of the World

2012 has been a superstition to be the "End of the World" in many cultures around the world.  One of the major evidence to be found is from the writings of the Mayan culture.  The Mayans were brilliant...

Arctic Sea Ice 'Melting Fast'

"Arctic sea ice is melting even faster than last year, despite a cold winter. The year began with ice covering a larger area than at the beginning of 2007. But now it is down to levels seen last June, at the...

UFO Explosion/Sightings in Vietnam and Texas

"HANOI (Reuters) - An unidentified flying object exploded in mid-air over a southern Vietnamese island, state media said Wednesday, a day after Cambodia's air force retracted a report of a mysterious plane...

Video: Volcanologists Keep A Weary Eye on Mt Etna

"A second eruption occurred on the evening of 13 May from a fissure that opened NE of the SE crater, about 800m long. Catania airport had to be closed because of ash emission from Etna. Apart from the emission...

Video: Apocalyptic Hailstorm Hits Belgrade

"An Apocalyptic storm slammed into Belgrade yesterday afternoon. The BBC got some good footage of the rivers of hailstones."

Cyclone Death Toll Soars Past 22,000

" YANGON, Myanmar - The death toll from the cyclone that battered Myanmar last weekend rose above 22,000 Tuesday as the international community prepared to rush in aid, state radio reported.A...

UNHCR: Climate Change to Cause Mass Migration

"As many as one billion people could lose their homes by 2050 because of the devastating impact of global warming, scientists and political leaders will be warned today. They will hear that the steady rise in...

Climate Change is Transforming Life on Earth

" Scientists widely accept that greenhouse gases are changing the climate, and in Kansas they are already seeing some of the effects of higher temperatures and less water. The shrinking water supply will make...

Arctic Meltdown Near Its "Tipping Point" Warns WWF

"MONTREAL (AFP) — Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.The volumes of...

Waiting for the 'Tsunami From The Sky'

"Rising temperatures have resulted in dangerously high water levels in a lake above a valley in central Bhutan. No one knows how long it can hold."

Warning of Big Sea Level Rise: Scientists

"Sea levels could rise by up to one-and-a-half metres by the end of this century, according to a new scientific analysis.This is substantially more than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

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