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...

NASA plans moon crash

Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden water ice."The Earth-on-moon violence may raise eyebrows, but NASA's history shows that such missions can yield extremely useful scientific...

How Groundwater Shaped Mars

Fascinating Stuff. The whole article is on the yahoo page and I am sure all over the net soon."Scientists think a massive ocean once covered one-third of Mars, and recent photographs suggest that pockets of water may still be hidden beneath the planet's surface. Water is...

`Island` emerges in Indonesian volcano crater

"An island that has emerged in the middle of the crater lake of Indonesia's Mount Kelut may have been effectively plugging the volcano but it could be dislodged, scientists warned Tuesday. The peak in East Java,...

Indonesia’s volcano Mt Kelud set to erupt

 Update: Volcanologists in the southern Indonesian city of Sugihwaras said Monday a massive eruption from Mount Kelud appeared imminent. The 5,700-foot volcano has been very active internally for the...

Mount Kelud keeps villagers on high alert

"Authorities in Indonesia's densely populated East Java province warned residents living on the slopes of Mount Kelud to stay at temporary shelters as the volcano's risk of a major eruption remained high,...

Indonesian villagers brace for potential volcanic eruption

"Meanwhile residents in Candisewu village in the district reported sightings of animals such as monkeys, snakes and anteaters fleeing the slopes in past few days. "Maybe the air near the crater is getting hot, so...

Mysteries remain over Peru meteorite impact

"Speculation raged about what caused the crater, found in the Peruvian town of Carancas, near the Bolivian border, with a hydrothermal explosion of gas and even a downed spy satellite offered up as culprits. It...

Experts: 'Meteor' Gases Likely Caused by Geyser

"Based on reports of fumes emanating from the crater, some scientists actually suspect that the event could have been some kind of geyser-like explosion rather than a meteorite impact."

Update: Scores becoming sick in Peru 'meteor crash'

"Hundreds (600+) of people in P eru have needed treatment after an object from space - said to be a meteorite - plummeted to Earth in a remote area, officials say.  They say the object left a deep crater...

Iraqi Terrorist Kills 19 Children

"The blast left a 10-foot crater in the ground and damaged 10 homes in the Shiite Turkmen village of Qubbak, about six miles (10 kilometers) northeast of Tal Afar, the army official told CNN. "

NASA Moon Bots In The Arctic

Nasa is currently field testing two new robots for lunar exploration.  "Big news!  We have two on Mars!" you might think, but these two new bots are special -  they will be used to help prospect a...

Global warming blamed for vanishing lake

SANTIAGO, Chile - Scientists on Tuesday blamed global warming for the disappearance of a glacial lake in remote southern Chile that faded away in just two months, leaving just a crater behind.

Tunguska Crater Mystery Solved?

Something really, really big exploded over Siberia about 100 years ago; but scientists have argued ever since over whether it was a comet or an asteroid. Now we might be one step closer to knowing the...

Blue Areas On The Red Orb :: Oblate Spheroid

"A deeper analysis of the images taken on Mars surface (JPL website) stir the debate on whither there is standing water … puddles of water on Mars. In a report to be published in the journal IEEE Xplore, R. L....

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