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Jerry posted Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble? | 6 days ago
There is some new thinking that has been gaining traction recently that Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this could account for the apparent acceleration of the universe's expansion. This is a competing idea to the dark matter theories...
Melissa posted Large Hadron Collider team sent death threats | NEWS.com.au | Sep 9, 2008
I am so excited about the Hadron Collider - it is just the coolest thing. OK, that sounded a little juvenile. But good to see that yet another scientific experiment is met with the notion that it may bring about the end of the world....Not that that is the bit that excites me. We happened upon a...
Xtine posted Scientists Find Trigger for Northern Lights | Jul 26, 2008
David Bebee/Waterloo Region Record, via Associated Press A NASA mission to study geomagnetic storms used satellites and ground observations to determine the order of events surrounding the aurora borealis, shown in Kitchener, Ontario, in 2004. By KENNETH CHANG The New York Times Published: July 25,...
Xtine posted It's the Solar Minimum, silly goose! | Jul 12, 2008
What's Wrong with the Sun? (Nothing) 07.11.2008 + Play Audio | + Download Audio | + Email to a friend | + Join mailing list July 11, 2008: Stop the presses! The sun is behaving normally. So says NASA solar physicist David Hathaway. "There have been some reports lately that Solar Minimum is lasting...
