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New Radiation Belt Discovered Around SaturnThe discovery will be presented at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam by Dr Elias Roussos on Monday, September 14th.
Topix.net Tuesday, September 15, 2009Super Cell Lightning Storm Raging on Saturn Since JanuaryThe Cassini spacecraft has been in orbit around Saturn since 2004 and during its mission, has watched nine different lightning storms rage on the planet. But this latest one is the longest lasting and most powerful storm yet: it has been going on since mid-January 2009 with no end in sight. It [...]
Universe Today Tuesday, September 15, 2009Storm on Saturn breaks recordsA tempest that erupted on Saturn in January has become the Solar System's longest continuously observed lightning storm.
iol.co.za Tuesday, September 15, 2009Better world: Generate a feed-in frenzyPaying people who generate green energy and feed it back to the grid is the best way to boost uptake of renewable energy
NewScientist.com Tuesday, September 15, 2009SOFIA Program Supports Astronomy For Students With Sensory ImpairmentsPRESS RELEASE Date Released: Monday, September 14, 2009 Source: Universities Space Research Association - Comments NASA's Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy Science Center at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has selected the YAAYS and Space Exploration and Experience projects at the University of Chicago's ...
Topix.net Tuesday, September 15, 2009Shower heads make a perfect home for bugs"Run your shower for a minute or so before you get in, otherwise you'll get a face full of bacteria," says a microbiologist
NewScientist.com Tuesday, September 15, 2009University of Toronto study shows disparity of effect of climate change on UV radiation(University of Toronto) Physicists at the University of Toronto have discovered that changes in the Earth's ozone layer due to climate change will reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation in northern high latitude regions such as Siberia, Scandinavia and northern Canada. Other regions of the Earth, such as the tropics and Antarctica, will instead face increasing levels of UV radiation.
Eurekalert.org Tuesday, September 15, 2009SA to launch first state satelliteSouth Africa and southern Africa's landmark first government-owned satellite, which will be piggyback on a Russian Soyuz rocket, is scheduled to be launched later on Tuesday.
iol.co.za Tuesday, September 15, 2009Titan's Haze Acts as Ozone LayerTitan appears to be more like Earth all the time, and a new understanding of Titan's hazy atmosphere could provide clues to the evolution of Earth's early atmospheric environment and the development of life on our home planet. Researchers have discovered a series of chemical reactions on Saturn's largest moon that may shield the [...]
Universe Today Tuesday, September 15, 2009Saturn's moon Titan has a foggy bottomThe sighting of methane fog in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan shows Earth is not the only solar-system body with a 'hydrological' cycle
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