TUCSON, Ariz. -- The latest activities of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander have moved the mission closer to analyzing a sample of material, possibly icy soil, from a hard layer at the bottom of a shallow trench beside the lander.
Jul 23, 2008 - 5:51:49 PM
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The first bands of Hurricane Dolly raked south Texas and northern Mexico Wednesday morning with a deluge of rain and gusts of high wind, raising fears of flooding along the Rio Grande and throughout the region, officials said.
Jul 23, 2008 - 11:39:39 AM
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed that magnetic fields of ancient galaxies like ours were just as strong as those existing today, prompting a rethinking of how our galaxy and others may have formed.
Jul 23, 2008 - 11:14:18 AM
ADDIS ABABA - Army worms, hail and floods are adding to the woes of Ethiopians reeling from high world food prices and a drought that has affected some 4.6 million people, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Jul 23, 2008 - 10:48:27 AM
A European spacecraft is making its closest ever pass by the Martian moon Phobos today to scan never-before-seen regions of the small, rocky satellite.
Jul 23, 2008 - 10:42:35 AM
Japan's main island of Honshu has been rocked by an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, the country's meteorological agency said. The tremor, which was 120km underground, struck at 12:26am (15:26 GMT) on Thursday in Iwate prefecture on the northern part of the island.
Jul 23, 2008 - 10:04:06 AM
The fluffy-looking galaxy, officially named Messier 101, is dominated by a mishmash of spiral arms. In Spitzer's new view, in which infrared light is color coded, the galaxy sports a swirling blue center and a unique, coral-red outer ring.
Jul 23, 2008 - 10:02:25 AM
A Hurricane warning remains in effect for the Coast of Texas from Brownsville to Corpus Christi, and for the northeaset coast of Mexico from Rio San Fernado northward to the border between Mexico and the United States. Preperations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion.
Jul 22, 2008 - 2:30:30 PM
North Carolina -- The clean-up in China Grove continues for store owners and maintenance crews after strong storms rolled through the area Monday night.
Jul 22, 2008 - 2:20:30 PM
Yet another strong endorsement from the science community indicating a Sun - Earth connection as the ultimate cause of climate change. In this research paper now being published in major scientific journals, defines Battros 'Equation' which indicates jet stream winds are the cause of shifting ocean currents. Furthermore, it is the magnetic field shift which is caused by the Sun, which drives and directs jet stream winds. (See Equation Below)
Jul 22, 2008 - 12:08:32 PM
Global and real-time "space weather" observations of near-Earth space--and the solar storms that can knock out electric power grids--is about to happen for the first time, thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Equation: Sunspots => Solar Flares (charged particles) => Magnetic Field Shift => Shifting Ocean and Jet Stream Currents => Extreme Weather and Human Disruption (mitch battros)
Jul 22, 2008 - 10:16:20 AM
ALASKA -- There are now two active volcanoes in Alaska's Aleutians Islands. The Alaska Volcano Observatory reports Cleveland Volcano erupted Monday, sending ash up to 17,000 feet in the air. Geophysicist Rick Wessels says pilots are reporting surface ash extending up to 50 miles southeast of the volcano.
Jul 22, 2008 - 10:04:59 AM
McALLEN, Texas — Troops were at the ready and residents along the Gulf Coast near the Texas-Mexico border were preparing as Tropical Storm Dolly — expected by forecasters to strengthen into a hurricane this week — headed their way.
Jul 22, 2008 - 9:56:04 AM
Quito, Ecuador - Scientists at Ecuador's Geophysics Institute say the Tungurahua volcano is spewing ash on nearby highland communities. Patricio Ramon told Radio Quito on Monday that the volcano in Ecuador's central Andes is "unstable" and explosions, emissions of ash and booming noises are becoming more frequent.
Jul 22, 2008 - 9:54:48 AM
