News articles tagged with 'cloud'
Ghostly 'spokes' puff out from Saturn's ring's
— 15 Nov 2009 17:06 | AstronomyMassive, bright clouds of tiny ice particles hover above the darkened rings of Saturn in an image captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 22 September 2009 around the time of Saturn's... — full story
IBEX satellite finds ribbon-like structure at edge of heliosphere
— 16 Oct 2009 09:00 | AstronomyThe invisible structures of space are becoming less so, as scientists look out to the far edges of the solar wind bubble that separates our solar system from the interstellar cloud... — full story
Looking for privacy in the clouds
— 14 Oct 2009 12:31 | TechnologyMillions of Internet users have been enjoying the fun - and free - services provided by advertiser-supported online social networks like Facebook. But Landon Cox, a Duke University... — full story
Acidic clouds nourish world's oceans
— 6 Oct 2009 20:47 | EnvironmentScientists at the University of Leeds have proved that acid in the atmosphere breaks down large particles of iron found in dust into small and extremely soluble iron nanoparticles,... — full story
Venus Express adds to evidence for atmospheric water loss by Earth's twin
— 16 Sep 2009 00:02 | AstronomyObservations by the European Space Agency's Venus Express mission have provided strong new evidence that the solar wind has stripped away significant quantities of water from Earth's... — full story
Researchers show component of mothballs is present in deep-space clouds
— 3 Sep 2009 14:54 | AstronomyInterstellar clouds, drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space, may be the stuff dreams are made of. But it turns out there's an unexpectedly strange component in those clouds,... — full story
The sky is not falling: Pollution in eastern China cuts light, useful rainfall
— 15 Aug 2009 14:27 | EnvironmentNew research shows that air pollution in eastern China has reduced the amount of light rainfall over the past 50 years and decreased by 23 percent the number of days of light rain in... — full story
Space telescopes find trigger-happy star formation
— 13 Aug 2009 09:19 | AstronomyA new study from two of NASA's Great Observatories provides fresh insight into how some stars are born, along with a beautiful new image of a stellar nursery in our Milky Way galaxy.... — full story
New portrait of Omega Nebula's glistening water-colours
— 7 Jul 2009 17:08 | AstronomyThe Omega Nebula, sometimes called the Swan Nebula, is a dazzling stellar nursery located about 5500 light-years away towards the constellation of Sagittarius (the Archer). An active... — full story
Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction
— 18 Jun 2009 13:28 | EnvironmentSatellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers... — full story