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NASA starts arctic atmospheric study

Friday Apr 4, 2008

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 1 (UPI) – The U.S. space agency says the most extensive research project ever conducted to investigate the Arctic’s lower atmosphere begins this week.

The three-week mission is designed to help scientists identify how air pollution contributes to climate changes in the Arctic. Read the rest of this entry »


NASA: ‘Baby’ Black Hole Dicovered! Small But Just As Dangerous

Friday Apr 4, 2008

The black holes have created endless stories, as they were known to be enormous regions so powerful that nothing can ever escape them, not even light. NASA scientists managed to find this time a “baby” hole, the smallest discovered to date, lighter than other black wholes known so far. The announcement was made on March 31 by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Nikolai Shaposhnikov and Lev Titarchuck, who initially discovered it. Read the rest of this entry »