Vanishing Dust Belt Around Star Baffles Scientists

BigPic: A Fiery Ribbon Stretching Across Orion's Belt

Inside the European Southern Observatory’s Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope in Chile, there's a submillimeter-wavelength camera perfectly tuned to peer through the clouds of interstellar dust and gas that obscure our view of what’s going on elsewhere in the universe. Fortunately for us, the camera is also good at picking up the faint glow given off by those...

popsci.com (10 days ago)

Green Blog: On Our Radar: Asian Dust and California Snow

Even when two storm systems in the Sierra Nevada carry the same amount of water vapor, scientists found, the presence of dust from Asia in one will cause far more precipitation.

nytimes.com (2 months and 26 days ago)

From Dust to Dust: Dying Star System Spied

For the first time, the European Herschel space observatory has spied an old subgiant star sporting a dusty disk of debris -- a feature usually associated with young stars. ->

discovery.com (1 month and 15 days ago)

Study: Dust from Africa affects snowfall in California

Scientists believe wafting dust, grit and microbes – including bacteria and viruses – can spur the formation of ice crystals in clouds that in turn can influence how much rain or snow falls.

pressherald.com (2 months and 27 days ago)

Dust storm hastens snowmelt in Idaho mountains

Scientists say dust from a March 6 storm covered the northern Owyhee Mountains, accelerating the snowmelt.

oregonlive.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

NASA spots leaping lunar dust

Electrically charged lunar dust near shadowed craters can get lofted above the surface and jump over the shadowed region, bouncing back and forth between sunlit areas on opposite sides, according to new calculations by NASA scientists.

indiatimes.com (2 months and 8 days ago)

Dust storm accelerates snowmelt in Idaho mountains

Scientists say a wind storm earlier this month covered a southwestern Idaho mountain range with dust from Oregon and Nevada and accelerated snowmelt due to the darker surface absorbing heat fr…

gazettetimes.com (1 month and 26 days ago)

Movie Review: ‘Vanishing Waves,’ Directed by Kristina Buozyte

“Vanishing Waves,” a psychedelic science-fiction tale, is a discomfiting blend of visual ecstasy and narrative sterility.

nytimes.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

Ballet star Sergei Polunin found in Moscow after vanishing from London rehearsals

independent.co.uk (1 month and 14 days ago)

Half-human/half-ape baffles even experts on our family tree

NEW YORK - Scientists have gained new insights into an extinct South African creature with an intriguing mix of human and apelike traits. But they still haven't pinned down where it fits on ou…

azstarnet.com (1 month and 13 days ago)