Earth&#39;s a real hum-dinger - literally
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Scientists have long known that the Earth rings like a giant bell after large earthquakes - albeit a bell that no one could ever hear - due to slight deformations that leave the planet jiggling like a bowl of Jell-O.
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An international research team has found the first direct evidence that the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates, like a spoon spinning in honey.
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Telescopes spy the closest asteroid flyby ever recorded. Also: European astronomers find a 'super Earth' 300 trillion light years away.... and did DOS trickery foil the Spirit rover? By Amit Asaravala.
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Dec. 28, 2004 - The gigantic Asian sea quake, the most dramatic seismic shock in more than 40 years, made the earth wobble on its axis and permanently changed the geology of the surrounding area, scientists said Tuesday.
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Also: Earth storms lead to space storms. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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An international team of NASA and university researchers has found the first direct evidence of a phenomenon predicted in 1918 using Einstein&#39;s theory of general relativity -- that the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it rotates.
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland The signs of global warming and its effects on Earth&#39;s ice caps are more apparent. But despite the fresh evidence in a recently released report, the United States and other members of the
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The intensifying impact of human activities is visibly altering the planet, requiring ever more frequent redrawing of the Earthâs features themselves.
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This animation illustrates a massive collision between rocky, embryonic planets as big as mountain ranges. Such collisions form the basis of the planet-building process.
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SCIENTISTS believe they have finally worked out what makes the Earth sing. They have long been mystified by a constant deep drone, far below the range of the human ear, which has been picked up by seismic equipment.
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Across our galaxy, the formation of planetary systems is typically a &quot;big mess&quot; -- a violent, slam-bang process in which dust balls grow into mountainous asteroids that hurtle about like pinballs, repeatedly smashing each other to bits, scientists
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The amount of dust blowing around the world may have serious environmental effects, geographers say.
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A solar outburst, which can play havoc with global positioning systems and cell phone reception, bombarded Earth, Dec. 6, 2006, with a record amount of radio noise, said solar physicist Dale Gary.
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Palm trees in Canada? No ice anywhere? The future could look like Earth's hottest ancient epoch, says a new study of carbon dioxide levels.
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Earth&#39;s spin warps space around the planet, according to a new study that confirms a key prediction of Einstein&#39;s general theory of relativity.
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Scared of lightning? Then don&#39;t move to the ringed planet. The spacecraft Cassini found that the radio signals of lightning on Saturn are about 1 million times as intense as they are on Earth.
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Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.