The Philippines was recently announced to have a potential “doomsday scenario.”  Findings from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) point to the possibility of the country’s capital, Manila, of being completely submerged underwater due to climate change and the melting of the polar ice caps, in effect killing most plants and animals.  In other […]

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The Mars mission called Phoenix is doing pretty well, as reported Monday during a news conference held by NASA. Despite having a redundant system to survive any possible mishaps, “Up to this point, we haven’t needed any of it,” Phoenix program manager Edward Sedivy mentioned.
In about a week, after checking and double checking the […]

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Now we don’t have to wait for a clear sky or work for NASA to see the splendors that our universe could offer. With the launch of Microsoft’s Worldwide Telescope, users can view, pan, or zoom in on different heavenly bodies with the simple click of mouse.
The ability to search beyond the skies […]

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