Science news articles about 'plunge'

  • Scientists find rings of Jupiter are shaped in shadow

    ... its traversal of Jupiter's rings in 2002-2003, as part of its deliberate maneuvering for a death plunge into the planet. Krüger analyzed the new data set and Hamilton created elaborate computer models ...
  • Did the solar system 'bounce' finish the dinosaurs?

    ... from the surrounding giant gas and dust clouds dislodge comets from their paths. The comets plunge into the solar system, some of them colliding with the earth. The Cardiff team found that we pass ...
  • Hybrid Cars Deserve A Second Look

    Thought about buying a hybrid but have yet to take the plunge? Now may be the time to reconsider. With gas prices high, a hybrid could save you money.
  • In Praise Of Consumerism - Bees, Bacteria And The Value Of Wasted Time

    ... . He was celebrating his ability to ditch the conventions other rich kids followed - the obligatory trip to Europe and a permanent plunge into the newly-quickening madness of city life. read more
  • “Political Scientist” Takes on New Meaning

    ... Albert Einstein, when he was asked to become the second president of Israel in 1952. He declined of course, but decades later more and more scientists are plunging into the political scene.read more
  • Dish Network's 1Q profit up 65 pct amid slowdown

    ... Network Corp. said Monday its first-quarter net income rose 65 percent even though new subscriber growth of its satellite television service plunged on the languishing economy and stiffer competition.
  • Did animals predict China's earthquake?

    First, the water level in a pond inexplicably plunged. Then, thousands of toads appeared on streets in a nearby province. Finally, just hours before China's worst earthquake in three decades, animals ...
  • Mars Express mission controllers ready for NASA Phoenix landing

    ... Express will point towards Phoenix's planned entry trajectory and record signals broadcast from the lander as it plunges through the Martian atmosphere. The recorded data will serve as a useful and ...
  • BCE shares plunge after court ruling

    Shares of BCE Inc. tumbled in very heavy trading Thursday after a court ruling late Wednesday threw into doubt the biggest takeover in Canadian history.
  • French parachutist aims for skydiving record

    French parachutist Michel Fournier, 64, will try Monday to break a skydiving world record by plunging from a balloon into thin air 40 kilometers (25 miles) above Canada's vast western plains.
  • Yahoo ends all talks with Microsoft, shares plunge

    (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. has ended all talks involving a business deal with Microsoft, burying any chance that the software maker might revive its attempt to buy the Internet pioneer.
  • NASA Plans To Visit The Sun

    ... to go there. The name of the mission is Solar Probe+. It's a heat-resistant spacecraft designed to plunge deep into the sun's atmosphere where it can sample solar wind and magnetism first hand.
  • Greenland ice core analysis shows drastic climate change near end of last ice age

    ... age some 14,700 years ago with a 22-degree-Fahrenheit spike in just 50 years, then plunged back into icy conditions before abruptly warming again about 11,700 years ago. Startlingly, the Greenland ...
  • Salmonella can ride water into tomatoes

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pick a tomato in the blazing sun and plunge it straight into cold water. If that happened on the way to market, it might be contaminated....
  • SOHO discovers its 1,500th comet

    ... Roughly 85% of SOHO discoveries are fragments from a once-great comet that split apart in a death plunge around the Sun, probably many centuries ago. The fragments are known as the Kreutz group and ...

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