Topic: Geophysics
A body of water as big as North America's Great Lakes could lie beneath Europa, a shining enigmatic moon of Jupiter, astronomers reported on Wednesday.The finding -- if backed by a hoped-for unmanned robot mission -- is exciting, for water is one ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Rollercoaster financial markets and the worst riots Britain has seen in decades have made it quite a week for a time of year that is usually so dead the newspapers are filled with "silly season" tales of amusing pet ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska's Cook Inlet basin still has potential for abundant natural gas and oil discoveries even after five decades of production, according to a federal report issued on Tuesday, signaling potential revenue for the state and more interest from ...
An unusual solar flare observed by a NASA space observatory on Tuesday could cause some disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth over the next day or so, officials said.The potent blast from the Sun unleashed a firestorm of radiation on ...
Highgrade interviews Dorato Resources President & CEO (V.DRI) Keith HendersonDorato Resources (TSX: V.DRI, Stock Forum) is focused on the Peruvian side of an established gold district. Its land package is adjacent to the Ecuadorian border across from where a number of world ...
Latest exploration results suggest that a new copper find in Manitoba has the potential to be much larger than VMS Ventures’ Reed deposit.VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX: V.VMS, Stock Forum) , a company with a large land position in the Flin Flon area ...
Philippine authorities said Sunday more people had been evacuated from towns and villages near a volcano island close to the capital amid increasing signs of seismic activity.The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the number evacuated had increased to 1,375 ...
A moderate 5.2-magnitude earthquake jolted the Philippines early Saturday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or tsunami warnings issued.The earthquake struck at 2:29 am (18:29 GMT) around 105 kilometres (65 miles) southwest of Olongapo on the Philippines' Luzon ...
South Korea on Tuesday agreed to Pyongyang's offer to hold joint research into volcanic activity in the peninsula's highest mountain, suggesting officials meet next week in a rare sign of cooperation.The South's proposal of talks follows heightened concerns about activity at Mount ...
Back in September, astronomers in the US announced the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation of Libra. This planet called Gliese 581 g is about 3 times the mass of Earth and makes an orbit ...