Star eruption disrupts alien world''s atmosphere
MSNBC Space Headlines, June 30, 2012
Astronomers say they''ve detected dramatic changes in the atmosphere of an alien world, apparently sparked by an eruption from its parent star.
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No Redoubt: Volcanic eruption forecasting improved
Science Daily, April 30, 2013
Forecasting volcanic eruptions with success is heavily dependent on recognizing well-established patterns of pre-eruption unrest in the monitoring data. But in order to develop better monitoring procedures, it is also crucial to understand volcanic eruptions that deviate from these patterns. New res...
Mount Etna
Earth Observatory , April 28, 2013
Ash and gas presage a paroxysm (small eruption) at Italy's Mount Etna
Supervolcanoes in the Ancient World
Scientific American, April 18, 2013
Supervolcanoes are volcanic eruptions thousands of times more powerful than normal volcanic eruptions. These types of eruptions cause significant local ecological disturbances and have profound effects on global climate. On the scale of geological time they occur quite frequently.Volcanologists cate...
Alien Moons May Be Easier to Photograph Than Planets
space, February 05, 2013
Tidally heated exomoons could be easier to image than their parent alien planets.
Alien Earth: What It Will Mean to Find Our Planet''s Twin
search-for-life, January 10, 2013
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