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Sunday, December 29, 2013

ScienceDaily: Top Science News

ScienceDaily: Top Science News


Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array reveals giant star cluster in the making

Posted: 16 Dec 2013 11:24 AM PST

W49A might be one of the best-kept secrets in our galaxy. This star-forming region shines 100 times brighter than the Orion nebula, but is so obscured by dust that very little visible or infrared light escapes. Astronomers have peered through the dusty fog to provide the first clear view of this stellar nursery.

When will Earth lose its oceans?

Posted: 16 Dec 2013 11:23 AM PST

The natural increase in solar luminosity -- a very slow process unrelated to current climate warming -- will cause the Earth's temperatures to rise over the next few hundred million years. This will result in the complete evaporation of the oceans. The first three-dimensional climate model able to simulate the phenomenon predicts that liquid water will disappear on Earth in approximately one billion years, extending previous estimates by several hundred million years.

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