Monthly Archives: June 2010

Flash Floods in Arkansas

Flash floods swept through campsites in an Arkansas national forest Friday, killing at least 16 people, police said, as a massive rescue operation was launched in the rugged mountainous area. full story

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Baby Planet Grew Up Fast

Probably only a few million years young, Beta Pictoris b is already fully formed, despite standard models that say such a planet should take ten million years to reach “adulthood,” . The planet breaks the record once held by the … Continue reading

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La Nina is developing, Australia wheat crop to flourish

Australia’s wheat crop is expected to flourish and coffee cherries in Vietnam may receive much-needed rains after a brief yet severe dry spell as the La Nina weather phenomenon develops. Skip related content La Nina, which normally follows an El … Continue reading

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Many Famous Comets Originally Formed in Other Solar Systems

Many of the most well known comets, including Halley, Hale-Bopp and, most recently, McNaught, may have been born in orbit around other stars, according to a new theory by an international team of astronomers led by a scientist from the … Continue reading

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