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That's WMAP, Seen from Earth

Okay, now astronomers are just showing off. See the three little multicolored dots in the upper right of this image? That's NASA's WMAP satellite, seen from a distance of 1.5 million km. The photograph was taken from the 2.2 meter telescope at the European Southern Observatory at La Silla, Chile. Apart from demonstrating some impressive imagine power and technique, the astronomers are testing out new tracking techniques for ESA's upcoming Gaia space observatory.

Journey to the Center of the Earth with THQ's New Game for Nintendo DS(TM)

Handheld Gamers Can Experience All of the Excitement from the Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D Film From New Line Cinema AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(Business Wire)-- THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that Journey to the Center of the Earth(TM) has shipped to retailers worldwide. The game is based on the upcoming film Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D by New Line Cinema and is available exclusively for Nintendo DS(TM). In Journey to the Center of the Earth, players can use the Nintendo DS stylus to search for a passage to the surface of the earth while navigating through all seven of the exotic underground worlds from the movie. A wide variety of mini-games will allow players to rock climb, dig for dinosaur bones and raft across an ancient sea.

Earth May Once Have Had Multiple Moons

fyc writes "A new study from NASA's Ames Research Center has suggested that the collision of Earth and a Mars-sized object that created the Moon may also have resulted in the creation of tiny moonlets on Earth's Lagrangian points. 'Once captured, the Trojan satellites likely remained in their orbits for up to 100 million years, Lissauer and co-author John Chambers of the Carnegie Institution of Washington say. Then, gravitational tugs from the planets would have triggered changes in the Earth's orbit, ultimately causing the moons to become unmoored and drift away or crash into the Moon or Earth.'" The longest-lasting of such Trojans could have persisted for a billion years. They would have been a few tens of kilometers in diameter and would have appeared in the sky like bright stars.

Google Earth, Now With Browser Goodness

Google announced this week that their Google Earth application can now be used from the browser, instead of having to download and install the desktop application. "Google also launched an JavaScript API that lets you interact with the globe, draw markers, add layers or integrate with Google Maps. 'The Google Earth Plug-in and its APIs let you embed the full power of Google Earth and its 3D rendering capabilities into your web pages.' Google LatLong blog announced that each Google Maps mashup can take advantage of the new 3D view by adding a single line of code. 'Our goal is to open up the entire core of Google Earth to developers in the hopes that you'll build the next great geo-based 3D application, and change how we view the world.'"

Google Earth in the browser is fast, but ugly

Google today sped ahead in the web search domain once again with the release of the Google Earth API. Yes, the recent improvements to Live Maps were impressive, but today the search giant has put Google Earth into the browser. Microsoft made this move first, completely disregarding Google's client release of Google Earth, with its Virtual Earth API and browser plug-in. Google's Windows-only release today seems to focus on 3D, and speed. The performance is noticeably superior to Microsoft's, but there are still obvious kinks that need to be worked out.

Modeling the effects of climate change using Google Earth

The democratization of information, where the barrier to entry is often only an Internet connection, has seen some interesting ideas about how to best educate the public about complex issues such as climate change. One of the standout efforts has to be Google Earth. More and more individual scientists, research projects, and institutes are making their data available to the public in the form of Google Earth overlays, that demonstrate vividly their findings. The UK's Met Office Hadley Centre and the British Antarctic Survey are teaming up with Google Earth to better inform the public about their work on climate modeling.

Being seen on Google Earth can get you evicted

London: It seems that gardening was not Rachel McGarie’s cup of tea, for the weeds and brambles in her garden grew so long that they could be seen from space on Google Earth.

The future of the Earth in the hands of Google

Earth has been seen as a tool of enormous potential. Originally called Earth Viewer, and then re-named

Earth observation highlighted at UN biological diversity conference

How does Earth Observation work?ESA EO Programme: The Living PlanetHow to get Earth Observation dataIntegrating Earth Observation in your jobEarth Observation users speak

Review: Google Earth powerful, though tricky to use, share

In this screen shot provided by Google, a photo taken during the Fin del Mundo Marathon in Ushuaia, Argentina, matched with a similar view seen through Google Earth software is shown. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Google Earth

Virtual Disney World in Google Earth

A virtual tour of Walt Disney World on Google Earth may help plan a vacation, or it might substitute for the real thing. All the theme parks and 20 Disney Resort hotels have been placed in Google Earth. Even small details of Mickey Mouse's amusement park have been included in the online Google Earth tour.

Asteroid Apophis may hit the Earth in 2036 - astronomer

ST. PETERSBURG. June 30 (Interfax) - The asteroid Apophis may hit planet Earth in 2036, Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Applied Astronomy Institute Andrei Filkenstein told the media on Monday. "Apophis will reach the orbit of geostationary satellites in 2029. It may hit Earth later, as it makes a number of revolutions," he said. "It is highly probable that the asteroid will hit the Earth in 2036 if its trajectory passes through a 1.5-kilometer 'gate'," he said. There is no way to stave off this danger so far, but scientists have suggested a number of worthy ideas, the astronomer said. te md

Scientists Surprised to Find Earth's Biosphere Booming

radioweather writes "An article from the Financial Post says that recent studies of biosphere imaging from the NASA SEAWIFS satellite indicate that the Earth's biomass is booming: 'The results surprised Steven Running of the University of Montana and Ramakrishna Nemani of NASA, scientists involved in analyzing the NASA satellite data. They found that over a period of almost two decades, the Earth as a whole became more bountiful by a whopping 6.2%. About 25% of the Earth's vegetated landmass — almost 110 million square kilometers — enjoyed significant increases and only 7% showed significant declines. When the satellite data zooms in, it finds that each square meter of land, on average, now produces almost 500 grams of greenery per year.

Green Earth Technologies' Earth Friendly Automotive Products Now on Store Shelves

STAMFORD, Conn. - Green Earth Technologies’ (Pink Sheets: GETG) line of bio-based, “ultimate biodegradable,� superior performing automotive a

See and Be Seen: SPIEGEL ONLINE Announces Partnership with Photo Platform 'Seen.By'

Discover fascinating photos, present your own artwork or rate those of others. Effective immediately, SPIEGEL ONLINE is partnering with seen.by, a new international platform for photographers, designers, graphic artists and just about anyone else with a great sense of taste.

Bits of Ancient Earth Hidden on the MoonHuge Impact Created Mars' Split PersonalityStudy: Mars Had Drizzle and DewAstronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's TwinPhoenix Lander Prepares to Taste Martian DirtBlack Holes All Eat the Same Way

Meteorites have been found in Antarctica that are believed to come from Mars. Similarly, some scientists now believe that material ejected from the early Earth may have arrived as meteorites on the moon. Credit: NASA

Life Survived Catastrophic Space Rock ImpactMinerals Needed for Life Found on MarsBits of Ancient Earth Hidden on the MoonHuge Impact Created Mars' Split PersonalityStudy: Mars Had Drizzle and DewAstronomers on Verge of Finding Earth's TwinPhoenix La

From the far reaches of teh solar system, a giant asteroid or comet plunged into Earth near what is now the Chesapeake Bay 35 million years ago (shown in this artist's conception). Credit: © The Virginian-Pilot.

A Dream Deferred: Activism And The Arts

angston Hughes was 49 when he published that poem, back in the True-Man era. He’d seen some ups, and he’d seen a lot of downs, born soon after the War to End All Wars, growing up “Negro� in the crime-roaring twenties, and the soul-deep Depression. He’d seen the Labor Movement crushed by hired corporate guns and goons, and government of the mighty by the mighty saved by the “traitor to his class�—who was no traitor to his class! ... He’d seen another War to End All Wars and the holocausts of Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dachau, and the beginning, of a “Cold War�--that was no Cold War!

Canada to launch first-ever space mission to search for asteroids

Canada is preparing to launch the first space mission ever to search for asteroids between Earth and the sun -- the type of asteroid most likely to slam into our planet. Fittingly for this country, the Near Earth Object Surveillance Satellite is not a Hubble-sized monster. It is a 60-kilogram micro-satellite, costing a mere $10-million yet able to deliver science results never seen before. NEOSSat will search for asteroids that are closer to the sun than Earth. These are nearly impossible to see from our planet's surface -- there is too much atmosphere and sunshine -- but easier to spot from space. The suitcase-sized satellite is expected to launch in two years. "This is the first space-based asteroid-searching telescope, period. Why shouldn't Canada be the leader in a field? And it happens in this case, we are," said Alan Hildebrand of t

The new world of online maps - bringing Google back down to Earth

Earth - its virtual mapping software that lets users almost literally manipulate the world in their living rooms. Since then, we've seen a range of features and innovations added by the

Google Earth Welcomes Windows Users

Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site.

Google Earth Welcomes Windows Users

Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site.

Google Earth Welcomes Windows Users

Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site.

Google Earth Welcomes Windows Users

Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site.

Google Earth Welcomes Windows Users

Google Earth Browser Plug-in, which brings the full power of Google Earth to the web, embeddable within your own web site.

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