The long-awaited experiment that will search for dark matter is getting closer to heading to the International Space Station. The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is undergoing final testing at ESA’s Test Centre in the Netherlands before being launched on the space shuttle to the ISS, currently scheduled for July, 2010 See original here:  Space Station to Begin Search for Proof of Dark Matter

“Such stunning cosmic coincidences reveal so much about nature.” ~ Leonidas Moustakas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed a never-before-seen optical alignment in space: a pair of glowing rings, one nestled inside the other like a bull's-eye pattern. The double-ring pattern is caused by the complex bending of light from two distant galaxies strung directly behind a foreground massive galaxy, like three beads on a string. Read more: "Einstein’s [...]

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“Every week humans create the equivalent of a city the size of Vancouver.” A new study outlines the uncomfortable question of what happens to the planet’s biodiversity when cities take over the world. Here is the original:  Mega Cities: Are They Accelerating the Planet’s Biodiversity Crisis? -A Galaxy Classic

 A little over two years ago, like an episode out of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics announced the discovery of a mass of crystallized carbon formerly known as star BPM 37093, now known as the biggest diamond in the galaxy, fifty light years away from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The star, named “Lucy” after the Beatles song, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” is estimated to be 2,500 miles across and weighs [...]

Although advances in medical care have improved standards of living over time, humans aren’t entirely sheltered from the forces of natural selection, a new study shows. More here:  Has the Human Species "Leap-Frogged" the Laws of Evolution?

We all know that Mount Everest, at 29,035 feet above sea level, is the highest spot on our planet. Sir Edmound Hillary taught us that, right View post: The Highest Place on Earth (And, It’s Not Mount Everest)

Chris Knight, the finest fictional physicist of our time, once said “All science.  No Philosophy.  Wrong.”  It’s true that an understanding of existence outside of equations is vital for scientists, both in terms of enjoying life and avoiding things like Agent Orange, but beware careless combination of the two.  A science/philosophy mixture can lead to metaphysical claims that the laws of physics are nothing but local zoning ordinances, as demonstrated by Lee Smolin. Smolin [...]

“The notion of extraterrestrial rain may also explain another mystery, which is how the rock portion of the Earth came to have hydrogen, carbon and phosphorous – the essential components for life, which were likely lost during Earth’s violent beginning.” James Brenan of the Department of Geology at the University of Toronto According to a new study by geologists at the University of Toronto and the University of Maryland, the wealth of some minerals that lie in the rock beneath [...]

In 2005 an Ethiopian volcano erupted, tearing a thirty-five mile rift in the country in a matter of days. That might be slightly slower than the average Michael Bay event but it’s still incredibly fast in geological terms – especially since this may well be the first sign of an incoming Ethiopian Ocean.  Nature seems to like keeping us on our toes. Here is the original post:  The Planet’s New Ocean Emerging with Spectacular Speed