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A total solar eclipse will darken some of the earth’s skies on Friday, but geography, weather, the economy and even the Olympics are combining to make it hard and expensive for those eager to chase it... more »

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Friday, July 18

Revealing the secrets of the red planet—by Ian Sample

by RY Deshpande on July 18, 2008 05:20PM (PDT)

An ancient waterway in the southern highlands of Mars breaks through the wall of a giant crater, flooding a huge lake with water and clay minerals... more »

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Thursday, July 17

Diamonds hint at 'earliest life'—by Jonathan Fildes

by RY Deshpande on July 17, 2008 05:05PM (PDT)

Tiny slivers of diamond forged on an infant Earth may contain the earliest traces of life, a study has shown. If the carbon was derived from primitive organisms, it would push back the date for life appearing on Earth by around 500 million years, to beyond 4.25 billion years ago. The Earth itself is just 4.6 billion years old. "When you look at the carbon isotopes, they could be interpreted as biogenic because we know that biologic processes do generate light carbon isotopes. But of course there are other processes that can do that," Dr Whitehouse told BBC News… more »

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Thursday, July 3

Hints of time before Big Bang—by Dr Chris Lintott

by RY Deshpande on July 3, 2008 05:21PM (PDT)

A team of physicists has claimed that our view of the early Universe may contain the signature of a time before the Big Bang. "Every time you break an egg or spill a glass of water, you're learning about the Big Bang," Professor Carroll explains. more »

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