Lunar crater named for former SwRI Space Scientist David C. Slater (Southwest...
(Source: Southwest Research Institute) For immediate release San Antonio - August 12, 2015 - At the request of scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), the International Astronomical Union...
View ArticleMars meteorite could solve mysteries of Red Planet
Tweet Washington, March 7 (ANI): A piece of rock that found its way from Mars to a desert in northwest Africa may help reveal the history and evolution of Mars. Researchers pinpoint Mojave Crater, a...
View ArticleLife’s Greatest Secret: The Story of the Race to Crack the Genetic Code by...
We know about Crick, Watson and the double helix. But how did scientists solve the other great mystery of our existence? ...
View ArticleEmerging solar plants scorch birds in mid-air
ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN LOCHER Associated Press Comments This October 2013 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a burned MacGillivray's Warbler that was found at the Ivanpah...
View ArticleNew solar plant nears approval in California desert
New plan would use “power tower” technology used at Ivanpah facility above Despite serious environmental...
View ArticleDebris from Virgin spaceship came close to moving trucks, high school
Newly released evidence in the investigation of last fall's crash of an experimental spaceship over the Mojave Desert is raising questions about whether federal aviation regulators are protecting the...
View ArticleMojave Crater: Source of Martian Meteorites?
Where did the Martian meteorites called shergottites come from? A team of European researchers believe their launch pad was a fresh-looking 55-km-wide crater punched into ancient terrain about 3...
View ArticleBig Mars Impact Gave Earth Most of Its Martian Meteorites
A look at Mojave Crater on Mars. The rays are evidence of debris thrown up from an impact that happened about five million years ago. The arrow points towards crater clusters used to estimate the age...
View ArticleThe constant gardener
Reusing and recycling is the mantra for 72-year-old nature lover Madan Gopal Kohli. He has been maintaining nearly 20,000 plants, which include more than hundred varieties of flowers, on his terrace...
View ArticleA Day in the Mojave Looking for Blueprints
Off a blood-red road that bleeds away from the small driver's-respite town of Baker in the middle of the Mojave desert--a bizarre little town that boasts an Alien Fresh Jerky tuck-shop and the Mad...
View ArticleOne pilot dead, one parachutes to ground in SpaceShipTwo test-flight failure
November 1, 2014 -- Updated 0424 GMT (1224 HKT) (CNN) -- The first sign there was a problem with Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo came at about 45,000 feet, just two minutes after the spaceplane...
View ArticleTake a Tour of This Insane Solar Thermal Energy Plant in the California Desert
Gizmodo - Sometime in the next few months, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will flip the switch on the largest solar plant of its kind in the world: A 377 megawatt, 3,500 acre solar...
View ArticleWorld's biggest solar plant may pave way for smaller-scale renewable future
Vast desert photovoltaic farms helping to meet energy targets but environment and wildlife campaigners raise concerns ...
View ArticleMojave National Preserve celebrates dedication of Ivanpah Desert Tortoise...
(Source: NPS - National Park Service) News Release Date: September 5, 2014 Contact: Linda Slater, 760 252-6122 BARSTOW, Calif. - Yesterday Mojave National Preserve, in partnership with National Park...
View ArticleCalifornia solar projects plan undergoing major overhaul
With billions of dollars in federal stimulus money in hand, the Obama administration set out five years ago on a grand experiment in the California desert. The goal: Open public lands to...
View ArticleUGA’s SREL scientists give desert tortoises in California a head start (The...
(Source: The University of Georgia) Aiken, S.C. - Research scientists from the University of Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory participated in the recent dedication ceremony of the Ivanpah...
View ArticleTwo Thirds of Nevada's Summers Fall Outside Long-Term Regional Solar Averages...
(Source: Vaisala Oyj) Two Thirds of Nevada's Summers Fall Outside Long-Term Regional Solar Averages Page Content Solar Performance Maps show high variability throughout June, July, and August based on...
View ArticleBIG SOLAR, BIG PROBLEMS
MOJAVE DESERT Just before Interstate 15 exits California for Nevada, drivers catch an astonishing sight: A five-mile swath of desert covered by mirrors and spiked with towers reflecting dazzling...
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