http://infiniteuniverse.info Science, planets, Pluto, weather, hurricanes Sun, 18 May 2008 02:43:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Santa Clara Valley Water District is taking aggressive steps to determine if the invasive species, zebra mussel, is in any of its reservoirs, creeks or other water delivery systems. San Jose, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) January 24, 2008 -- The Santa Clara Valley Water District is taking aggressive steps to ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2008/01/24/water-district-investigates-threat-of-invasive-mussels/ How You Can Help Save Amphibians from Extinction (ARA) – At first, scientists were unsure why the frogs were disappearing. A stream would be flourishing with frogs and other amphibians, and then just a few months later they were gone. As rates of amphibian decline rapidly increased, a crisis ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2008/01/03/2008-is-the-year-of-the-frog/ (NC)-Among the many challenges that face humanity's ability to travel to Mars, the issue of life support ranks at or near the top. It should come as no surprise then that this challenge is at the heart of research being conducted by some of the world's top scientists, including those ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/11/26/red-food-for-the-red-planet/ The planet formerly known as Pluto has a few companions orbiting it. Because of all the hoopla of the recent classification of Pluto as a dwarf planet, there has been a lot of attention focused around this celestial body. Within the past year, two more satellites have joined an ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/07/11/mooning-about-pluto-%e2%80%a6-its-orbiting-bodies/ The planet Neptune is one of the planets that is furthest away from the sun. It is known mostly for the fact that it has an extremely cold surface, and a hot inner core. Neptune remains largely a mystery to be solved, and newer technology is in the makings, which ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/07/11/icy-neptune-in-the-sights-of-scientists-for-future-exploration/ The Earth is hardly the only body in our solar system with volcanic activity. In fact, volcanic activity on Earth is actually quite tame when compared to the volcanic activity on a few other planets and quite a few moons in our Solar System. Of course, the Earth’s ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/06/27/hotbed-of-activity-the-volcanic-activity-in-our-solar-system/ The planet Mercury has many mysteries of which the new spacecraft MESSENGER hopes to solve, but one of those mysteries is of particular interest to scientists. There are many eccentric features of the small planet closest to the Sun, but one theory suggests that the planet is shrinking. ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/06/18/mercury%e2%80%99s-shrinkage-factor/ According to one theory, Mercury was created after a giant asteroid collided with an even larger object about 4.5 billion years ago. This collision created the planet now known as Mercury and also shot a large amount of debris into space. This idea that Mercury was the result of a ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/06/18/mercury-the-possible-result-of-a-hit-and-run/ Pluto just celebrated its anniversary last year and commemorated it later in the year with a demotion from status as the ninth planet in our solar system to a significant dwarf planet. The discovery of Pluto was made seventy-six years ago and scientists still don’t really know much about ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/06/11/happy-anniversary-to-the-discovery-of-pluto/ Pluto is not just the name of the beloved Disney dog character. It is also the name of the once ninth planet of our solar system. Thanks to the recent reclassification of a planet, Pluto is now a significant dwarf planet instead. It lies on the edge of ... http://infiniteuniverse.info/2007/05/18/just-the-facts-about-our-solar-system%e2%80%99s-ninth-planet/