New Crew Arrives at the Space Station | Expedition 37 | NASA ISS Science HD Video – Video

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NASA | IPCC Projections of Temperature and Precipitation in the 21st Century – Video

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New data visualizations from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation and NASA #39;s Scientific Visualization Studio show how climate models -- those used in the n...

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NASA satellite images confirm creation of new island in Pakistan

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4:32pm, Sat 28 Sep 2013 Second earthquake hits Pakistan - last updated Sat 28 Sep 2013

NASA has confirmed that a recent earthquake in Pakistan created a new island about a kilometre off its Gwadar coastline in the Arabian Sea.

The powerful earthquake struck Pakistan's south-west Baluchistan province on 24 September, killing more than 500 people and leaving thousands homeless.

Two days later, NASA's earth-observing satellite flew over the area and confirmed that a new island had indeed appeared.

The image below shows the part of the coastline before the earthquake. Lighter patches in the water suggest either a shallow seabed or suspended sediment, NASA said.

The image below was taken after the earthquake and clearly shows the new island jutting out above the waves.

Experts say the island was most likely created by a "mud volcano" - a jet of mud, sand and water - which caused the seabed to rise.

Read: How the Pakistan earthquake created a new island

Another image, released by Pakistan's National Institute of Oceanography, shows the surface of the island in greater detail.

It is estimated to stretch 75 to 90 metres (250 to 300 feet) across and stands 15 to 20 metres (60 to 70 feet) above the water.

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NASA rover reveals Mars facts

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Washington, Sept 27 : NASA's Curiosity rover is revealing a great deal about Mars, from long-ago processes in its interior to the current interaction between the Martian surface and atmosphere.

Examination of loose rocks, sand and dust has provided new understanding of the local and global processes on Mars.

Analysis of observations and measurements by the rover's science instruments during the first four months after the August 2012 landing are detailed in five reports in this week's edition of the journal Science.

A key finding is water molecules are bound to fine-grained soil particles, accounting for about 2 percent of the particles' weight at Gale Crater where Curiosity landed. This result has global implications, because these materials are likely distributed around the Red Planet.

Curiosity also has completed the first comprehensive mineralogical analysis on another planet using a standard laboratory method for identifying minerals on Earth. The findings about both crystalline and non-crystalline components in soil provide clues to the planet's volcanic history.

Information about the evolution of the Martian crust and deeper regions within the planet comes from Curiosity's mineralogical analysis of a football-size igneous rock called "Jake M."

Igneous rocks form by cooling molten material that originated well beneath the crust. The chemical compositions of the rocks can be used to infer the thermal, pressure and chemical conditions under which they crystallized.

"No other Martian rock is so similar to terrestrial igneous rocks," said Edward Stolper of the California Institute of Technology, lead author of a report about this analysis.

"This is surprising because previously studied igneous rocks from Mars differ substantially from terrestrial rocks and from Jake M."

The other four reports include analysis of the composition and formation process of a windblown drift of sand and dust, by David Blake of NASA's Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., and co-authors.

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‘Rationalists’ battle superstition and faith in guru medicine – #AsiaLive – Video

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On August 20th, prominent Indian rationalist Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead in the Indian state of Maharashtra. His murder has highlighted the tensions tha...

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