http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. NASA's Aqua satellite captured a low pressure area known as System 99S that appears to be strengthening very close to Darwin, Australia. Aqua satellite data indicated that the strongest thunderstorms were over the Timor Sea on Feb. 15. http://phys.org/news217010746.html Space & Earth Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:20:02 EST news217010746 Several NASA satellites have been monitoring the growth of powerful and massive Cyclone Yasi and providing data on clouds, rainfall and intensity to forecasters as it nears Queensland, Australia. NASA data shows where the heaviest rainfall is occurring, frigid temperatures at the top of its thunderstorms and the size of Yasi's eye. http://phys.org/news215797938.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:20:01 EST news215797938 NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of the very cold clouds that house powerful thunderstorms within the Southern Indian Ocean's newest tropical depression, number 10S. The depression quickly strengthened into a tropical storm and continues to affect the northern coast of Western Australia. http://phys.org/news215196534.html Space & Earth Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:49:05 EST news215196534 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Aqua satellites are providing valuable information to forecasters about Tropical Storm Vania's clouds and rainfall as the system continues to impact Vanuatu and New Caledonia in the South Pacific. http://phys.org/news214220085.html Space & Earth Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:50:01 EST news214220085 This new infrared image of the Lagoon Nebula was captured as part of a five-year study of the Milky Way using ESO's VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This is a small piece of a much larger image of the region surrounding the nebula, which is, in turn, only one part of a huge survey. http://phys.org/news213463367.html Space & Earth Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:24:15 EST news213463367 System 94B has not been classified as a tropical depression, but NASA satellite data has shown that it is creating heavy rainfall near India's southeastern coast. A second NASA satellite revealed that strong wind shear is continuing to push convection to the northwest of System 94B's center of circulation. http://phys.org/news210965276.html Space & Earth Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:50:01 EST news210965276 NASA infrared satellite data from this morning revealed that Tropical Storm Tomas has weakened into a tropical depression. http://phys.org/news208005911.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:25:22 EST news208005911 At 11 a.m. EDT on Oct. 8, Otto strengthened into a hurricane, becoming the eighth hurricane of the Atlantic Ocean season. NASA's Aqua satellite and the NOAA GOES-13 satellite captured images of Otto as he intensified. http://phys.org/news205776033.html Space & Earth Fri, 08 Oct 2010 17:10:01 EST news205776033 Hurricane Igor may have transitioned into a post-tropical hurricane late yesterday, but when he approached Newfoundland, Canada and merged with an area of low pressure it resulted in heavy rainfall throughout the region. NASA satellites captured Igor's northern march toward the Labrador Sea yesterday. http://phys.org/news204386784.html Space & Earth Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:06:54 EST news204386784 Taiwan experienced a landfall and a soaking from Typhoon Fanapi, and NASA and JAXA's TRMM satellite noted a large area of very heavy rain in the system before it made landfall this weekend. NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites also captured impressive visible images of Fanapi just before the Taiwan landfall, and as it was making landfall in eastern China very early today. http://phys.org/news204220460.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:10:01 EST news204220460 Hurricane Julia intensified rapidly overnight and is now a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale and NASA's Aqua, Terra and TRMM satellites captured clues as they passed over her from space. http://phys.org/news203782500.html Space & Earth Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:15:32 EST news203782500 NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite looked at the rate rain was falling in Hurricane Earl yesterday, and it was intense. http://phys.org/news202575173.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:32 EST news202575173 Infrared satellite imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed some strong convection building in Tropical Storm Fiona, and her maximum sustained winds increased from 40 mph yesterday to 60 mph this morning http://phys.org/news202574845.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:50:01 EST news202574845 The Atlantic Ocean is in overdrive this week, and NASA satellite imagery captured the birth of the ninth tropical depression in the central Atlantic Ocean today, trailing to the east of Tropical Storm Fiona. http://phys.org/news202574819.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:00:03 EST news202574819 Tropical Storm Frank was wavering overnight in the eastern Pacific Ocean, just off the southwest Mexican coast, and recent satellite data has confirmed that convection has strengthened within the storm. GOES-11 captured an infrared image of Tropical Storm Frank early this morning and it appeared that the cloud cover was disorganized, but NASA's TRMM satellite looked "under the hood" of the storm and saw Frank powering back up. http://phys.org/news201882206.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:23:40 EST news201882206 Tropical Storm Mindulle came ashore in central Vietnam today, August 24 and brought heavy rainfall and gusty winds with it. NASA's Aqua satellite captured strong convection and thunderstorms in Mindulle's center before it made landfall close to the city of Vinh, south of the capital. Now, Mindulle is encountering rugged, mountainous terrain as it continues to move inland. http://phys.org/news201875816.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:10:01 EST news201875816 NASA's Aqua, Terra and TRMM satellites are providing data on Hurricane Danielle daily, and forecasters are using that data to help determine Danielle's behavior and movement. At 5 p.m. EDT yesterday, August 23, when Danielle became a hurricane, these NASA satellites fed forecasters data on cloud extent and formation, cloud top temperatures, pressure, sea surface temperatures, rainfall rates within the storm and more factors. http://phys.org/news201865881.html Space & Earth Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:51:30 EST news201865881 NASA's Aqua satellite noticed that the showers and thunderstorms from the remnants of Tropical Depression 5 (TD5) extended from Louisiana northeast into southwest Alabama. Infrared imagery indicated some strong thunderstorms over south central Louisiana and northwest Alabama. http://phys.org/news201449852.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:17:49 EST news201449852 NASA captured infrared imagery of Dianmu entering the Sea of Japan today, August 11. Tropical Storm Dianmu made a quick track over South Korea and has already emerged in the Sea of Japan. She's on track for crossing northern Japan and then moving into the North Western Pacific Ocean. http://phys.org/news200765378.html Space & Earth Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:09:49 EST news200765378 NASA satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Chanthu revealed a large area of moderate to very heavy rainfall as it nears the southeast China coast. http://phys.org/news198950386.html Space & Earth Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:20:01 EST news198950386 A new infrared image has captured the center of our galaxy in never-before-seen detail--showing stars and gas swirling into the super massive black hole that lurks at the heart of our own Milky Way. http://phys.org/news198753815.html Space & Earth Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:24:09 EST news198753815 Tropical Storm Conson became a typhoon overnight with maximum sustained winds near 75 mph, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the storm as it was making landfall in Luzon, the Philippines. Conson is already moving into the South China Sea and headed for a landfall in south China. http://phys.org/news198257558.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:10:01 EST news198257558 Scientists working for NASA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. have developed continually updating "movies" of satellite imagery that allows on-line, iPhone and iPad viewing of any cyclone's movement in the Hurricane Alleys of the Atlantic Ocean or Eastern Pacific Ocean. http://phys.org/news198257827.html Space & Earth Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:02 EST news198257827 (PhysOrg.com) -- Tropical Storm Alex, soon to be a hurricane, churns its way through the western half of the Gulf of Mexico in this NASA infrared image taken Tuesday afternoon, June 29. http://phys.org/news197119530.html Space & Earth Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:25:47 EST news197119530 Tropical cyclones Blas and Celia are both spinning in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, and two NASA satellites captured them in visible and infrared imagery. http://phys.org/news196350941.html Space & Earth Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:55:57 EST news196350941 (PhysOrg.com) -- Some might see a blood-red jellyfish in a forest of seaweed, while others might see a big, red eye or a pair of lips. In fact, the red-colored object in this new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a sphere of stellar innards, blown out from a humongous star. http://phys.org/news196011566.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:39:51 EST news196011566 NASA infrared satellite imagery captured two tropical depressions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean today, as one struggles to survive and the other powered up into Tropical Storm Blas. http://phys.org/news196010346.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:19:19 EST news196010346 The Solar X-Ray Imager instrument aboard the GOES-15 satellite has just provided its first light image of the sun, but it required a lot of experts to make it happen. http://phys.org/news195735881.html Space & Earth Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:04:55 EST news195735881 Tropical Cyclone Phet made landfall in Oman on June 3 and is now back in the Arabian Sea and headed toward a second landfall in Pakistan this weekend. NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites have captured infrared and visible views of the storm. http://phys.org/news195130893.html Space & Earth Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:30:03 EST news195130893 Tropical Storm Agatha was the first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season, and took an inland route, drenching El Salvador and Guatemala this past weekend. http://phys.org/news194633037.html Space & Earth Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:20:03 EST news194633037