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NASA infrared satellite data gives System 96S a fair shot at becoming a tropical cyclone
A low pressure area located a couple of hundred miles northwest of Western Australia appears in a better position for development into a tropical cyclone according to infrared NASA satellite imagery. Infrared ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Hinode looks into a hole on the Sun
On Feb. 1, 2011, the Hinode satellite captured this breathtaking image of a coronal hole, seen in the top center of the image. A polar coronal hole can also be seen at the bottom of the image.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2011 |
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EU, US partners plan 'low-cost' space launcher
European technology firm Astrium is teaming up with US company Alliant to make a "low-cost" space rocket launcher that could one day take tourists into orbit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 08, 2011 |
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NASA measuring Tropical Storm Yasi's inland rainfall from space
Tropical Cyclone Yasi has continued moving through inland Queensland, Australia and has weakened to a tropical depression today. NASA and JAXA's TRMM satellite passed over Yasi as it continued to drop moderate ...
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Feb 03, 2011 |
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NASA satellite captures U.S. 'Big Chill'
(PhysOrg.com) -- The current winter storm system blasting much of the United States is depicted in this new NASA satellite image from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 02, 2011 |
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Huge storm heads across the US
The roads are a skating rink where I live! This visible image was captured by the GOES-13 satellite on January 31, 2011 and it shows the low pressure area bringing snowfall to the Midwest US. Heavy snow is ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 01, 2011 |
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NASA satellites capture a stronger La Nina
New NASA satellite data indicate the current La Niña event in the eastern Pacific has remained strong during November and December 2010.
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Jan 13, 2011 |
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Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'
The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence.
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Sun-gazing spacecraft carries out never-before-tried slewing maneuver
The fastest path between Point A and Point B is a straight line. Not so fast, says a team of scientists and engineers who recently disproved this commonly accepted notion using a NASA satellite that had not ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 23, 2010 |
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Season's greetings: NASA views the change of seasons
(PhysOrg.com) -- The change of seasons on Earth has been a cause for celebration since time immemorial. Caused by the tilt of Earth's axis relative to its orbital plane around the sun, seasons have profound ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Mexico quake studies uncover surprises for California
New technologies developed by NASA and other agencies are revealing surprising insights into a major earthquake that rocked parts of the American Southwest and Mexico in April, including increased potential ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2010 |
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SORCE's solar spectral surprise
Two satellite instruments aboard NASA's Solar Radiation & Climate Experiment (SORCE) mission -- the Total Solar Irradiance Monitor (TIM) and the Solar Irradiance Monitor (SIM) -- have made daily measurements ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2010 |
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How hard are we pushing the land?
We may be becoming an ever more technologically advanced society, but we remain as dependent as ever -- if not more and more so -- on the natural world that surrounds us.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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NASA nanosatellite studies life in space, demonstrates technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help answer astrobiology's fundamental questions about the origin, evolution, and distribution of life ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2010 |
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SERVIR launches Himalayan node in Nepal
SERVIR-Himalaya made its successful debut in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Oct. 5, taking the stage as the third global node in the SERVIR Regional Visualization and Monitoring System. SERVIR-Himalaya expands the collaboration ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2010 |
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