by Jill Sakai, University of Wisconsin Though still under construction, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole is already delivering scientific results — including an early finding about a…
Category: Space
Sunspots at high detail now available from SDO – what will this do to the sunspot count?
Readers may recall a story on WUWT from April titled: Solar Dynamics Observatory – STUNNING first images and movies Now, SDO imagery of the sun is online. This week spaceweather.com has…
Spacequakes
From Science @ NASA.gov Researchers using NASA’s fleet of five THEMIS spacecraft have discovered a form of space weather that packs the punch of an earthquake and plays a key…
Final Instruments on NASA Climate/Weather Satellite Integrated
From the “weather is not climate department” a tool that will measure both. GREENBELT, Md. – The last of five instruments slated to fly on the upcoming NPOESS Preparatory Project…
Earth's thermosphere collapses – film at 11
Well, not quite that bad, but if I was still on TV, that would probably be the tease during prime time. It appears that solar influences are mostly at work…
CryoSat-2 exceeding expectations
From the European Space Agency 070110 Participants at the Living Planet Symposium have been hearing about ESA’s most recently launched mission, CryoSat-2. In orbit for almost three months, the satellite…
Heavy Climate
Earth’s gravity pictured in ‘HD’ By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Bergen It is one of the most exquisite views we have ever had of the Earth. This colourful…
Nasa warns solar flares from ‘huge space storm’ will cause devastation
From the Telegraph Video link here National power grids could overheat and air travel severely disrupted while electronic items, navigation devices and major satellites could stop working after the Sun…
Scientists Rescue Voyager 2 Probe on Edge of Solar System
From Daily Tech: Reset of memory turns out to be just what the computer doctor ordered Voyager 2 was launched 33 years ago and currently remains on course, traveling out of…
Zooming In on an Infant Solar System
From UA news By Daniel Stolte, University Communications June 10, 2010 For the first time, astronomers have observed solar systems in the making in great detail. Like a raindrop forming…
New Scafetta paper – his celestial model outperforms GISS
Dr. Nicola Scafetta writes: Anthony, I believe that you may be interested in my last published work. This paper suggests that climate is characterized by oscillations that are predictable.…
Venus Envy
By Steve Goddard ESA’s Venus Express mission has been studying the planet and a basic atmospheric model is emerging. Venus has long been the CO2 bogeyman of climate science. In…
Hyperventilating on Venus
By Steve Goddard The classic cure for hyperventilation is to put a paper bag over your head, which increases your CO2 levels and reduces the amount of Oxygen in your bloodstream. Global…
Solar Dynamics Observatory first light images to be released today
SDO First-Light Briefing Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, SDO is the most advanced spacecraft ever designed to study the sun and its dynamic behavior. The spacecraft will provide images with…
Spaceweather alert – first "red alert" in 6 years
From the Rice University Spaceweather listserver: The listserver moderator writes in a separate email: =================================== WOW – a real honest substorm coming! As those in our “spacalrt” email listserver have…
New GOES-15 weather sat reaches orbit
From NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: NASA and NOAA’s Environmental Satellite Now GOES-15 CLICK IMAGE FOR VIDEO (Windows Media Player) Image above: A Delta IV launch vehicle lifts off carrying…
New planet discovered
From A University of California Santa Barbara press release: International Team of Scientists Reports Discovery of a New Planet (Santa Barbara, Calif.) –– An international team of scientists, including several…
Gliese's Pieces
Forget global warming and 2012, the real worry is a solar system gravity death match between Sol and Gliese 710. From Russia’s RT News Star on course to meet Solar…
SDO whacks sundog
From NASA science news: Last week, on Feb. 11th, the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) lifted off from Cape Canaveral on a five-year mission to study the sun. Researchers have called…
Want to see Solar Cycle 24 develop in realtime? There's an app for that…
Thanks to John A for this noteworthy news item. Ok, this is for iPhone fanboys (and girls) in the main but NASA has just announced a new app for the…
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