From a University of Leicester press release Space scientists at the University of Leicester have released satellite images of vast plumes of smoke emanating from the peat bog fires which…
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Perseid meteor shower under way, peaks Thursday
You know it’s a good night when a beautiful alignment of planets is the second best thing that’s going to happen. Thursday, August 12th, is such a night. The show…
Space researchers illuminate 'one of the most perplexing puzzles in planetary science'
Discovery of Saturn’s auroral heartbeat An international team of scientists led by Dr Jonathan Nichols of the University of Leicester has discovered that Saturn’s aurora, an ethereal ultraviolet glow which…
IceCube spies unexplained pattern of cosmic rays
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…
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…
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