From a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute press release PCs around the world unite to map the Milky Way Combined computing power of the MilkyWay@Home project recently surpassed the world’s second fastest…
Category: Space
Micro satellite to study atmospheric gamma ray flashes
From NASA Science News: Firefly Mission to Study Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes High-energy bursts of gamma rays typically occur far out in space, perhaps near black holes or other high-energy cosmic…
New GOES-P weather satellite getting prepped for launch
The GOES-P spacecraft is being processed for launch in Florida. I’m rather excited about it since it will sport some new features that will directly enhance weather forecasting and public…
Recently discovered space ribbon: a solar wind reflection
From NASA Science News January 15, 2010: Last year, when NASA’s IBEX (Interstellar Boundary Explorer) spacecraft discovered a giant ribbon at the edge of the solar system, researchers were mystified.…
How the UAH Global Temperatures Are Produced
by Dr. Roy Spencer, PhD. I am still receiving questions about the method by which the satellite microwave measurements are calibrated to get atmospheric temperatures. The confusion seems to have…
Black Hole is Eating Our Galaxy Slower Than Previously Thought
From Daily Tech Jason Mick (Blog) – January 6, 2010 4:50 PM The Milky Way’s black hole is causing a mess, but isn’t gobbling matter as fast as was thought…
Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light
From NASA Colliding Auroras Produce an Explosion of Light 12.17.09 This three frame animation of THEMIS/ASI images shows auroras colliding on Feb. 29, 2008. Credit: Toshi Nishimura/UCLA › Larger Image…
Galactic GPS from Nature's Clocks
From NASA Nature’s Most Precise Clocks May Make “Galactic GPS” Possible 01.05.10 Pulsars slow down their rotation as they age and eventually cease their characteristic emissions. That can change if…
Hubble's snowglobe
Since we’ve been talking about snow quite a bit recently, this seems fitting. WUWT reader Tom in Texas tips us to this image: A composite of archival Hubble data taken…
Voyager tells us we live in a "fluffy" interstellar cloud
December 23, 2009: The solar system is passing through an interstellar cloud that physics says should not exist. In the Dec. 24th issue of Nature, a team of scientists reveal…
Water confirmed on the moon
LCROSS Impact Finds Water on the Moon Enlarge The visible camera image showing the ejecta plume at about 20 seconds after impact. Credit: NASA (PhysOrg.com) — The argument that…
Close call – Asteroid near miss for Earth yesterday
From NASA’s Spaceweather.com and NASA JPL Twitter feed. It only takes one missed space rock to ruin your day. On Friday November 6th at 2132 UT (16:32/ 4:32PM EST) asteroid…
Study – Solar winds magnetically driven
From a University College, London Press Release – Solar winds triggered by magnetic fields Solar wind generated by the sun is probably driven by a process involving powerful magnetic fields,…
NASA grant to create Mars weather forecasts
From a Texas A&M Press Release Is there such a thing as “weather” on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet’s atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as…
Asteroid explosion over Indonesia
From NASA’s Spaceweather.com INDONESIAN ASTEROID: Picture this: A 10-meter wide asteroid hits Earth and explodes in the atmosphere with the energy of a small atomic bomb. Frightened by thunderous sounds…
Cosmic Rays and tree growth patterns linked
Here’s a surprise. The growth of trees in Britain appears to correlate to cosmic ray intensity. University of Edinburgh researchers have found that trees are growing faster when high levels…
Discoveries from the IBEX satellite show we still don't know quite a few things about the heliosphere and solar system
Voyagers 1 and 2 reached the termination shock in 2005 and 2007, respectively, taking point measurements as they left the solar system. Before IBEX, there was only data from these…
Follow up: Meteorite from September 25 hits SUV, warmists thrilled
WUWT readers may recall the story I did last week: Live in Ontario Canada? – help find this meteorite Warmists thrilled about the SUV impact? Well I can only imagine but…
What climate news you aren't seeing in the American press but can in Iran
It’s really rather sad that you can read about Svensmark’s climate research in an Iranian news outlet (FARS) but you won’t see any mention of it in American press, such…
Live in Ontario Canada? – help find this meteorite
Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have released footage of a meteor that was approximately 100 times brighter than a full moon. The meteor lit up the skies of…
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