var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 27, 2015 * NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet *  This animation of the dwarf planet Ceres was made by combining images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Jan. 25. The spacecraft's framing camera took these images, at a distance of about 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres, and they represent ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 27 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 27 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2268 S11E22 046 0430 Eki 15 16 Beta-Gamma 2269 N07W22 091 0030 Cro 05 03 Beta 2271 N17W ...Continue Reading

var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option January 26, 2015 * NASA Observes Day of Remembrance * NASA will pay will tribute to the crews of Apollo 1 and space shuttles Challenger and Columbia, as well as other NASA colleagues, during the agency's annual Day of Remembrance Wednesday, Jan. 28. NASA's Day of Remembrance honors members of the NASA family who lost their lives while ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 2 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Rivers in southern Africa were swollen and brown with sediment in January 2015 in the wake of a tropical storm system that brought heavy rain to the region. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85145&src=nha *** Image from Jan 17, 2015 (Posted on Jan 22, 2015 2:49 PM) * http://earthobs ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-4 2015 January 25 at 6:05 p.m. MST (2015 January 26 0105 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For January 19-25 An R1 (Minor) radio blackout was observed on 22 January. No S1 (minor) or greater solar radiation storms were observed. No G1 (minor) or greater geomagnetic storms were observed. Outlook For January 26-February 1 There is a chance for R1 (minor) ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 26 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 26 Issued at 0030Z on 26 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 25 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 25/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2266 S05W84 167 0050 Cao 08 03 Beta 2268 S10E35 048 0360 Eki 15 10 Beta-Gamma 2269 N09W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 25 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 25 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2266 S05W70 166 0060 Dso 07 03 Beta 2267 N18W07 103 0010 Bxo 04 02 Beta 2268 S10E48 0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jan 24 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 24 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Jan 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2266 S05W58 167 0080 Dso 09 04 Beta 2267 N18E06 103 0010 Cro 03 02 Beta 2268 S10E60 0 ...Continue Reading

January 23, 2015 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the newly processed Aquarius v3.0 data covering the month of December 2014. Aquarius v3.0 data are being distributed via PODAAC’s general public ftp site, OPeNDAP and also THREDDS.  Links to these and also other Aquarius resources (eg. Aquarius v3.0 documentation package) are available at http://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/aquarius. Users should note that Aquarius data are processed through the end of December, ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FLOODING IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Rivers in southern Africa were swollen and brown with sediment in January 2015 in the wake of a tropical storm system that brought heavy rain to the region. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85145&src=nha *** Image from Jan 17, 2015 (Posted on Jan 22, 2015 2:49 PM) ----------------- ...Continue Reading