June 03, 2015 RELEASE 15-111*NASA’s Hubble Finds Pluto’s Moons Tumbling in Absolute Chaos* If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows that two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, wobble unpredictably. “Hubble has provided a new view of Pluto and its moons revealing a cosmic dance with a chaotic rhythm,” said John Grunsfeld, associate administrator of N ...Continue Reading

June 03, 2015 RELEASE 15-112*NASA Invests in Future of Aviation with Supersonic Research Projects*Quieter, greener supersonic travel is the focus of eight studies selected by NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology Project to receive more than $2.3 million in funding for research that may help overcome the remaining barriers to commercial supersonic flight. The research, which will be conducted by universities and industry, will address sonic booms and high-altitude emissions from supersonic jets. The titles of ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jun 03 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 154 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jun 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2356 S16W07 201 0060 Cao 02 03 Beta 2358 S03E43 151 0040 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2359 S14W16 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (02 June 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Intense Fires in Northern Canada http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85972&src=eoa-iotd * Fourteen Years of Carbon Monoxide from MOPITT http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85967&src=eoa-iotd * Good Air and Brown Water http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85950&src=eoa-iotd * Blooms in t ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jun 02 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 153 Issued at 0030Z on 02 Jun 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 01 Jun I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 01/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2356 S16E07 200 0050 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2358 S03E58 149 0040 Hax 02 02 Alpha 2359 S14W02 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN NORTHERN CANADA Fires burned across northern Canada. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85953&src=nha *** Image from May 28, 2015 (Posted on May 29, 2015 12:33 PM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FLOODS IN THE US SOUTH Record rainfall sent many rivers over the b ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- ERUPTION OF WOLF VOLCANO Wolf Volcano in the Galapagos Islands erupts * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85963&src=nha *** Image from May 28, 2015 (Posted on Jun 01, 2015 10:40 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Ear ...Continue Reading

June 01, 2015 RELEASE 15-109*NASA Tests Aircraft Wing Coatings that Slough Bug Guts* NASA materials scientist Mia Siochi and systems engineer Mike Alexander, from the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Boeing technician Felix Boyett count insect residue on the right wing of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 757 aircraft following a flight test in Shreveport, Louisiana. */Credits: NASA/Paul Bagby /* Bug guts create drag, and drag increases fuel consumption. But aircraft of the future could be ...Continue Reading

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Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #15-22 2015 May 31 at 7:44 p.m. MDT (2015 June 1 0144 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For May 25-31 No space weather storms were observed this period. Outlook For June 1-7 No space weather storms are expected during the outlook period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the International Space Envir ...Continue Reading