THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON PUBLIC HISTORY BOOK AWARD   The National Council on Public History seeks book-length works about or growing out of public history theory, study, or practice, or that have compelling implications for the same.  Whether about or growing out of public history, successful contenders will clearly display the public aspects of their conception, development, and execution, and how they illuminate issues and concerns significant to audiences beyond the academy.  Criteria for selection i ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Oct 07 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 280 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Oct 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2178 S01W51 157 0100 Hax 02 03 Alpha 2181 S11W59 165 0080 Dsi 07 07 Beta-Gamma 2182 S1 ...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 October 6, 2014 * New NASA Technology Brings Critical Data to Pilots Over Remote Alaskan Territories * NASA’s Traffic and Atmospheric Information for General Aviation (TAIGA) technology system is capable of showing pilots the altitude of nearby terrain via color. Yellow identifies terrain that is near the aircraft’s al ...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 October 6, 2014 * Media Accreditation Now Open for First Flight of NASA’s Orion Spacecraft * NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida has opened accreditation for media to attend the rollout of the agency's Orion spacecraft to its Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch pad in mid-November, as well as Orion's liftoff on i ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Selects New Science Teams for Astrobiology Research *  Artist concept of an early Earth Image Credit: NASA  NASA has awarded five-year grants totaling almost $50 million to seven research teams nationwide to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. "With the ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Holds Media Briefing to Discuss Comet Flyby of Mars Observations *  Artist's concept of comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) heading toward Mars.Image Credit: NASA NASA will host a media briefing at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 9, to outline the space and Earth-based assets that will have extraordinary opportun ...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 October 6, 2014 * U.S. Initiates Prototype System to Gauge National Marine Biodiversity *  NASA satellite data of the marine environment will be used in prototype marine biodiversity observation networks to be established in four U.S. locations, including the Florida Keys, pictured here.Image Credit: USF/WHOI/MBARI/NASA  The ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- MOUNT ONTAKE ERUPTION Japan's second highest volcano, Ontake, unexpectedly erupted in September 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84456&src=nha *** Image from Sep 27, 2014 (Posted on Sep 29, 2014 3:59 PM) VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AT KILAUEA'S SUMMIT Kilauea Volcano continues to erupt, with l ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Holds Teleconference on NuSTAR Discovery *  Artist's concept of NuSTAR on orbit. NuSTAR has a 10-m (30') mast that deploys after launch to separate the optics modules (right) from the detectors in the focal plane (left). The spacecraft, which controls NuSTAR's pointings, and the solar panels are with the focal plan ...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 October 6, 2014 * NASA Study Finds Earth’s Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed * While the upper part of the world’s oceans continue to absorb heat from global warming, ocean depths have not warmed measurably in the last decade. This image shows heat radiating from the Pacific Ocean as imaged by the NASA’s Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System ...Continue Reading