var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option February 25, 2015 * NASA Spacecraft Prepares for March 12 Launch to Study Earth’s Dynamic Magnetic Space Environment *  NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories are shown here in the clean room being processed for a March 12 launch from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.Image Credit: ...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 February 25, 2015 * NASA Offers Space Tech Grants to Early Career University Faculty *  Tensegrity research is able to simulate multiple forms of locomotion. In this image, a prototype tensegrity robot reproduces forward crawling motion. Image Credit: NASA/Brian Tietz  NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORMS ON THE SOUTHERN ARABIAN PENINSULA A low-pressure system energized strong northwest winds that carried dust from as far as northern Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Kuwait to the shores of the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85370&src=nha *** Image from Feb 23 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 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 56 Issued at 0030Z on 25 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 24 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 24/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N14W59 106 0030 Cro 07 06 Beta 2289 S09W10 057 0010 Bxo 06 04 Beta 2290 N20W08 0 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (24 February 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Persistent Dust Storms on the Southern Arabian Peninsula http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85370&src=eoa-iotd * Musa Bay, Iran http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85354&src=eoa-iotd * New Zealand in Sunglint http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=85332&src=eoa-iotd * Island in a Lak ...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 February 24, 2015 * UPDATE -- NASA Reschedules MMS Briefing to 3 p.m. EST Feb. 25 * NASA has rescheduled to 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 25, a briefing on an upcoming mission to study magnetic reconnection around the Earth, a fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe where magnetic fields connect and disconnect explosively ...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 February 24, 2015 * NASA Briefing to Discuss First Spacecraft Arrival at a Dwarf Planet *  This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft heading toward the dwarf planet Ceres.Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech  NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will host a briefing at noon EST (9 a.m. PST) Monday, March 2, to discus ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- CYCLONES LAM AND MARCIA BATTER AUSTRALIA Two potent storms hit northern Australia within six hours on February 19, 2015. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85335&src=nha *** Image from Feb 19, 2015 (Posted on Feb 20, 2015 2:46 PM) -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (3 updated events, 3 new images) -- COLIMA VO ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- COLIMA VOLCANO ERUPTS An ash plume billows above one of Mexico's most active volcanoes. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=85346&src=nha *** Image from Feb 08, 2015 (Posted on Feb 23, 2015 9:59 AM) -- CROPS AND DROUGHT (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DROUGHT IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Feb 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 55 Issued at 0030Z on 24 Feb 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 23 Feb I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 23/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2287 N14W46 107 0030 Cro 05 04 Beta 2290 N20E05 056 0040 Dao 06 08 Beta 2292 S09E50 0 ...Continue Reading