var addthis_config = addthis_config||{}; //addthis_config.services_exclude = 'facebook'; // Needed so that the preferred buttons don't show a duplicate Facebook share option August 20, 2014 * Ozone-Depleting Compound Persists, NASA Research Shows *  Satellites observed the largest ozone hole over Antarctica in 2006. Purple and blue represent areas of low ozone concentrations in the atmosphere; yellow and red are areas of higher concentrations.Image Credit: NASA NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere con ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN CANADA Several fires burned in Canada in summer 2014. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=84212&src=nha *** Image from Aug 17, 2014 (Posted on Aug 20, 2014 10:51 AM) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a service of NASA's Earth Observatory. http://natu ...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 August 20, 2014 * NASA Announces Awards to Expand Informal STEM Education Network * NASA has selected 12 informal educational institutions to receive approximately $6 million in agency funding to provide compelling science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) opportunities in informal education settings, such as museums, science ...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 August 20, 2014 * Media Day at Wallops for NASA Hurricane Airborne Mission *  Two NASA Global Hawk remotely piloted aircraft will fly over and around hurricanes to study how they form and intensify. The research flights originate from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.Image Credit: NASA  As the Atlantic Ocean's hurricane seas ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 20 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 232 Issued at 0030Z on 20 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 19 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 19/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2139 N14W39 057 0050 Cao 05 05 Beta 2141 N16W05 023 0080 Esi 11 09 Beta 2143 S04W12 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (19 August 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Retreat of Yakutat Glacier http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84180&src=eoa-iotd * Change in the Air http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84119&src=eoa-iotd * Eastern Mediterranean Coastline at Night http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84209&src=eoa-iotd * Dam Breach at Mount Polley ...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 August 19, 2014 * NASA to Air Panel Discussion about Ancient Earth and Habitable Planets * NASA Television will live broadcast a discussion Wednesday, Aug. 20, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. EDT, with leading science experts describing what is known about our ancient Earth and how that information can guide the search for habitable planets orb ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 19 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 231 Issued at 0030Z on 19 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 18 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 18/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2139 N13W24 057 0060 Cso 10 09 Beta 2141 N16E08 025 0100 Esi 11 13 Beta 2143 S05E04 ...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 August 18, 2014 * NASA's RXTE Satellite Decodes the Rhythm of an Unusual Black Hole * Astronomers have uncovered rhythmic pulsations from a rare type of black hole 12 million light-years away by sifting through archival data from NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite. The signals have helped astronomers identify an unusual mids ...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 August 18, 2014 * NASA Awards Modification to Engineering and Science Services Contract * NASA has signed a contract modification with Jacobs Technology Inc. of Tullahoma, Tennessee, for a one-year option with a potential value of $120 million to extend the Engineering and Science Services and Skills Augmentation contract at NASA’s Mar ...Continue Reading