NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, is updating= its mechanism for delivering news releases and media advisories through el= ectronic mail.   All subscribers to the current service known as “hsfnews” = at _listserv@listserver.jsc.nasa.gov_ will be migrated automa= tically to the new JSC-News listserver. However, some subscribers may need to adjust their junk e-mail or firewall settings = to allow receipt of messages from the new JSC-News listserver.   Subscribers will now receive news relea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 29 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 241 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2146 N08W86 346 0190 Cso 05 02 Beta-Delta 2148 N08W64 324 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta 2149 N10 ...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 28, 2014 * NASA's Spitzer Telescope Witnesses Asteroid Smashup *  This artist’s concept shows the immediate aftermath of a large asteroid impact around NGC 2547-ID8, a 35-million-year-old sun-like star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope witnessed a giant surge in dust around the star, likely the result of two asteroids collidi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 28 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 240 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2146 N07W72 344 0240 Dai 05 04 Beta-Gamma-Delta 2148 N08W51 324 0010 Bxo 03 06 Beta 21 ...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 27, 2014 * NASA Exercises Option on Engineering and Scientific Services Contract * NASA has exercised the second option of its Engineering and Scientific Services Contract with Vantage Partners, LLC, of Lanham, Maryland. Vantage Partners provides engineering and scientific support services to the agency's Glenn Research Center ...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 27, 2014 * NASA Completes Key Review of World’s Most Powerful Rocket in Support of Journey to Mars *  Artist concept of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) 70-metric-ton configuration launching to space. SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built for deep space missions, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars. Image Cre ...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 27, 2014 * NASA Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy *  Artist impression of a firestorm of star birth deep inside core of young, growing elliptical galaxy. Image Credit: NASA, Z. Levay, G. Bacon (STScI)  Astronomers have for the first time caught a glimpse of the earliest stages of massive galaxy constructio ...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 27, 2014 * NASA Holds Teleconference Today to Discuss Progress on World’s Largest Rocket * NASA officials will hold a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT today to discuss the agency’s progress on the Space Launch System (SLS), the heavy-lift rocket under development to take humans beyond Earth orbit and to Mars. Participants in ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Aug 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 239 Issued at 0030Z on 27 Aug 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 26 Aug I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 26/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2146 N07W58 344 0300 Dki 07 09 Beta-Delta 2148 N02W39 325 0010 Bxo 07 04 Beta 2149 N10 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (26 August 2014) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Curiosities of the Danakil Depression http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84239&src=eoa-iotd * Fires in California http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84236&src=eoa-iotd * Kulundra Steppes, Russia http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=84223&src=eoa-iotd * Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea ...Continue Reading