The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NEW YEAR'S BLIZZARD The first storm of 2014 brought blizzard conditions to parts of the northeastern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82770&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 03, 2014 (Posted on Jan 03, 2014 3:59 PM) -- FLOODS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- RECORD RAIN FLOODS B ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- NEW YEAR'S BLIZZARD The first storm of 2014 brought blizzard conditions to parts of the northeastern United States. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=82770&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jan 03, 2014 (Posted on Jan 03, 2014 3:59 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------------ ...Continue Reading

January 6, 2014 * RELEASE 14-005 * * NASA's Fermi Makes First Gamma-ray Study of a Gravitational Lens * An international team of astronomers, using NASA's Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens, a kind of natural telescope formed when a rare cosmic alignment allows the gravity of a massive object to bend and amplify light from a more distant source. This accomplishment opens new avenues for research, including a novel way to probe emission regions n ...Continue Reading

January 6, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-006 * * NASA Television Updates Coverage for Orbital Sciences Mission to Space Station * NASA Television will provide live coverage of the Wednesday Jan. 8 launch of Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Cygnus cargo spacecraft mission to resupply the International Space Station. The Antares rocket carrying Cygnus will lift off at 1:32 p.m. EST from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia. Launch from Pad 0A of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops ...Continue Reading

January 6, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-005 * * NASA Hosts Prelaunch Media Events for Global Precipitation Mission * NASA will hold a series of media events Monday, Jan. 27, in advance of the February launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory from Japan. The events will be held at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. GPM is an international satellite mission led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that will provide next-generation observ ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #14-1 2014 January 5 at 9:50 p.m. MST (2014 January 6 0450 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For December 30-January 5 Solar activity reached R2 (moderate) levels on 01 January. Solar activity reached R1 (minor) levels on 31 December through 04 January. The remainder of the period (30 December and 05 January) saw low levels of activity. The summary period bega ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 06 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 6 Issued at 0030Z on 06 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 05 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 05/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1937 S13W71 195 0160 Dac 09 21 Beta-Gamma 1938 S14W59 183 0010 Cro 02 03 Beta 1942 N10W0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 05 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S15W90 227 0060 Hsx 03 02 Alpha 1937 S12W58 195 0080 Dac 06 14 Beta-Gamma 1938 S14W ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2014 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2014 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1936 S16W75 225 0110 Dai 08 05 Beta-Gamma 1937 S12W47 197 0030 Dao 05 08 Beta-Gamma 1938 ...Continue Reading

January 3, 2014 * MEDIA ADVISORY M14-004 * * NASA to Share Noteworthy Discoveries at Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society * NASA scientists will present exciting new findings on a wide range of topics in the field of astrophysics next week at the American Astronomical Society's (AAS) 223rd annual meeting in National Harbor, Md. The meeting takes place Jan. 5-9 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, located at 201 Waterfront Street. Media registration for the event is cu ...Continue Reading