July 29, 2013 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-5241j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu * RELEASE 13-237 * * NASA's Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-rays for First Time * For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star. An advantageous alignment of ...Continue Reading

Readers of this list-serv may be interested to know…The renovation of the NASA Headquarters building at 300 E Street SW in Washington, DC, will reach our Historical Reference Collection (the "archive" in the basement) in November 2013. With that date in mind, we will begin packing up the collection in August. This will not only limit access to the collection, but will consume much of the time of our archival staff during packing this fall and unpacking next spring. Nearly everything in the office will be pack ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- FIRES IN WASHINGTON A gallery of notable fires that affected Washington in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81726&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 27, 2013 (Posted on Jul 29, 2013 10:13 AM) -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- TROPICAL STORM FLOSSIE In late July 2013, a rare tropic ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- FIRES IN WASHINGTON A gallery of notable fires that affected Washington in 2013. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81726&src=nha *** MODIS(Terra) image from Jul 27, 2013 (Posted on Jul 29, 2013 10:13 AM) FIRES IN MONTANA AND IDAHO Fires in Montana and Idaho * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/vie ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2013 Sarah DeWitt Headquarters, Washington 202-358-2451sarah.l.dewitt@nasa.gov * RELEASE 13-225 * * NASA Welcomes New Chief Scientist * NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named planetary geologist Ellen Stofan the agency's chief scientist, effective Aug. 25. Stofan will be Bolden's principal advisor on the agency's science programs and science-related strategic planning and investments. Prior to her appointment, Stofan was vice president of Proxemy Research in Laytonsville, Md., ...Continue Reading

July 29, 2013 David Weaver/Michael Braukus Headquarters, Washington                                                                      david.s.weaver@nasa.gov / mich ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2060 Issue Time: 2013 Jul 29 1705 UTC ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Threshold Reached: 2013 Jul 29 1650 UTC Station: GOES-13 NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/NOAAscales Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Subscription Service. If you would like to remove a product subscription or upd ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #13-30 2013 July 28 at 7:27 p.m. MDT (2013 July 29 0127 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For July 22-28 No space weather storms were observed. Outlook For July 29-August 4 There is a chance for R1 or greater radio blackouts through the forecast period. Data used to provide space weather services are contributed by NOAA, USAF, NASA, NSF, USGS, the Interna ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jul 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 210 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jul 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1800 S08W74 162 0220 Dao 09 14 Beta-Gamma 1801 N19E04 084 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1805 S0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2013 Jul 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2013 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1800 S08W60 161 0210 Dao 07 17 Beta-Gamma 1801 N20E16 085 0090 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1805 S0 ...Continue Reading