:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 30 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 335 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1620 S13W69 098 0350 Ekc 14 16 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1621 N15E10 017 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 1 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 29, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-222 WILDFIRES, MARS AND EARTH'S RADIATION BELTS AMONG NASA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS AT AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION MEETING WASHINGTON -- NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics next week at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). The meeting takes place Dec. 3-7 at the Moscone Convention Center, 747 Howard St., in San Francisco. Media regis ...Continue Reading

Nov. 29, 2012 Steve Cole Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0918 stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov Alan Buis Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. 818-354-0474 alan.buis@jpl.nasa.gov Esther Harward University of Leeds, United Kingdom 44 113 343 4196 e.harward@leeds.ac.uk RELEASE: 12-409 ICE SHEET LOSS AT BOTH POLES INCREASING, MAJOR STUDY FINDS WASHINGTON -- An international team of experts supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data from multiple satellites and aircraft to ...Continue Reading

Nov. 29, 2012 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.brown@nasa.gov Paulette Campbell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. 240-228-6792 paulette.campbell@jhuapl.edu RELEASE: 12-411 NASA SPACECRAFT FINDS NEW EVIDENCE FOR WATER ICE ON MERCURY WASHINGTON -- A NASA spacecraft studying Mercury has provided compelling support for the long-held hypothesis the planet harbors abundant water ice and other frozen volatile materials within its permanently shadowed po ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 334 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1620 S12W57 097 0420 Ekc 12 20 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1621 N15E25 016 0100 Cso 03 01 Beta 16 ...Continue Reading

Nov. 28, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Josh Byerly Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 josh.byerly@nasa.gov MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-221 NASA, ROSCOSMOS HOLD BRIEFINGS AND INTERVIEWS DEC. 5 FOR YEARLONG SPACE STATION MISSION HOUSTON -- NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) will hold two briefings on Wednesday, Dec. 5, beginning at 8 a.m. CST, to preview the upcoming yearlong expedition by two crew members aboard the Inter ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- DUST STORM OVER THE GOBI DESERT In late November 2012, a dust storm struck the Gobi Desert of China and Mongolia. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79746&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Nov 27, 2012 (Posted on Nov 27, 2012 2:39 PM) ------------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Nov. 28, 2012 David E. Steitz Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1730 david.steitz@nasa.gov RELEASE: 12-400 SPACE STARS: GENERATIONS -- LOCKHART, SHATNER, WHEATON VIDEOS CELEBRATE NASA SPINOFF BENEFITS TO LIFE ON EARTHSPACE STARS: GENERATIONS -- LOCKHART, SHATNER, WHEATON VIDEOS CELEBRATE NASA SPINOFF BENEFITS TO LIFE ON EARTH WASHINGTON -- June Lockhart, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton are the latest entertainment icons featured in new public service announcements that highlight how some of NASA's outstandi ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Nov 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 333 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Nov 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Nov I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1618 N09W81 136 0170 Eao 12 10 Beta-Gamma-Delta 1620 S12W43 097 0260 Ekc 11 22 Beta-Gam ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (27 November 2012) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Fires Across Cape York Peninsula http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79741&src=eoa-iotd * Dense Fog over the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79736&src=eoa-iotd * Ashfall from the Karymsky Volcano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=79733&src=eoa-i ...Continue Reading