:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 May 01 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 122 Issued at 0030Z on 01 May 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1466 N12W80 041 0190 Dso 06 03 Beta 1467 N13W09 331 0010 Bxo 01 03 Beta 1469 S20W14 ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2012 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jbuck@nasa.gov Allard Beutel Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 allard.beutel@nasa.gov Andrea Farmer Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Fla. 321-449-4318 afarmer@dncinc.com MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-079 NASA TV TO AIR 2012 U.S. ASTRONAUT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION MAY 5 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA Television will provide live coverage of the 2012 U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame induction ceremony at 3 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 5. The c ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (2 updated events, 2 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NEPAL Hundreds of fires have broken out in Nepal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77784&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 24, 2012 (Posted on Apr 27, 2012 5:46 PM) FIRES IN SIBERIA Fires in Siberia * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77763&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 3 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- WILDFIRES IN NEPAL Hundreds of fires have broken out in Nepal. * http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77784&src=nha *** MODIS(Aqua) image from Apr 24, 2012 (Posted on Apr 27, 2012 5:46 PM) -- DUST, SMOKE, AND HAZE (1 updated events, 1 new images) -- GOBI DESERT DUST STORM Dust plumes blew out of the Gobi Desert in l ...Continue Reading

April 30, 2012 J.D. Harrington Headquarters, Washington 202-358-0321 j.d.harrington@nasa.gov Megan Watzke Chandra X-ray Center, Cambridge, Mass. 617-496-7998 mwatzke@cfa.harvard.edu RELEASE: 12-139 NASA'S CHANDRA SEES REMARKABLE OUTBURST FROM OLD BLACK HOLE WASHINGTON -- An extraordinary outburst produced by a black hole in a nearby galaxy has provided direct evidence for a population of old, volatile stellar black holes. The discovery, made by astronomers using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, pr ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #12-20 2012 April 30 at 7:34 a.m. MDT (2012 April 30 1334 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For April 23-29 A category G2 (moderate) geomagnetic storm occurred on 24 April, while G1 (Minor) storms occurred on both 23 and 24 April. The activity was the result of coronal hole and CME effects. Outlook For April 30-May 6 No space weather storms are expected. D ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1894 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 30 0504 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1893 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 5537 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 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 121 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1465 S18W80 057 0090 Cso 04 04 Beta 1466 N13W65 042 0140 Dso 07 06 Beta 1467 N12E04 ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 1893 Issue Time: 2012 Apr 29 0459 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 1892 Begin Time: 2012 Apr 25 0220 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 9630 pfu 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 Ser ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2012 Apr 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 120 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Apr 2012 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 1465 S18W66 055 0130 Dai 05 12 Beta-Gamma 1466 N12W51 040 0070 Cso 05 06 Beta 1467 N12 ...Continue Reading