March 16, 2022 RELEASE 22-024*NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully* Lee esta nota de prensa en español aquí. Following the completion of critical mirror alignment steps, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope team expects that Webb’s optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve. On March 11, the Webb team completed the stage of alignment known as “fine phasing.” At this key stage in the commissioning of Webb ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 16 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 75 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W89 337 0150 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2965 N24W17 265 0310 Fai 18 25 Beta-Gamma 2967 N18 ...Continue Reading

Tournament Earth: Elemental Edition: Round 3 The tournament started with 32 elemental images, and now there are eight left. Which ones will advance to represent earth, air, fire, and water in the semifinals? You decide. Vote now! https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 March 2022) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * There GOES Another Weather Watcher ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 15 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 74 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W75 336 0130 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 2965 N24W03 264 0500 Fki 17 25 Beta-Gamma 2967 N17 ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 7 days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- WILDFIRES CHAR SOUTH KOREA Large fires raged in coastal South Korea in March 2022. * Wildfires Char South Korea (Image from Mar 5, 2022; Posted Mar 7, 2022) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/149551/wildfires-char-south-korea/?src=nha -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORMS IN ASIA Along with Africa and the ...Continue Reading

March 14, 2022 MEDIA ADVISORY M22-034*NASA to Discuss Progress as Webb Telescope’s Mirrors Align* 33433274343_277deba9eb_o.jpg NASA technicians use a crane to lift and move the James Webb Space Telescope, with its 21-foot primary mirror deployed, inside a clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in April 2017. */Credits: NASA/Desiree Stover/* NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at noon EDT Wednesday, March 16, to provide an update on the James Webb Space Telescope’s mirror ali ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #22-11 2022 March 13 at 11:53 p.m. MDT (2022 March 14 0553 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For March 7-13 R1 (Minor) radio blackouts were observed on 11 Mar due to flare activity from Region 2964. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storm levels were observed on 11-12 Mar due to activity associated with the 06 Mar CME. G1 to G2 (Minor-Moderate) geomagnetic storm levels ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 14 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 73 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W61 335 0300 Cho 07 02 Beta 2965 N24E09 265 0600 Fki 17 20 Beta 2967 N17E46 2 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2022 Mar 13 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 72 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Mar 2022 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Mar I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2960 S20W45 333 0320 Cho 08 02 Beta 2964 S27W81 009 0060 Dso 09 05 Beta 2965 N23E22 2 ...Continue Reading

** Tournament Earth: Elemental Edition: Round 2 In round 1, the higher seeds dominated three of the brackets, but the underdogs were on fire in the Fire bracket. From March 8-14, you can vote in round 2. Vote now! https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/tournament-earth The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- DUST AND HAZE (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- DUST STORMS IN ASIA Along with Africa and the Middle East, Asia is a maj ...Continue Reading