:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 09 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 99 Issued at 0030Z on 09 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 08 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 08/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2813 N ...Continue Reading

  April 08, 2021 RELEASE 21-037*NASA Selects Innovative, Early-Stage Tech Concepts for Continued Study* lcrt_view_2_preview_1.jpg Illustration of a conceptual radio telescope within a crater on the Moon. The early-stage concept is being studied under grant funding from the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program but is not a NASA mission. */Credits: Vladimir Vustyansky/* NASA encourages researchers to develop and study unexpected approaches for traveling through, understanding, and e ...Continue Reading

A couple days late -- our apologies... The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (6 April 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Pacaya Heats Up https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148150/pacaya-heats-up/?src=eoa-iotd * Building Up the Yellow River Delta https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148145/building-up-the-yellow-river-delta/?src=eoa-iotd * Season of Change in the Labrador Sea http ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2021 Apr 08 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 98 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Apr 2021 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Apr I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Apr Nmbr Location Lo 2813 N ...Continue Reading

*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

*Tournament Earth - Astronaut Photography Edition* It is time for the final countdown. We started on March 8 with 32 of our favorite photographs of Earth shot from the International Space Station, and now just two are left to compete. Which photo will reign in the 2021 tournament? Will it be a composite of stars in motion over the Americas, shot by astronaut Don Pettit in 2012? Or will it be an alkaline Turkish lake, captured in 2016 by astronaut Kate Rubins? Voting ends April 12… *Vote now* ** ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- VOLCANOES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- PACAYA VOLCANO The volcano in Guatemala has been producing persistent strombolian eruptions since the 1960s. * Pacaya Heats Up (Image from Mar 29, 2021; Posted Apr 6, 2021) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/148150/pacaya-heats-up/?src=nha --------------------------------------------------------------------- Natural Hazards is a ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us on April 14, 2020 at 11:00am-11:45am EDT for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: *Dr. Jenifer Barton*, /Branding the Earth: A History of the Earth System Concept in the United States, 1983-1988/ * * *Microsoft Teams link for the event: *Click here to join the meeting *Abstract:* The phrase “Earth system” is today used ubiquitously by Earth scientists to describe the planet as a system of interconnections bet ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers: *** Upcoming event at the Wilson Center. See details below on how to register. Best,  Brian Brian C. Odom, PhD, MLIS (He/Him)// Acting NASA Chief Historian NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 256-541-8974 (cell) *From: *"'Neufeld, Michael' via Albatross SIG" <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Reply-To: *neufeldm <neufeldm@si.edu> *Date: *Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 3:04 PM *To: *Albatross-SIG <albatross-sig@googlegroups.com> *Subject ...Continue Reading