September 17, 2020 MEDIA ADVISORY M20-099*NASA Administrator to Discuss Collaboration with US Space Force* NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will participate in a virtual discussion on the agency’s collaboration with the United States Space Force at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, Sept. 22. This Space Power Forum event will stream live on NASA Television and the agency’s website. Gen. John “Jay” Raymond, chief of space operations for the U.S. Space Force, will ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- SOUTH AMERICAN FIRES IN 2020 The fire season in South America spans several ecosystems and has far-reaching consequences. * Fires Char the Pantanal (Image from Sep 6, 2020; Posted Sep 17, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147269/fires-char-the-pantanal/?src=nha -- FLOODS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FLOODS IN SUDAN Rain ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 17 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 261 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 This week, Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) users will receive an email invitation from CFI Group (noreply@feedback.cfigroup.com) on behalf of NASA. This message will ask you to participate in a web-based survey of NASA Earth Science data and services. PO.DAAC is one of twelve NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers evaluated by this survey. The purpose of this survey is to help PO.DAAC assess customer satisfaction an ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- 2020 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON Hurricane season in the North Atlantic basin officially begins on June 1 and ends on December 1. * Sally Slowly Approaches the Gulf Coast (Image from Sep 15, 2020; Posted Sep 15, 2020) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147286/sally-slowly-approaches-the-gulf-coast/?src=nha -------------- ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2020 RELEASE 20-086*NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star* wd_1856.png In this illustration, WD 1856 b, a potential Jupiter-size planet, orbits its much smaller host star, a dim white dwarf. */Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/* An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and retired Spitzer Space Telescope has reported what may be the first ...Continue Reading

*NASA History Listserv Readers:* Please join us today, September 16, 2020 at 12:00pm Eastern time for our Virtual History Brown Bag talk: *Jennifer Levasseur*, “Through Astronaut Eyes: Photography from Early Human Spaceflight”  *Abstract:* /Through Astronaut Eyes/ presents the story of how human daring along with technological ingenuity allowed people to see the Earth and stars as they never had before. Photographs from the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs tell power ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2020 Sep 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 260 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Sep 2020 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Sep I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Sep Nmbr Location Lo None ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (15 September 2020) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/topic/image-of-the-day * Where Ice Still Flows into Glacier Bay https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147264/where-ice-still-flows-into-glacier-bay/?src=eoa-iotd * A Slew of September Storms https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147283/a-slew-of-september-storms/?src=eoa-iotd * Cycles of Wet and Dry in Etosha Pan https://ear ...Continue Reading

  September 15, 2020  20-089*Solar Cycle 25 Is Here. NASA, NOAA Scientists Explain What That Means* ig_maxmin.jpg This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during solar minimum (on the right, captured in December 2019). December 2019 marks the beginning of Solar Cycle 25, and the Sun’s activity will once again ramp up until solar maximum, predicted for 2025. */Credits: NASA/SDO/* Solar ...Continue Reading