The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- SEVERE STORMS (1 updated event, 2 new images) -- 2018 NOR'EASTER The beginning of 2018 brought a powerful Nor'easter to the United States. * Snow in Savannah (Image from Jan 4, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91537&src=nha * Powerful Winter Storm Pummels the U.S. East Coast (Image from Jan 4, 2018; Posted Jan 5, 2018) ...Continue Reading

Jan. 5, 2018 * * *MEDIA ADVISORY J18-001* * * *Astronaut Mario Runco Jr. Retires from NASA* After nearly 48 years of federal service, veteran NASA astronaut and Earth and planetary scientist Mario Runco Jr. has retired from NASA; his last day with the agency was Dec. 31. “Mario has had a tremendous career as an astronaut, scientist, and mentor at NASA,” said Pat Forrester, chief astronaut at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.  “He helped design observatory facilities on the International Space Sta ...Continue Reading

January 05, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-004*Puerto Rico Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut on Space Station*  NASA astronaut Joe Acaba sends thoughts and prayers from aboard the International Space Station to family and friends in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, on September 24, 2017. */Credits: NASA/* Several hundred students from 30 schools across Puerto Rico will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 11:15 a.m. EST Friday, Jan. ...Continue Reading

January 05, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-003*NASA Hosts Media to Discuss Testing on James Webb Space Telescope*  NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s optical system inside Johnson Space Center’s thermal vacuum Chamber A, where the observatory’s optics system was tested last summer. Chamber A is able to produce the vacuum and extremely cold temperatures Webb will experience during its mission. */Credits: NASA/* Media are invited to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Jan. 10, to hea ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 05 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 5 Issued at 0030Z on 05 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 04 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 04/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2693 N18W40 333 0020 Cro 03 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 04/24 ...Continue Reading

January 04, 2018 MEDIA ADVISORY M18-002*Indiana Students to Speak with Astronauts on International Space Station* Flight Engineer Mark Vande Hei swaps out a payload card from the TangoLab-1 facility and places into the TangoLab-2 facility of the International Space Station. TangoLab provides a standardized platform and open architecture for experimental modules called CubeLabs. CubeLab modules may be developed for use in 3-dimensional tissue and cell cultures. */Credits: NASA/* Primary school students in India ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 04 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 4 Issued at 0030Z on 04 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 03 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 03/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo None II ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- TEMPERATURE EXTREMES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- COLD SNAP IN THE NORTHEAST Blasts of Arctic air spilled into the Midwest and Northeast in December 2017 and January 2018. * It's Cold—And Hot—in North America (Image from Jan 2, 2018; Posted Jan 3, 2018) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91517&src=nha -- UNIQUE IMAGERY (2 updated events, 2 new imag ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2018 Jan 03 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 3 Issued at 0030Z on 03 Jan 2018 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 02 Jan I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type None IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 02/2400Z Jan Nmbr Location Lo None II ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (02 January 2018) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * A Cloud and Ice Factory https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91498&src=eoa-iotd * Ice in the Weddell Sea https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91490&src=eoa-iotd * Bellinzona, Switzerland https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=91507&src=eoa-iotd * Right Here, Right Now https://earth ...Continue Reading