December 08, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-147*NASA Hosts Media Teleconference to Announce Latest Kepler Discovery* NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has gazed at more than 150,000 stars and continues to transmit back data that leads to important discoveries of celestial objects in our galaxy, including first-time observations of planets outside our solar system. */Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center/Wendy Stenzel /* NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EST Thursday, Dec. 14, to announce the latest discover ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2715 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 08 0856 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2714 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 06 1340 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3753 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 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 342 Issued at 0030Z on 08 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 07 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 07/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2690 N06W32 334 0010 Axx 01 01 Alpha IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 07 ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2017 *The Moon Shines Brightly Among NASA’s 2017 Highlights* 2017: A year of groundbreaking discoveries and record-setting exploration at NASA. The Moon became a focal point for the agency, we brought you unique coverage of the first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in the U.S. in 99 years, we announced the most Earth-size planets ever found in the habitable zone of a star outside our solar system, and more! */Credits: NASA/* The Moon became a key focus point for NASA in 2017, whether it was blo ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2017 RELEASE 17-094*NASA Selects Three Companies to Develop 'FabLab' Prototypes * NASA is taking the next step in the development of a space-based, on-demand fabrication capability by partnering with three U.S. companies, under NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP) program, to create prototypes. The selected companies are: Interlog Corporation of Anaheim, California; Techshot, Inc. of Greeneville, Indiana; and Tethers Unlimited, Inc. of Bothell, Washington. Combined ...Continue Reading

The following sections have been updated in the past 1 day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- FIRES (1 updated event, 1 new image) -- FIRE SEASON IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES Smoky wildfires plagued the western U.S. and Canada in the summer and autumn of 2017. * Smoke Over Southern California (Image from Dec 5, 2017; Posted Dec 7, 2017) https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=91387&src=nha ----------------------------------------------------------- ...Continue Reading

Thursday, December 7, 2017 The PO.DAAC is pleased to announce the availability of the version 5.0 Aquarius/SAC-D data.  This is the official NASA/Aquarius Project end-of-mission dataset spanning the complete 3-year, 9-month period of Aquarius science data availability, from August 25, 2011 through June 7, 2015. Likely future reprocessing releases of the Aquarius data will occur when further measurable algorithm improvements are achieved. Data sets comprising this v5.0 release include the Level 2 orbital data an ...Continue Reading

December 07, 2017 MEDIA ADVISORY M17-146*NASA Highlights Jupiter, Search for Life at American Geophysical Union*  This illustration depicts NASA's Juno spacecraft soaring over Jupiter’s south pole. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /*  Prominences are seen as the moon begins to move off the sun during the total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. The total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina. ...Continue Reading

Space Weather Message Code: ALTEF3 Serial Number: 2714 Issue Time: 2017 Dec 07 0831 UTC CONTINUED ALERT: Electron 2MeV Integral Flux exceeded 1000pfu Continuation of Serial Number: 2713 Begin Time: 2017 Dec 06 1340 UTC Yesterday Maximum 2MeV Flux: 3260 pfu NOAA Space Weather Scale descriptions can be found at www.swpc.noaa.gov/noaa-scales-explanation Potential Impacts: Satellite systems may experience significant charging resulting in increased risk to satellite systems.Thank you for using the Product Sub ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2017 Dec 07 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 341 Issued at 0030Z on 07 Dec 2017 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 06 Dec I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 06/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2690 N07W17 332 0010 Bxo 02 03 Beta IA. H-alpha Plages without Spots. Locations Valid at 06/ ...Continue Reading