:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Aug 01 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 213 Issued at 0030Z on 01 Aug 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 31 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 31/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2390 S15W66 199 0100 Dai 10 11 Beta-Gamma 2391 N07E17 116 0050 Hax 02 01 Alpha 2392 S0 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 31 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 212 Issued at 0030Z on 31 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 30 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 30/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S12W20 166 0010 Axx 07 01 Alpha 2390 S15W53 199 0070 Dso 10 10 Beta 2391 N06E31 ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2015 RELEASE 15-159*NASA Selects Proposals to Study Neutron Stars, Black Holes and More* The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), launched in 2012, is an Explorer mission that allows astronomers to study the universe in high energy X-rays. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* NASA has selected five proposals submitted to its Explorers Program to conduct focused scientific investigations and develop instruments that fill the scientific gaps between the agency’s larger missions.   The sele ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2015 RELEASE 15-160*NASA's Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky Exoplanet* This artist's concept shows the silhouette of a rocky planet, dubbed HD 219134b. At 21 light-years away, the planet is the closest outside of our solar system that can be seen crossing, or transiting, its star. */Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech /* Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system, larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of science data ...Continue Reading

July 30, 2015 RELEASE 15-162*California “Rain Debt” Equal to Average Full Year of Precipitation* California's accumulated precipitation “deficit” from 2012 to 2014 shown as a percent change from the 17-year average based on TRMM multi-satellite observations. */Credits: NASA/Goddard Scientific Visualization Studio/* A new NASA study has concluded California accumulated a debt of about 20 inches of precipitation between 2012 and 2015 -- the average amount expected to fall in the state in a single year. The def ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 30 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 211 Issued at 0030Z on 30 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 29 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 29/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S11W07 166 0010 Bxo 06 06 Beta 2390 S15W39 198 0110 Dai 08 18 Beta 2391 N06E44 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 29 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 210 Issued at 0030Z on 29 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 28 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 28/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S12E09 164 0010 Bxo 07 08 Beta 2390 S15W26 199 0150 Dai 08 17 Beta-Gamma 2391 N07 ...Continue Reading

The latest from NASA's Earth Observatory (28 July 2015) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Latest Images: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ * Glacier Lake Outburst Flood near Almaty http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86300&src=eoa-iotd * Longer, More Frequent Fire Seasons http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86268&src=eoa-iotd * Activity at Klyuchevskoy Volcano http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=86272&src=eoa-iotd * Forests ...Continue Reading

July 28, 2015 CONTRACT RELEASE C15-025*NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency’s Human Spaceflight Programs*  NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren (left) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Kimiya Yui, both Expedition 44/45 flight engineers currently aboard the International Space Station, participate in a food tasting session run by Vickie Kloeris in the Habitability and Environmental Factors Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Here, the Space Food Systems group, which falls under N ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2015 Jul 28 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 209 Issued at 0030Z on 28 Jul 2015 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 27 Jul I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 27/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 2389 S12E23 163 0030 Cro 06 07 Beta 2390 S17W13 199 0170 Dai 08 15 Beta-Gamma 2391 N05 ...Continue Reading