Sun Jan 22 2012 Solar Storm Largest Solar Flare Since 2005 Bombarding Earth Now
Sunday Jan 22 2012 Solar Storm Largest Solar Flare Since 2005 Bombarding Earth Now Photo: SDO
The sun is bombarding Earth with radiation from the biggest sun event in more than six years with more to come from the fast-moving eruption. The radiation, which comes in the form of protons, erupted out of the sun and are traveling at 93 million miles per hour.
The radiation is mostly a concern for satellite disruptions and astronauts in space. It can cause communication problems for polar-traveling airplanes, said space weather center physicist Doug Biesecker.
Radiation from Sunday’s solar flare arrived at Earth an hour later and will likely continue through Wednesday. Levels are considered strong but other storms have been more severe. There are two higher levels of radiation on NOAA’s storm scale — severe and extreme — Biesecker said. Still, this storm is the strongest for radiation since May 2005. Continue Reading Sun Jan 22 2012 Solar Storm Largest Solar Flare Since 2005 Bombarding Earth Now Here
Categories: Astronomy, NASA, Weather News, World News Tags: biesecker, earth, Likely, quiet, radiation, said, solar, solar flare, solar storm, space, storm, sun
2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower, The 1st Meteor Shower of 2012 to Peak January 4, 2012
2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
The first sky-watching event of 2012 is expected to peak at 2 A.M. EST, or 0700 GMT on January 4, 2012. If you choose to stay up late tonight or wake up early tomorrow morning, you could be in for a surprise as an expected rate of 100 meteors per hour are expected from this years first major sky-watching event according to the official statement from NASA. Luckily for all of you sky-gazers, the moon is scheduled to set around 3 A.M. local time, so if clear skies prevail in your area, conditions will be excellent for watching the meteor show into the pre-dawn hours overnight.
The eastern half of North America is expected to be able to view as many as 50-to-100 “Quads” in a single hour, while the western half of the North American continent the display will be on the wane by the time the moon sets, with hourly rates probably diminishing to around 25 to 50 meteors per hour. Continue Reading 2012 Quadrantid Meteor Shower, The 1st Meteor Shower of 2012 to Peak January 4, 2012 Here
Categories: Astronomy Tags: 2012, Constellation, expected, hour, meteor, meteors, quadrantid, quadrantids, shower, showers
Moon Map View Latest Moon Map From NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
Moon Map View Latest From NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO)
This new topographic map, from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona shows the surface shape and features over nearly the entire moon with a pixel scale close to 100 meters or 328 feet. A single measure of elevation or the equivalent of one pixel is about the size of two football fields placed side-by-side.
Seeing as the moon is our closest neighbor, knowledge of its morphology is still obviously limited. Due to instrumental limitations of previous missions, a global map of the moon’s topography at high resolution has not been possible until recently. With the LRO Wide Angle Camera and the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) instrumentation, scientists can now accurately portray the shape of the entire moon at high resolution. Continue Reading Moon Map View Latest Moon Map From NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Here
NASA Video of Earth From NASA Images of Earth On ISS
This NASA video is a compilation of NASA images of Earth that were taken on expedition 29 on the International Space Station (ISS) from August to October of this year. This is truly a work of art as you can travel around the planet and see all the breathtaking views from the ISS.
Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over, NASA Video, NASA Images | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.
Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory,
NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
Crew Earth Observations Videos
Editing: Michael König | Koenigm.com
NASA Video – NASA Images Earth
NASA Video Shooting locations in order of appearance:
NASA Video Earth 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States at Night
Compiled from frames ISS029-E-12487 to ISS029-E-12665
Continue Reading NASA Video of Earth From NASA Images of Earth On ISS Here
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 Will Make Near Earth Miss Tuesday Nov. 8 2011
NASA scientists report that asteroid 2005 YU55 will make a near earth miss Tuesday Nov. 8, 2011.
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“Spaceguard” which is NASA’s Near-Earth Object Observations Program discovers objects like this one, then characterizes a subset of them, and then plots their orbits to determine if any of them can be a potential danger to our planet. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the Near-Earth Object Program Office for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington and JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, CA. Continue Reading Asteroid 2005 YU55 Will Make Near Earth Miss Tuesday Nov. 8 2011 Here
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