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NASA's WISE infrared satellite to reveal new galaxies, stars, asteroids

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Data from the satellite, says principal investigator and UCLA professor Edward Wright, will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the history of our solar system, the Milky Way ...

Nida getting knocked by winds, and 97W piquing interest

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nida is now a tropical storm, and is being knocked around by wind shear in the Western Pacific. Satellite imagery has confirmed Nida's center of circulation is exposed and the storm is losing its circular ...

NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Nov 09, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. ...

Statistics experts reject global cooling claims

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 26, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (92) | 23

(AP) -- Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.

NASA flies over Antarctica to measure icemelt

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Oct 16, 2009 | 3.4 / 5 (9) | 1

(AP) -- Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.

Tropical Storm Koppu poised for China landfall

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

The latest tropical storm in the western Pacific formed on Sunday, and is poised to make landfall in mainland China on Tuesday, near typhoon strength (74 mph). Two NASA satellites captured different views ...

Tropical Storm Danny stars in a GOES Satellite movie (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

NASA's GOES Project has been busy with animating satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Danny, and has created a movie of him from August 25-27.

Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 25, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyze these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based lasers ...

Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 24, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

Typhoon Vamco is being as stubborn in its quest to live in the Pacific Ocean as Bill is in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and NASA satellite data confirmed that the large storm has a huge eye, about 45 miles ...

NASA's Aqua satellite gets two views of category 4 Hurricane Bill

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 19, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

Hurricane Bill has become a powerhouse in the Atlantic Ocean and NASA satellites are providing forecasters with important information to help their forecasts. Bill is now a category four hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson ...

2 NASA satellites capture Hurricane Bill's 'baby pictures'

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Bill was the third tropical depression in the Atlantic Ocean hurricane season, behind Ana and Tropical Depression One. Over the weekend Bill grew into the first hurricane in the Atlantic this season. Two NASA ...

Hurricane Felicia eyeing Hawaii while weakening on weekend

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

NASA satellite imagery has helped forecasters see that Hurricane Felicia is running into cooler waters and increasing wind shear, two things have taken her strength "down a peg or two." Felicia will continue ...

Typhoon Morakot's cloud top extent doubled in size in 1 day

Typhoon Morakot's cloud top extent doubled in size in one day

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Aug 06, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Satellite imagery over the last two days has shown Typhoon Morakot to be a monster, and over the last two days, NASA satellites have confirmed the typhoon doubled its size!

NASA satellites see remnant low Dolores go out kicking

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jul 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

The remaining clouds and showers that were once tropical storm Dolores are fading at sea, more than 940 miles west of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Dolores has now weakened into a remnant low pressure area but continues ...