News tagged with space tornadoes
THEMIS satellite tracks electrical tornadoes in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earth-bound tornadoes are puny compared to "space tornadoes," which span a volume as large as Earth and produce electrical currents exceeding 100,000 amperes, according to new observations ...
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Apr 23, 2009 |
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GOES-13 satellite sees 'giant white spike' of clouds bringing U.S. severe weather
(PhysOrg.com) -- Severe weather is expected to impact the southeastern U.S. today, and the GOES-13 satellite captured an image of a line of clouds associated with the strong cold front that looks like a giant ...
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Jan 27, 2012 |
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2011 a record-breaking year for extreme weather: US
Last year broke records for extreme weather in the United States, with 14 events each causing at least a billion dollars in damage, US authorities said on Thursday.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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GOES satellite eyeing late season lows for tropical development
Its late in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, but the calendar isn't stopping the tropics. The GOES-13 satellite is keeping forecasters informed about developing lows like System 90E in the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2011 |
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TRMM satellite sees deadly tornadic thunderstorms in Southeastern US
Tornadoes are expected to accompany severe storms in the springtime in the U.S., but this time of year they also usually happen. When a line of severe thunderstorms associated with a cold front swept through ...
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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NASA to launch new Earth-observing satellite
After a five-year delay, an Earth-observing satellite will be launched to test new technologies aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2011 |
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NASA to launch weather-climate satellite Oct 27
A satellite that aims to help weather forecasters predict extreme storms and offer scientists a better view of climate change is being readied for launch this month, NASA said Wednesday.
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Oct 12, 2011 |
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Research team pinpoints location of elusive black hole using radio jets
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Japanese astrophysicists and space scientists have found a way to more precisely describe where in space a very large, but distant black hole lies. In their paper published in Nature, the te ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Disasters in US: An extreme and exhausting year
(AP) -- Nature is pummeling the United States this year with extremes.
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Sep 04, 2011 |
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Dangerous arrhythmia analyzed in a heartbeat
Just one second, one heartbeat. That's what is needed for a new, noninvasive functional imaging technology to record data for locating the source in the heart of a dangerous cardiac arrhythmia called ventricular ...
Aug 31, 2011 |
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Physicists map spiraling light to harness untapped data capacity
Physicists with the Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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