News tagged with space weather events

STEREO Reveals the Anatomy of a Solar Storm in 3D

Apr 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Observations from NASA's twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed scientists to reveal for the first time the speed, trajectory, and three-dimensional shape of solar explosions ...

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New research contributes to defense of Earth's technologies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jun 03, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1

University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies -from the constant threat of space weather.

Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 28, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-O, soared into space today after a successful launch from Space Launch Complex 37 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

Atlantis Launch Countdown Begins Today

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 13, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At today's launch countdown status briefing held at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, managers reported space shuttle Atlantis, its payload and crew are ready for launch at 2:28 p.m. ...

Beating the radar: Getting a jump on storm prediction

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jun 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science ...

People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...

Texas A&M prof to predict weather on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Nov 04, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Is there such a thing as "weather" on Mars? There are some doubts, considering the planet's atmosphere is only 1 percent as dense as that of the Earth. Mars, however, definitely has clouds, drastically low temperatures and ...

New method helps safeguard astronauts by forecasting space radiation hazards with up to one hour advance warnings

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

May 25, 2007 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

One of the greatest threats to human space exploration is the sudden, unpredictable occurrence of radiation outbursts from the Sun. Researchers have long sought a method for predicting when the hazardous particles ...

GOES-O satellite arrives at KSC for final pre-launch testing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 04, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-O, arrived this morning by a C17 military ...

El Nino at Play as Source of More Intense Regional U.S. Wintertime Storms

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Jan 28, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (11) | 0

The next time you have to raise your umbrella against torrents of cold winter rain, you may have a remote weather phenomenon to thank that many may know by name as El Nino, but may not well understand.