Tuesday, May 28 2013 10:06 AM EDT2013-05-28 14:06:08 GMT
Source: EarthCam
Check out this live camera from a space! EarthCam installed the camera aboard a satellite launched by an non-profit company in Ecuador. The satellite was launched in April from China. It is orbiting
Check out this live camera from a space! EarthCam installed the camera aboard a satellite launched by an non-profit company in Ecuador. The satellite was launched in April from China. It is orbiting
Monday, May 27 2013 5:04 PM EDT2013-05-27 21:04:55 GMT
On May 31, 2013, asteroid 1998 QE2 will sail serenely past Earth, getting no closer than about 3.6 million miles (5.8 million kilometers), or about 15 times the distance between Earth and the moon. And
Although there is no threat of impact, scientists are excited to study this rock as it flies past Earth.
Sunday, May 26 2013 11:09 PM EDT2013-05-27 03:09:22 GMT
NASA and a Texas company are exploring the possibility of using a "3D printer" on deep space missions in a way where the "D" would stand for dining. NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research
NASA is testing out new options for long-term space travel.
Thursday, May 23 2013 10:23 PM EDT2013-05-24 02:23:35 GMT
The Ring Nebula's distinctive shape makes it a popular illustration for astronomy books. But new observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope of the glowing gas shroud around an old, dying, sun-like star
University of Arizona researchers help to bring the Ring Nebula into focus
Friday, May 17 2013 9:59 AM EDT2013-05-17 13:59:25 GMT
For the past 8 years, NASA astronomers have been monitoring the Moon for signs of explosions caused by meteoroids hitting the lunar surface. "Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be more common than
"Lunar meteor showers" have turned out to be more common than anyone expected, with hundreds of detectable impacts occurring every year.
Wednesday, May 15 2013 9:40 PM EDT2013-05-16 01:40:33 GMT
For the first time since its discovery, Comet ISON has approached the inner solar system. It is currently located just inside Jupiter's orbit and within six months should be at its closest location to
Comet ISON is nearing planet Earth. It is currently inside Jupiter's orbit getting close to the inner solar system. By late this year it could become the brightest object in the night sky.
Friday, May 3 2013 1:09 PM EDT2013-05-03 17:09:15 GMT
Warm, moist air is needed to create tornadoes. Using this knowledge of atmospheric physics some scientists developed a theory that drought in the nation's mid-section may be killing tornadoes. Evidence
Warm, moist air is needed to create tornadoes. Using this knowledge of atmospheric physics some scientists developed a theory that drought in the nation's mid-section may be killing tornadoes.
Thursday, May 2 2013 10:47 AM EDT2013-05-02 14:47:11 GMT
Source: NASA
The target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is an asteroid that has had the provisional name (101955) 1999 RQ36. Believing the asteroid deserved a more memorable name, the OSIRIS-REx team, led by the University
A North Carolina 9-year old suggested the name Bennu, an ancient Egyptian deity in the form of heron.
Tuesday, April 30 2013 8:48 AM EDT2013-04-30 12:48:05 GMT
Source: NASA
The following is a news release from NASA. NOTE: A team from the University of Arizona is part of the Cassini mission. UA provides technical support for the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS)
The University of Arizona is involved in the Cassini mission, which captured the images of the storm.
Wednesday, April 24 2013 7:34 PM EDT2013-04-24 23:34:18 GMT
A gauge on the Voyager home page, http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov, tracks levels of two of the three key signs scientists believe will appear when the spacecraft leave our solar neighborhood and enter interstellar
The public will be able to fly along with NASA's Voyager spacecraft as the twin probes head towards interstellar space, which is the space between stars.
Wednesday, April 24 2013 11:38 AM EDT2013-04-24 15:38:39 GMT
Source: NASA
NASA is celebrating the third anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) this week with a video playing through images from the last three years. Click here for the video. The video links together
NASA is celebrating the third anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) this week with a video playing through images from the last three years.
Monday, April 15 2013 9:47 AM EDT2013-04-15 13:47:18 GMT
Source: NOAA
Portions of the article are from NOAA. The issue is not 'if' but 'when' Arctic sea ice will disappear. That is what two researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are saying
Scientists looked at 3 different ways to calculate the sea ice loss. All of them suggested nearly ice-free summers in the Arctic by mid-century.
Wednesday, April 3 2013 12:11 AM EDT2013-04-03 04:11:43 GMT
Astronomers from the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) and Lowell Observatory have used NASA's Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), which may become one of the most dazzling
NASA is keeping an eye on a comet that is sure to bring us a show near the end of the year.
Monday, April 1 2013 8:50 PM EDT2013-04-02 00:50:15 GMT
Taking a tour of Mars has become as easy as logging on to your computer. Andrew Bodrov of Estonia used 295 images from NASA to put together the latest panorama. It is 4-billion-pixels! This allows you
The latest panorama from Mars allows you to zoom right into the smallest rocks or get a amazing view of the horizon.
Thursday, March 28 2013 12:42 PM EDT2013-03-28 16:42:35 GMT
Portions of this story are from NASA. NASA scientists found a comet that is heading towards Mars with a possible strike of the red planet next year. "There is a small but non-negligible chance that
Big changes on Mars if there is a hit, but even a near-miss could produce spectacular events in the sky of the red planet.
Friday, March 15 2013 9:05 PM EDT2013-03-16 01:05:31 GMT
Leaping Lunar Dust 03.15.13 This is a view from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft across the north rim of Cabeus crater. The leaping dust behavior may be observed on the moon in places
There's really no wind on the moon. So, why has NASA found evidence of moving dust particles?
Tuesday, March 12 2013 10:15 AM EDT2013-03-12 14:15:18 GMT
The following is news release from NASA. A combination of extreme cold temperatures, man-made chemicals and a stagnant atmosphere were behind what became known as the Arctic ozone hole of 2011, a new
The Antarctic Ozone Hole over the South Pole is well-known but an Arctic Ozone Hole that recently formed over the North Pole is a new area of research.
Monday, March 11 2013 4:39 PM EDT2013-03-11 20:39:27 GMT
Vegetation growth at Earth's northern latitudes increasingly resembles lusher latitudes to the south, according to a NASA-funded study based on a 30-year record of land surface and newly improved satellite
Plants are migrating northward as the world warms. Check out the results of the latest NASA study.
Wednesday, February 6 2013 7:28 AM EST2013-02-06 12:28:00 GMT
Aerial view of meltwater lakes and streams on Greenland Ice Sheet. Credit: James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey
There is a new website that tracks changes in the Greenland Ice Sheet. Click here to see the website. The National Snow and Ice Data Center created the website so the public can track melting on the
The National Snow and Ice Data Center created the website so the public, as well as scientists, can track melting on the ice sheet. The melting ice could contribute to sea level rise.
Monday, January 28 2013 12:09 AM EST2013-01-28 05:09:47 GMT
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of false-color pictures of
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of false-color pictures of sand dunes in the north polar region of Mars.
Friday, January 25 2013 11:43 AM EST2013-01-25 16:43:35 GMT
Credit: Peter West, NSF
A new study that provides surprising details on changes in Earth's climate from more than 100,000 years ago indicates that the last interglacial--the period between "ice ages"--was warmer than previously
A new study that provides surprising details on changes in Earth's climate from more than 100,000 years ago indicates that the last interglacial--the period between "ice ages"--was warmer than previously thought and may be a good analog for future climate, as greenhouse gases increase in the atmosphere and global temperatures rise.
Tuesday, January 22 2013 2:50 PM EST2013-01-22 19:50:32 GMT
Taking a photo of the sun with a standard camera will provide a familiar image: a yellowish, featureless disk, perhaps colored a bit more red when near the horizon since the light must travel through more
The sun looks yellow or orange to the eye, but looking at the sun's different colors (wavelengths) can tell us many stories.
Sunday, January 20 2013 11:15 PM EST2013-01-21 04:15:58 GMT
A new kind of television made headlines at the 2013 annual Consumer Electronics Show in early January, 2013 -- Ultra High Definition TV. With four times as many pixels as a current high definition (HD)
Ultra high-definition TVs – sold for the first time in late 2012 and early 2013 -- have four times the pixels of a current high-definition TV, but still have fewer pixels than the images from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Sunday, January 20 2013 6:21 PM EST2013-01-20 23:21:28 GMT
A NASA researcher with ties to Tucson recently published a paper that introduces evidence of an underground water system on Mars. The follow is the information published by NASA: A NASA spacecraft is
Layers of rock that can only be formed in the presence of water have been found on Mars
Friday, January 18 2013 7:20 AM EST2013-01-18 12:20:28 GMT
Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope met another milestone recently with they completed performance testing on the observatory's aft-optics subsystem at Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope met another milestone recently with they completed performance testing on the observatory's aft-optics subsystem
Thursday, January 17 2013 8:44 AM EST2013-01-17 13:44:25 GMT
A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health
A new NASA-led study finds that when it comes to combating global warming caused by emissions of ozone-forming chemicals, location matters. Ozone is both a major air pollutant with known adverse health
Tuesday, January 8 2013 8:06 PM EST2013-01-09 01:06:24 GMT
Source: NASA
The following is a news release from NASA Earth Observatory. In the high latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere, snow typically covers the land surface for nine months each year. The snow serves as a reservoir
Arctic ice reflects energy from the sun. The loss of snow and ice cover in the Arctic can lead to warmer global temperatures.
Wednesday, December 26 2012 7:28 AM EST2012-12-26 12:28:28 GMT
Portions of this article are from the National Science Foundation. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is warming and that means more melting at this South Pole continent. According to the National
A new study warns Antarctic ice sheet melting could contribute more water for sea level rise in the future.
Thursday, December 6 2012 7:14 AM EST2012-12-06 12:14:40 GMT
The following is a news release from NASA. The American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco, scientists unveiled an unprecedented new look at our planet at night. A global composite image, constructed
With a new sensor aboard the NASA-NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite launched last year, scientists now can observe Earth's atmosphere and surface during nighttime hours.
Monday, December 3 2012 6:49 AM EST2012-12-03 11:49:24 GMT
A physicist and researcher who set out to develop a formula to protect Apollo sites on the moon from rocket exhaust may have happened upon a way to improve weather forecasting on Earth. Image above:
A physicist and researcher who set out to develop a formula to protect Apollo sites on the moon from rocket exhaust may have happened upon a way to improve weather forecasting on Earth.
Friday, November 30 2012 10:30 AM EST2012-11-30 15:30:02 GMT
Source: Ian Joughin, University of Washington
The following is a news release from NASA. An international team of experts supported by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) has combined data from multiple satellites and aircraft to produce the
Combined, melting of these ice sheets contributed 0.44 inches (11.1 millimeters) to global sea levels since 1992.
Tuesday, November 27 2012 8:31 PM EST2012-11-28 01:31:21 GMT
NASA/Owen Kelley
Happy Birthday to NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, she just turned 15. Originally, TRMM was only a three year mission after her November 27, 1997 launch. After 15 years, however, it has given
NASA's TRMM turns 15 today and has given scientists loads of data that's helped better the understanding of hurricanes and thunderstorms.
OSIRIS-REx Mission Flandrau Science Center Name That Asteroid Contest OSIRIS-REx is a NASA funded space mission to an asteroid. It may sound a little like a Hollywood movie blockbuster, but it's actually
OSIRIS-REx is a NASA funded space mission to an asteroid. It may sound a little like a Hollywood movie blockbuster, but it's actually real project based at the University of Arizona. Now at Flandrau Science Center you can step inside the science behind the mission.
Monday, November 12 2012 8:47 AM EST2012-11-12 13:47:00 GMT
The following is a news release from NASA. People from around the world are converging on the coast of northeast Australia. The attraction isn't the Great Barrier Reef, just offshore, or the surrounding
On the morning of Nov. 14th (Australia time, Arizona is 18 hours behind the Australia's capitol city of Canberra), about an hour after sunrise, the Moon will pass directly in front of the sun.
Wednesday, November 7 2012 9:48 AM EST2012-11-07 14:48:19 GMT
Source: NASA
The scenes of devastation and wreckage that Hurricanes Sandy (2012) and Katrina (2005) left behind were tragically similar. Both storms flooded major cities, cut electric power to millions, and tore apart
Both Sandy (2012) and Katrina (2005) devastated parts of the U.S. coastline. But while Katrina made landfall as a powerful hurricane, Sandy hit land as a different kind of storm.
Thursday, November 1 2012 11:43 AM EDT2012-11-01 15:43:38 GMT
Source: NASA
The following is news release from NASA. New results from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity show that the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii. The
New results from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity show that the mineralogy of Martian soil is similar to weathered basaltic soils of volcanic origin in Hawaii.
Friday, October 26 2012 9:53 AM EDT2012-10-26 13:53:57 GMT
The following is a news release from NASA. An international team of astronomers has just caught a star in the act of devouring one of its planets. BD+48 740, a red giant they observed using the 9.2-meter
An international team of astronomers has just caught a star in the act of devouring one of its planets. See the video!
Wednesday, October 24 2012 9:49 AM EDT2012-10-24 13:49:24 GMT
Mt. Lemmon SkyCenter sits atop the mountain, above the ski resort. The telescopes there are being used all the time by professional astronomers. Each evening, one of their telescopes becomes a teaching
SkyCenter offers evenings with professional astronomers. See the Arizona sky like never before!
Tuesday, October 23 2012 7:35 PM EDT2012-10-23 23:35:03 GMT
(Text of the story which is presented in video.) We've seen the roadside signs...We've gotten the emails... Some people are worried, and are on a mission to tell everyone. The theories about these
Friday, October 12 2012 1:50 PM EDT2012-10-12 17:50:31 GMT
Source: NASA
The following is a news release from NASA Earth Observatory. Two weeks after a new record was set in the Arctic Ocean for the least amount of sea ice coverage in the satellite record, the ice surrounding
An expansion of winter Antarctic ice could be due to cooling, winds, or snowfall, whereas Arctic summer sea ice decline is more closely linked to decadal climate warming.
Wednesday, October 10 2012 12:27 PM EDT2012-10-10 16:27:27 GMT
A NASA satellite caught an amazing image of the northern lights. In the early morning hours of Monday, October 8th, aurora borealis lit up over Canada. The "day-night band" (DNB) of the Visible Infrared
In the early morning hours of Monday, October 8th, aurora borealis lit up over Canada.
Monday, October 1 2012 8:14 PM EDT2012-10-02 00:14:18 GMT
Craig D. Allen
If temperatures continue to rise and drought conditions worsen, more stress could be put on trees in the Southwest and limit their growth according to a recent study by a group of scientists. Los Alamos
If temperatures continue to rise and drought conditions worsen, more stress could be put on trees in the Southwest and limit their growth according to a recent study by a group of scientists.
Monday, October 1 2012 1:27 PM EDT2012-10-01 17:27:38 GMT
In mid-Setember, Arctic Sea Ice reached its lowest numbers since satellite observation records begin in the late 70s. The average extent of sea ice coverage from 1979 to 2000 is about the size of the
Since a lot of us don't have a very clear idea of just how big the ice melt was for the Arctic this year, a National Snow and Ice Data Center scientist mapped a comparison between the Lower 48 and the Arctic.
Friday, September 28 2012 11:39 AM EDT2012-09-28 15:39:33 GMT
Source: NSIDC
The following is a news release from NASA Earth Observatory. In August and September 2012, sea ice covered less of the Arctic Ocean than at any other time since at least 1979, when the first reliable
In August and September 2012, sea ice covered less of the Arctic Ocean than at any other time since at least 1979, when the first reliable satellite measurements began.
Tuesday, September 25 2012 1:15 AM EDT2012-09-25 05:15:19 GMT
Photo Courtesy of Daniel Bryant
Dust storms are more difficult to classify than we thought, only a select few are issued as dust storm warnings because they need to meet certain criteria. One could have many local storm reports but
Dust storms are more difficult to classify than we thought, only a select few are issued as dust storm warnings because they need to meet certain criteria.
Friday, September 21 2012 12:01 PM EDT2012-09-21 16:01:17 GMT
Source: NASA
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity made a pitstop at a football-size rock while on its way to . It's the first rock that will be examined in detail by the new rover. Click here for more details from NASA. Curiosity
The rock will be examined by two of the instruments mounted on Curiosity, including a laser used to zap the rock.
Thursday, September 20 2012 10:54 AM EDT2012-09-20 14:54:26 GMT
Source: NASA
Arctic sea has dropped to the lowest area covered since satellite records began in the late 1970s. A powerful storm is partly responsible for the break up and melting of the ice. Check out this video
A powerful storm is partly responsible for the break up and melting of the ice.
Wednesday, September 19 2012 11:22 AM EDT2012-09-19 15:22:28 GMT
Source: NASA Earth Observatory
Portions of this story are from NASA Earth Observatory. Oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico and just onshore in Mexico is visible at night from space. Check out the images below. The top
These images of the Gulf of Mexico area were taken by two different NASA satellites.
Tuesday, September 18 2012 1:19 AM EDT2012-09-18 05:19:39 GMT
Alien soil from the moon, Mars or an asteroid can potentially be used as a heat shield for future spacecrafts to reenter our atmosphere. Instead of leaving our atmosphere with a heat shield, the spacecraft
Alien soil from the moon, Mars or an asteroid can potentially be used as a heat shield for future spacecrafts to re enter our atmosphere.
Tuesday, September 11 2012 12:26 PM EDT2012-09-11 16:26:03 GMT
Source: NASA
Astrophotographer George Hall caught on tape an explosion on Jupiter. Check out the image from a movie file he took early morning September 10th. On the left of the image is that explosion. Hall
An asteroid or a comet hitting the planet's atmosphere may have caused the explosion.
Tuesday, September 4 2012 1:40 AM EDT2012-09-04 05:40:38 GMT
Photo Taken by will0
This past month there were nine straight days of 105 degree temperatures or hotter, placing it in fourth for the hottest August on record. The record holder is 10 straight days, which took place in August
This past month there were nine straight days of 105 degree temperatures or hotter, placing it in fourth for the hottest August on record. The record holder is 10 straight days, which took place in August
September is a month of great change. It's not quite cool, but it's usually (minus any tropical storms) drier and cooling from the summer's peak. SOLAR INFORMATION * We lose almost 2 hours of daylight
Sometimes wrought with tropical storms, sometimes hot and dry... September in Arizona!
Friday, August 31 2012 10:24 AM EDT2012-08-31 14:24:57 GMT
Source: NASA/T. Benesch, J. Carns
The following is a news release from NASA. Since the dawn of the Space Age, mission planners have tried to follow one simple but important rule: Stay out of the van Allen Belts. The two doughnut-shaped
The satellites are on a 2 year mission to delve into why this radiation belt is so dangerous to unprotected spacecraft and human space travelers.
Tuesday, August 28 2012 11:55 AM EDT2012-08-28 15:55:14 GMT
The following is a news release from NASA. This visualization {images below} shows the extent of Arctic sea ice on Aug. 26, 2012, the day the sea ice dipped to its smallest extent ever recorded in more
Every summer the Arctic ice cap melts down to what scientists call its "minimum" before colder weather builds the ice cover back up.
Friday, August 17 2012 2:36 PM EDT2012-08-17 18:36:15 GMT
The following is a news release from the University of Arizona. University of Arizona astronomers have helped identify the brightest and most rapidly star-forming galaxy cluster to date, as part of a
The cluster lies 7 billion light years away and dwarfs most known clusters, churning out a dazzling 740 new stars per year in its center.
Tuesday, August 14 2012 11:42 AM EDT2012-08-14 15:42:56 GMT
LiveScience posted an article called "What are the limits of human survival?", which caught my eye. Most of us have pulled an all-nighter at some point in our lives. But I don't know anyone who did
Check out this LiveScience article that highlights just how far we have pushed the body and survived.
Monday, August 13 2012 10:44 AM EDT2012-08-13 14:44:48 GMT
Source: NOAA/NASA
The following is a news release from NOAA. Seeing where hurricanes have hit and how often is one of the best ways to bring home a powerful hurricane preparedness message. A NOAA website, Historical Hurricane
Use this interactive map to track tropical systems in the record books.
Wednesday, July 25 2012 7:03 AM EDT2012-07-25 11:03:09 GMT
The following is a news release from NASA. In the mid-1960s, the director of USGS proposed a satellite program to observe our planet from above, and later described Landsat as "a direct result of the
Images from space show how much less green there is in Tucson today as compared to 40 years ago and why.
Friday, May 11 2012 11:53 AM EDT2012-05-11 15:53:55 GMT
Check out this fun interactive website. http://htwins.net/scale2/ You can scroll through the scale of the universe. It starts at the human size and you can go up or down from there. And if you click
You can scroll through the scale of the universe. It starts at the human size and you can go up or down from there.
Thursday, March 1 2012 9:14 AM EST2012-03-01 14:14:40 GMT
Source: NASA
A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cap.
Monday, September 19 2011 3:04 PM EDT2011-09-19 19:04:37 GMT
Source: NOAA
Earth's deep oceans may absorb enough heat at times to flatten the rate of global warming for periods of as long as a decade--even in the midst of longer-term warming, according to NCAR.
Tuesday, July 6 2010 1:42 AM EDT2010-07-06 05:42:25 GMT
By Chuck George - email | twitter | facebook | bioThe link I mentioned on KOLD NEWS 13 at 6PM on Astronomy Monday for the free download of Stellarium is Stellarium.org. It allows you to track in real-time
