Space : Science World Report

Feb 09, 2012 01:55 PM EST

NASA's TRMM Satellite Measures Flooding Rains From Australia Monsoon

A monsoon trough continues to drench northeastern Australia and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite measured and calculated the rainfall in the region.

Feb 07, 2012 09:21 AM EST

NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Small New Tropical Storm Near Tonga

Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.

Feb 07, 2012 09:18 AM EST

NASA Watches a Gulf Weather System for Unusual Subtropical Development

Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico doesn't begin until June 1, 2012, but a low pressure area in the Gulf called System 90L, is being watched on February 5 and 6 for possible development into sub-tropical depression although the chances are now slim to none. Data from the GOES-...

Feb 07, 2012 09:16 AM EST

NASA Satellite Sees Cyclone Jasmine Heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia

NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.

Feb 04, 2012 09:11 AM EST

The Art of Recycling Pulsars

The formation of millisecond pulsars is the result of stellar cannibalism where matter flows from a donor star to an accreting pulsar in a binary system. During this process the pulsar emits X-rays while being spun up to amazingly high rotational speeds.Thomas Tauris (Bonn Univ. & MPIfR) can show th...

Feb 03, 2012 10:18 AM EST

Hubble Zooms in on a Magnified Galaxy

Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.

Feb 03, 2012 10:14 AM EST

'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument

The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.

Feb 03, 2012 10:09 AM EST

NASA Satellites See Wind Shear Battering Tropical Depression Iggy

NASA satellites have watched as wind shear has torn Cyclone Iggy apart over the last day. NASA infrared satellite imagery showed that Iggy's strongest thunderstorms have been pushed away from the storm's center and visible imagery shows the storm is being stretched out.

Feb 03, 2012 10:05 AM EST

Classic Portrait of a Barred Spiral Galaxy

Most spiral galaxies in the Universe have a bar structure in their centre, and Hubble's image of NGC 1073 offers a particularly clear view of one of these

Feb 02, 2012 05:16 PM EST

Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update

Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, NOAA researchers and many other ocean mapping groups from around the world.

Feb 01, 2012 02:12 PM EST

16 Highest Priorities to Guide NASA's Technology Development Efforts 5 Years

During the next five years, NASA technology development efforts should focus on 16 high-priority technologies and their associated top technical challenges, says a new report from the National Research Council. In addition, the report recommends emphasis on flight demonstrations for technologies tha...

Feb 01, 2012 10:07 AM EST

Natural Halogenated Molecules found in West Pacific, Ozone Killers

Coastal waters of the tropical Western Pacific produce natural halogenated organic molecules involving chlorine, bromine and iodine atoms that may damage the stratospheric ozone layer. This is the conclusion drawn from the initial findings of a field measurement campaign conducted in the South China...