Recent Solar Storms Pumped 26 billion Kilowatts of Energy into Earth’s Atmosphere
Posted by brandoniswrite on March 23, 2012
The recent solar activity did more than spark pretty auroras around the poles. Researchers say the solar storms of March 8th through 10th dumped enough energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere to power every residence in New York City for two years. “This was the biggest dose of heat we’ve received from a solar storm since [...]
Filed Under: Launch & Landing - Comments: Be the First to Comment
Tags: Atmosphere, billion, Earth’s, Energy, into, Kilowatts, Pumped, Recent, Solar, Storms
Recent Geologic Activity on the Moon?
Posted by brandoniswrite on February 21, 2012
Newly detected series of narrow linear troughs are known as graben, and they formed in highland materials on the lunar farside. These graben are located on a topographic rise with several hundred meters of relief revealed in topography derived from LROC stereo images. Image Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University/Smithsonian Institution Recent images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance [...]
Filed Under: Launch & Landing - Comments: Be the First to Comment
Tags: Activity, Geologic, Moon, Recent
SSEP In the News: Recent Media Coverage from Across the SSEP Community Network
Posted by brandoniswrite on June 6, 2011
The following stories have just been added to the SSEP In the News page at the SSEP Community Network Hubsite— National and International Student Scientists Fly Investigations to the Space Station Feature Article, International Space Station Research News, NASA.gov, May 25, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/ssep.html One Last Student Endeavour Feature Article, NASA.gov, April 26, 2011 http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/one-last-shuttle-endeavour.html [...]
Filed Under: Space Shuttle Era - Comments: Be the First to Comment
Tags: Across, Community, COVERAGE, From, Media, Network, news, Recent, SSEP
top