Earth Topics
Bracing for Impact
1999 — April 6, 2011
Professional and amateur astronomers are preparing to observe The Moonon July 31st when Lunar Prospector plunges into a permanently shadowed crater in
Landsat 7 starts viewing the the world
1999 — April 6, 2011
First images, with twice as much detail as previous Landsat satellites, show Florida's panhandle, South Dakota, and a startlingly clear image of a jet contrail and its shadow on the ground.
Amateur astronomers target Lunar Prospector
1999 — April 6, 2011
While professionals watch for a nearly transparent cloud of water vapor, amateurs will monitor the Moon's south pole for visible signs of Lunar Prospector's crash.
Solar flares show their true colors
1999 — April 6, 2011
New research points to a common mechanism for spectral behavior in Solar Flares.
Finding the 'smoking gun' before it fires
1999 — April 6, 2011
Scientists discover a new tool for predicting solar explosions, improving Space Weatherpredictions for storms that may affect Earth.
SOHO Spies the Far Side of the Sun
1999 — April 6, 2011
An ingenious new technique for viewing the previously hidden side of the Sun could improve Space Weatherforecasting.
New Antarctic Ozone Data Released
1999 — April 6, 2011
A NASA satellite has shown that the area of ozone depletion over the Antarctic is still large, but a bit less in 1999 than it was last year.
New tools for the new millennium
1998 — April 6, 2011
Satellites will slice and dice the magnetosphere to reveal its structure.
Sunspot cycle will be above average but no record setter
1998 — April 6, 2011
say NASA scientists concerning the next peak in the Sun's 11 year cycle of activity.
A Tale of Two Mysteries on shuttle Discovery
1998 — April 6, 2011
What do the Little Ice Age and the solar corona have in common? They were both the target of science experiments on shuttle Discovery earlier this week.