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(Last 60 Entries)

  • Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla
    Wildlife Conservation Society - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:32:42 PM PST

  • Colorado: Possible Answers to Questions about Enigmatic Little Ice Age
    - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:19:48 PM PST

  • Study May Answer Questions about Little Ice Age
    UCAR - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:18:44 PM PST

  • Satellite Tracking Reveals Sea Turtle Feeding Hotspots Study Offers Clues to Loggerheads' Elusive Habits at Sea
    U.S. Geological Survey - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:04:19 PM PST

  • Global Extinction: Gradual Doom as Bad as Abrupt
    National Science Foundation - Friday, February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 2:19:41 AM PST

  • Sustainable Outer Space Discussed in Vienna
    United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs - Friday, February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 5:49:55 PM PST

  • Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update
    Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Thursday, February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 1:31:12 AM PST

  • Quest to Photograph Canada's Northern Lights From Earth and Space Begins Today: AuroraMAX Connects to the International Space Station
    Canadian Space Agency - Thursday, February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 1:10:07 AM PST

  • Sun delivered curveball of powerful radiation at Earth
    University of New Hampshire - Thursday, February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 6:21:49 PM PST

  • First plants caused ice ages
    University of Exeter - Thursday, February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 6:16:30 PM PST

  • NASA's GCPEX Mission: What We Don't Know about Snow
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Wednesday, February 1, 2012
    Posted on: 2/1/2012 11:36:49 PM PST

  • Earth's Energy Budget Remained Out of Balance Despite Unusually Low Solar Activity
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Tuesday, January 31, 2012
    Posted on: 1/31/2012 6:41:02 PM PST

  • Space Weather Center to Add World's First 'Ensemble Forecasting' Capability
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Saturday, January 28, 2012
    Posted on: 1/29/2012 3:32:07 AM PST

  • Life beyond Earth? Underwater caves in Bahamas could give clues, says Texas A&M marine expert
    Texas A&M University - Thursday, January 26, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 10:35:50 PM PST

  • NASA Renames Earth-Observing Mission in Honor of Satellite Pioneer
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 4:26:54 PM PST

  • NRL's SoloHI Instrument Selected for Flight on Solar Orbiter Mission
    Naval Research Laboratory - Wednesday, January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 4:18:09 PM PST

  • Life discovered on dead hydrothermal vents
    University of Southern California - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 1:27:47 AM PST

  • Scientists discover new clue to the chemical origins of life
    University of York - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 1:26:29 AM PST

  • Elusive Matter Found To Be Abundant Far Above Earth
    American Geophysical Union - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 1:22:39 AM PST

  • Ball Aerospace-Built OMPS Instrument Onboard NPP Satellite Returns First Data
    Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. - Tuesday, January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 1:20:26 AM PST

  • Catching a Comet's Death on Camera
    NASA HQ - Thursday, January 19, 2012
    Posted on: 1/19/2012 11:11:40 PM PST

  • NASA Finds 2011 Ninth Warmest Year on Record
    NASA HQ - Thursday, January 19, 2012
    Posted on: 1/19/2012 8:20:48 PM PST

  • Mechanism of Evolution of the Primordial Metabolism Discovered
    Technische Universitaet Muenchen - Thursday, January 19, 2012
    Posted on: 1/19/2012 5:51:44 PM PST

  • Preparations under way for IGARSS 2012
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, January 18, 2012
    Posted on: 1/18/2012 3:01:50 PM PST

  • Engineering Team Completes Ambitious Antarctic Expedition in the 'Deep-Field'
    British Antarctic Survey - Tuesday, January 17, 2012
    Posted on: 1/17/2012 6:07:48 PM PST

  • Online Chat About NSF-Funded Antarctic Discoveries to Mark the 100th Anniversary of South Pole "Race"
    National Science Foundation - Tuesday, January 17, 2012
    Posted on: 1/17/2012 5:25:59 PM PST

  • Biologists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step in Life on Earth
    National Science Foundation - Monday, January 16, 2012
    Posted on: 1/17/2012 12:07:15 AM PST

  • Did an Earlier Genetic Molecule Predate DNA and RNA?
    Arizona State University - Monday, January 16, 2012
    Posted on: 1/16/2012 8:29:04 PM PST

  • NASA Study Shows Health, Food Security Benefits From Climate Change Actions
    NASA HQ - Friday, January 13, 2012
    Posted on: 1/13/2012 5:55:10 PM PST

  • Researchers discover particle which could 'cool the planet'
    University of Manchester - Thursday, January 12, 2012
    Posted on: 1/13/2012 12:35:01 AM PST

  • Satellite imagery detects thermal 'uplift' signal of underground nuclear tests
    Oregon State University - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    Posted on: 1/11/2012 2:34:29 AM PST

  • Researchers identify molecular 'culprit' in rise of planetary oxygen
    University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    Posted on: 1/10/2012 7:38:20 PM PST

  • Earth observation empowers African scientists to improve water management
    European Space Agency - Tuesday, January 10, 2012
    Posted on: 1/10/2012 2:37:58 PM PST

  • Public Invited to Free Lecture at NASA Goddard: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sun
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Monday, January 9, 2012
    Posted on: 1/9/2012 4:20:21 PM PST

  • SMOS versatility offers sea ice mapping
    European Space Agency - Monday, January 9, 2012
    Posted on: 1/9/2012 4:16:35 PM PST

  • Earth's Massive Extinction: The Story Gets Worse
    University of Calgary - Friday, January 6, 2012
    Posted on: 1/6/2012 7:36:13 PM PST

  • NASA Finds Russian Runoff Freshening Canadian Arctic
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, January 4, 2012
    Posted on: 1/4/2012 8:55:41 PM PST

  • CryoSatApp: Ice Data at Your Fingertips
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, January 4, 2012
    Posted on: 1/4/2012 1:37:22 PM PST

  • CryoSat ice satellite rides new waves
    European Space Agency - Thursday, December 22, 2011
    Posted on: 12/22/2011 9:16:30 PM PST

  • First ever direct measurement of the Earth's rotation
    Technische Universitaet Muenchen - Thursday, December 22, 2011
    Posted on: 12/22/2011 5:17:35 PM PST

  • Climate Change May Bring Big Ecosystem Changes
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Wednesday, December 14, 2011
    Posted on: 12/14/2011 9:18:58 PM PST

  • Planet Earth in your pocket ... and on your tablet
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, December 14, 2011
    Posted on: 12/14/2011 2:19:30 PM PST

  • Antarctic Expedition Checks CryoSat Down-under
    European Space Agency - Friday, December 9, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 6:34:48 PM PST

  • Astrium awarded Sentinel 5 Precursor contract
    Astrium - Thursday, December 8, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 3:10:48 AM PST

  • ESA selects Astrium to build Sentinel-5 Precursor satellite
    European Space Agency - Thursday, December 8, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 3:09:53 AM PST

  • Paleoclimate Record Points Toward Potential Rapid Climate Changes
    Goddard Institute for Space Studies - Thursday, December 8, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 3:08:29 AM PST

  • Study Shows More Shrubbery in a Warming World
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Thursday, December 8, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 3:07:38 AM PST

  • Early Earth May Have Been Prone to Deep Freezes
    University of Colorado at Boulder - Thursday, December 8, 2011
    Posted on: 12/9/2011 3:03:52 AM PST

  • TIMED Atmospheric Spacecraft Marks 10 Years of Groundbreaking Science
    Johns Hopkins University - Wednesday, December 7, 2011
    Posted on: 12/8/2011 1:58:32 AM PST

  • SMOS maps Europe's dry autumn soils
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, December 7, 2011
    Posted on: 12/8/2011 1:56:51 AM PST

  • NOAA activates GOES-15 satellite; deactivates GOES-11 after nearly 12 years in orbit
    China National Space Administration - Wednesday, December 7, 2011
    Posted on: 12/8/2011 1:51:26 AM PST

  • National Solar Observatory Names Key Managers
    National Solar Observatory - Wednesday, December 7, 2011
    Posted on: 12/7/2011 7:16:55 PM PST

  • NASA Finds 'Merging Tsunami' Doubled Japan Destruction
    NASA HQ - Monday, December 5, 2011
    Posted on: 12/6/2011 1:56:42 AM PST

  • NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ready for Space Environment Tests
    Johns Hopkins University - Monday, December 5, 2011
    Posted on: 12/6/2011 1:54:36 AM PST

  • NASA Gears Up for Airborne Study of Earth's Radiation Balance
    Ames Research Center - Monday, December 5, 2011
    Posted on: 12/5/2011 9:40:43 PM PST

  • Path to Oxygen in Earth's Atmosphere: Long Series of Starts and Stops
    National Science Foundation - Friday, December 2, 2011
    Posted on: 12/3/2011 12:52:11 AM PST

  • Key Discovery About the Atmosphere of Early Earth
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Thursday, December 1, 2011
    Posted on: 12/1/2011 11:57:22 AM PST

  • Magnetic Pole Reversal Happens All the (Geologic) Time
    Goddard Space Flight Center - Thursday, December 1, 2011
    Posted on: 12/1/2011 11:54:57 AM PST

  • ESA's Sentinel-2 shapes up for testing
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
    Posted on: 11/30/2011 7:26:41 PM PST

  • Keeping Watch on Our Seething Sun
    European Space Agency - Wednesday, November 30, 2011
    Posted on: 11/30/2011 7:17:13 PM PST


  • Status Releases
    (Last 60 Entries)

  • Photo: Agricultural Patterns in Quebec, Canada As Seen From Orbit
    NASA HQ - February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:39:50 PM PST

  • Large X-class Flare Erupts on the Sun on 27 January 2012
    NASA HQ - February 7, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 1:27:43 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Monday, February 06, 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 6, 2012
    Posted on: 2/7/2012 3:06:19 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 6 February 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 6, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 11:15:10 PM PST

  • Amendment 39 presents Appendix A.45, a new solicitation in ROSES-11 entitled Carbon Monitoring System (CMS)
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - February 6, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 5:57:19 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 6, 2012 - Dust storm in Saudi Arabia
    NASA MODIS Web - February 6, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 5:15:01 PM PST

  • CryoSat Breaks the Ice with Ocean Currents
    European Space Agency - February 6, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 1:48:36 PM PST

  • The Faint Early Sun: Problem, Paradox, or Distraction?
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 4:39:44 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 5 February 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/6/2012 12:31:08 AM PST

  • Photo: Persian Gulf and a Soyuz As Seen From Orbit
    NASA HQ - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/5/2012 6:56:10 PM PST

  • Photo: Impact Crater: Manicouagan Reservoir in Quebec, Canada As Seen From Orbit
    NASA HQ - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/5/2012 6:55:25 PM PST

  • Photo: Bahamas - In Infrared - As Seen From Orbit
    NASA HQ - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/5/2012 6:54:39 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 5, 2012 - Submarine eruptions off El Hierro, Canary Islands
    NASA MODIS Web - February 5, 2012
    Posted on: 2/5/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 4 February 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 4, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 10:17:28 PM PST

  • Photo: Payun Matru Volcanic Field in Argentina As Seen From Orbit
    NASA HQ - February 4, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 9:34:13 PM PST

  • Photo: Southern United States at Night as Seen From the International Space Station
    NASA HQ - February 4, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 9:30:30 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 4, 2012 - Tropical Cyclone Iggy (09S) approaching Australia
    NASA MODIS Web - February 4, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 5:15:03 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, February 03, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 2:13:23 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 3 February 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/4/2012 12:43:53 AM PST

  • NASA Announcement: Call for Members of the Science Utilization Team for the SAGE III on ISS Mission
    NASA HQ - February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 5:59:53 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 3, 2012 - Dust storm in Saudi Arabia
    NASA MODIS Web - February 3, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Preserving the past: Antarctic Heritage Trust restores Scott's expedition hut at Cape Evans
    The Antarctic Sun - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 1:27:56 AM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Thursday, February 02, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 12:51:54 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 2 February 2012
    ESCO Electronics Corporation - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/3/2012 12:49:17 AM PST

  • First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument
    NASA HQ - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 6:02:02 PM PST

  • Image: A Huge Crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier
    NASA HQ - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 5:53:19 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 2, 2012 - Fires in eastern Africa
    NASA MODIS Web - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Wednesday, February 01, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - February 2, 2012
    Posted on: 2/2/2012 4:48:39 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 1 February 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 1, 2012
    Posted on: 2/1/2012 10:07:41 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 31 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - February 1, 2012
    Posted on: 2/1/2012 7:59:25 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: February 1, 2012 - Tropical Cyclone Iggy (09S) off Australia
    NASA MODIS Web - February 1, 2012
    Posted on: 2/1/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • NOAA SWPC Space Weather Outlook #12-5
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 30, 2012
    Posted on: 1/31/2012 5:39:17 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 31, 2012 - Korea
    NASA MODIS Web - January 31, 2012
    Posted on: 1/31/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 30 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 19, 2012
    Posted on: 1/31/2012 3:04:57 AM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Monday, January 30, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - January 30, 2012
    Posted on: 1/31/2012 3:02:48 AM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 30, 2012 - Dust storm in northern Texas
    NASA MODIS Web - January 30, 2012
    Posted on: 1/30/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 29 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 29, 2012
    Posted on: 1/30/2012 3:24:32 AM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 29, 2012 - Tropical Cyclone Funso (08S) over the Mozambique Channel
    NASA MODIS Web - January 29, 2012
    Posted on: 1/29/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 28 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 28, 2012
    Posted on: 1/29/2012 3:06:42 AM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 28, 2012 - East Africa
    NASA MODIS Web - January 28, 2012
    Posted on: 1/28/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, January 27, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - January 27, 2012
    Posted on: 1/28/2012 4:51:50 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 27 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 27, 2012
    Posted on: 1/28/2012 4:50:59 AM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 27, 2012 - Sea ice off the west coast of Kamchatka, eastern Russia
    NASA MODIS Web - January 27, 2012
    Posted on: 1/27/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences - 2012 (ROSES-2012)
    NASA Science Mission Directorate - January 26, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 10:22:53 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 26 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 26, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 10:19:52 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Thursday, January 26, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - January 26, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 10:19:02 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 26, 2012 - Snow in the Pacific Northwest (true color)
    NASA MODIS Web - January 26, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 5:15:01 PM PST

  • Image: Suomi NPP's View of North America
    NASA HQ - January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/26/2012 5:27:16 AM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 25 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 10:09:22 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Wednesday, January 25, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 7:16:18 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 25, 2012 - Tropical Cyclone Funso (08S) over the Mozambique Channel
    NASA MODIS Web - January 25, 2012
    Posted on: 1/25/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 24 January 2012
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/24/2012 10:43:27 PM PST

  • NOAA SWPC Space Weather Advisory Outlook #12-4
    ESCO Electronics Corporation - January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/24/2012 9:02:56 PM PST

  • Massive Solar Storm Heads for Earth
    European Space Agency - January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/24/2012 6:41:33 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 24, 2012 - Cloud streets and vortices off the Aleutian Islands
    NASA MODIS Web - January 24, 2012
    Posted on: 1/24/2012 5:15:02 PM PST

  • Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 23 January 2012
    - January 23, 2012
    Posted on: 1/24/2012 3:46:35 AM PST

  • Mission of Opportunity Notice AO including a Proposal Opportunity for the Earth System Science Pathfinder Program: Earth Venture Instrument
    NASA HQ - January 23, 2012
    Posted on: 1/23/2012 9:17:54 PM PST

  • NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Monday, January 23, 2012
    NOAA Office of Satellite Operations - January 23, 2012
    Posted on: 1/23/2012 9:13:21 PM PST

  • Geomagnetic Storm Expected Tuesday, Jan 23
    Space Weather Prediction Center (NOAA) - January 23, 2012
    Posted on: 1/23/2012 7:23:06 PM PST

  • NASA MODIS Image of the Day: January 23, 2012 - Alaska
    NASA MODIS Web - January 23, 2012
    Posted on: 1/23/2012 5:15:02 PM PST