Tag: NASA

Glen Fergus, CC BY 3.0 , Global_monthly_temperature_record via Wikimedia Commons

NASA Says 2022 Fifth Warmest Year on Record, Warming Trend Continues

1/30/2023 - By www.nasa.gov [caption id="attachment_44584" align="alignnone" width="512"] Change in Average Temperature With Fahrenheit.svg_ via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Earth's average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest on record, according to an analysis by NASA. Continuing the planet's long-term warming trend, global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit… SEE MORE

Salt Marches by Peter Facey / Salt Marsh south of Roman Landing

NASA Scientists Map Global Salt Marsh Losses and Their Carbon Impact

1/23/2023 - By www.nasa.gov According to a new NASA-led study, the world has lost 561 square miles (1,453 square kilometers) of salt marshes over the past 20 years. In a recent research paper, scientists described the first consistent global accounting of salt marsh locations and changes. The work also allowed them to start… SEE MORE

"Green" Comet. Photo by John Vermette, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

When and How To See The New “Green” Comet

1/16/2023 - By Farmers Almanac. Newly-discovered Comet ZTF is coming the closest to the Earth in 50,000 years, becoming visible to the naked eye, and making big headlines. Some are calling it a “super rare” and “bright green” comet, but will it live up to the hype? We explain. Comet ZTF Facts… SEE MORE

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, CC BY 2.0 , NASALAUNCH via Wikimedia Commons

NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water

12/23/2022 - By nasa.gov A satellite built for NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES) to observe nearly all the water on our planet’s surface lifted off on its way to low-Earth orbit at 3:46 a.m. PST on Friday. The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft also… SEE MORE

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/7/12/23205256/james-webb-space-telescope-first-images-significance-nasa-jwst

Why the Webb Telescope Images Are Such A Big Deal

7/13/2022 - By Brian Resnick The JWST can simply see more of the universe than the Hubble Space Telescope could. Last year, before the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, I wrote: “the largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds.” [caption id="attachment_42910" align="alignnone" width="294"] The first image… SEE MORE

The bright Perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year.

Tau Herculid Meteor Shower Will Happen Monday Night

5/29/2022 - By Doyle Rice. Sky watchers could be in for a memorable spectacle Monday night and early Tuesday morning as the Earth passes through debris from a disintegrating comet, leading to a potential meteor shower with thousands of shooting stars per hour. The meteor shower, known as the tau Herculids, could… SEE MORE

Where to Watch the Lunar Eclipse on May 15th

5/9/2022 - By NASA Skywatchers in the Western Hemisphere can look forward to a total lunar eclipse in mid-May. The event will be visible across the Americas, Europe, and Africa – basically anywhere the Moon is above the horizon at the time. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1920"] Eclipse visibility map for the May… SEE MORE

Rising with the Tide: Keeping Our Communities Above Water Q&A

12/14/2021 - US Harbors recently hosted "Rising with the Tide: Keeping Our Communities Above Water"; a free conference for coastal communities. Our panel of experts included John Englander, Renee Collini, David Wolcott, Joseph Sutkowi, Gayle Bowness, Heiko Udluft and Nicole Elko. During the conference we discussed pressing issues facing our coastal communities:… SEE MORE

How Space Weather Could Wreck NASA’s Return to the Moon

5/23/2021 - By Neel V. Patel. Is NASA really going to return humans to the moon in 2024? That was the increasingly unlikely mandate issued to the agency by the Trump administration. President Biden hasn’t changed that goal yet, although most experts expect him to give NASA some much-needed breathing room and reset that… SEE MORE

NASA Made an Incredible 10-Year Time Lapse of the Sun’s Fiery Rotation

7/2/2020 - By Dustin Nelson. Everyone — at least, pretty much everyone — knows you shouldn't stare at the sun. It's dangerous. That's unfortunate, in a sense, because there's a lot to see, and the sun not only sustains life on Earth, but it's beautiful. This month marks a full decade of NASA's Solar… SEE MORE

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