A weak interplanetary shock was registered by ACE spacecraft at 10:58 UTC on February 16, 2013. This event is not expected to bring widespread geomagnetic disturbances, however, it sparked aurora displays at very high latitudes.The Kp index is currently at 4, very
Thousands of dolphins were spotted on February 14, 2013 off the coast of San Diego, a boat captain told NBC 7 San Diego. Capt. Joe Dutra of Hornblower Cruises said he saw a “super mega-pod” of common dolphins while he was on his daily tour. According to him the
After 40 minutes of Philippines earthquake today strong but luckily deep earthquake with recorded magnitude 6.0 hit off the east coast of the North Island, New Zealand on February 16, 2013 at 05:16 UTC. Epicenter of the earthquake was located 219 km (136
Strong earthquake magnitude 6.2 struck Mindanao, Philippines on February 16, 2013 at 04:37 UTC. USGS reported epicenter of earthquake 28 km (17 miles) SE of Caburan and 65 km (40 miles) ESE of Malapatan at coordinates 5.759°N, 125.838°E. Depth of the earthquake
In last couple of days exploding fireballs were reported on all sides of the world – Russia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Australia, Cuba, South Africa, Morocco, Germany, Switzerland, northern Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, UK…
Latest updates:
– A ball of light in the sky
A very bright flash was seen in the Chelyabinsk, Tyumen and Sverdlovsk regions, Russia’s Republic of Bashkiria, as well as in northern Kazakhstan, early morning local time on February 15, 2013. The flash was accompanied by a very loud explosion. Officials mention meteor shower and say that it began after a large meteorite disintegrated above the Urals mountain range and partially burned up in the lower atmosphere – resulting in fragments falling earthwards throughout the Chelyabinsk region.
The following video is a time-lapse movie of the aurora displays over Large Animal Research Station (LARS), University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) from February 13, 2013 captured by Taro Nakai, a researcher of micrometeorology (dynamics of the interaction between plant
The following video shows asteroid 2012 DA14 simulated apparent motion, as visible from the Virtual telescope observing site, in Central Italy. Time is running 50x faster than reality. The field of view is of about 13×10 degress. It covers a time span from 18:30 …
Gino formed as a tropical storm over the southern Indian Ocean on February 11, 2013, and strengthened into a cyclone the next day. On February 14, the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) reported that Gino was located roughly 1,110 nautical miles
A new study using observations from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence that the expanding debris of exploded stars produces some of the fastest-moving matter in the universe. This discovery is a major step toward meeting one of
