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A tornado touched down five miles southeast of Hale Center in a storm system that delivered baseball-sized hail, at least in one case breaking car windows Friday, October 12, 2012.The first official report of Hale Center hail came at 6:21 p.m., Vitale said, measuring
Time-lapse movie of the aurora displays over partially-frozen Olnes Pond, Alaska. (9:06 – 10:06 pm AKDT, October 12, 2012)Video by MicrometeorologistTaro Nakai, Micrometeorologist — a researcher of micrometeorology (dynamics of the interaction between plants
In a study published today, October 12, 2012 in Science, scientists used radar data from the ESA’s ERS and Envisat missions to study an unusual uplift near the Uturuncu volcano, which had been dormant for 270 000 years.Authors of the study led by Yuri Fialko have
Europe will launch a second pair of Galileo satellites to accompany 2 satellites already sent last year in attempt to build its own global navigation satellite system. The launch is scheduled for October 12, 2012 at 18:15:00 UTC from Europe’s Space Port in French
A very strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.7 struck near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia on October 12, 2012 at 00:31 UTC according to USGS and EMSC. Epicenter was located 103 km (64 miles) N of Dobo, Indonesia and 173 km (107 miles) ENE of Tual,
New unrest has been noticed around 5 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 8 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from October 3 – October 9, 2012 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.The Weekly Volcanic Activity Report is a
This gallery shows four planetary nebulas from the first systematic survey of such objects in the solar neighborhood made with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The planetary nebulas shown here are NGC 6543, also known as the Cat’s Eye, NGC 7662, NGC 7009 and NGC 6826.
Incredible, groundbreaking new research just published in the Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand found that the primary polyphenol in turmeric – curcumin – is able to repair and even regenerate the liver tissues in diabetic rats.Researchers at
Time-lapse movie of the aurora displays over Olnes Pond, Alaska. (10:03-11:34 pm AKDT, October 8, 2012)Video by MicrometeorologistTaro Nakai, Micrometeorologist — a researcher of micrometeorology (dynamics of the interaction between plants and
An earthquake in Balleny Islands region from October 9th could produce a strong kinetic migration into the west coast of North America in the coming days, strong relationships of past earthquakes may indicate areas at risk for a 6.5-7.0 magnitude earthquake potential
