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  • Jupiter’s Great Red Spot shrinking at increasing rate

    The shrinkage of Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been known about since the 1930s but latest images by Hubble Space Telescope confirm the increasing shrinkage rate observed by amateur astronomers since 2012. Science has no answer as to why this is happening.H

  • Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko develops coma

    As comet-chaser Rosetta approached its target to roughly 2 million km in early May, images captured by OSIRIS clearly showed that the comet has already developed 1 300 km long coma. This onset of activity offers scientists the opportun

  • Strong earthquake measuring M 6.2 struck Philippines

    Strong earthquake measuring M 6.2 was registered off the coast of Negros island, Philippines, on May 15 at 10:16 UTC (18:16 local time). This is the third M6+ earthquake registered in last 12 hours. USGS reports depth of 53.2 km (33.1 miles). Epicenter was located

  • M 6.1 earthquake registered off the coast of Ifalik, Micronesia

    Eathquake registered as M 6.1 (USGS/EMSC) struck off the coast of Ifalik, Federated states of Micronesia, on May 14, 2014 at 20:56 UTC. USGS reports depth of 10.6 km; EMSC 3 km.Epicenter was located 99 km (62 miles) SSE of Ifalik, 760 km (472 miles) W of Weno,

  • Active volcanoes in the world: May 7 – 13, 2014

    New activity/unrest was observed at 4 volcanoes from May 7 – 13, 2014. Ongoing activity was reported for 12 volcanoes.New activity/unrest: Ahyi, Mariana Islands (USA)  | Merapi, Central Java (Indonesia)  | Santa María, Guatemala  | Tengge

  • Powerful eruption of Shiveluch volcano, Kamchatka

    Kamchatkan Shiveluch volcano experienced another strong eruption late on May 12, 2014. Volcanic ash was estimated rising up to 10 km (33 000 ft), Tokyo VAAC reported at 00:02 UTC today.Emissions lasted the whole UTC night. By 14:15 UTC, volcanic ash

  • Very strong earthquake M 6.8 struck off the coast of Panama

    A very strong earthquake measuring M 6.8 on the Richter scale was registered off the coast of Panama at 06:35 UTC (01:35 local time) on May 13, 2014. Epicenter was located 105 km (65 miles) SE of Punta de Burica and 124 km (77 miles) S of Pedreg

  • In Japan: volcano vs the nuclear power plant

    There is an ongoing battle between the Sakurajima volcano and 50-km-away Sendai nuclear power plant in Kyushu, southwestern Japan. While the operator of the power plant aims to restart its idle nuclear reactors, a new strong eruption b