NASA's Landsat 8 satellite operational control was transferred to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in a ceremony in Sioux Falls, US on May 30, 2013. The event marks the beginning of the extend satellite's mission of four-decade record of monitoring
G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storming has been observed as Earth remains under the influence of a slow-moving Coronal Mass Ejection (CME). This event was not associated with a significant M1.0 solar flare from May 31, 2013 and is likely the result of a disappearing
Impressive M1.0 solar flare erupted at 20:00 UTC on May 31, 2013. Event started at 19:52 UTC and ended at 20:06 UTC. The source of eruption was Active Region 1760. This region is small but appears to have a large amount of shear in the central spot.
M1.0 solar
Tropical Storm Barbara weakened after landfall as Category 1 hurricane at southern Mexico coastline near Tonala in Chiapas State on May 29, 2013. Latest satellite images and surface observations indicate that Barbara no longer has a well-defined center
On May 31, 2013 at 20:59 UTC, the 2.7 km wide Asteroid 1998 QE2 will make its closest approach to Earth at 5.8 million kilometers (3.6 million miles). This will be the closest it gets to Earth for at least the next two
Cyclone Ferdo is battering Europe. Rain, thunder showers and temperature drop is affecting Adriatic Sea, as well as some waterspouts. Huge waterspout was seen over sea near city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Funnels and waterspouts are caused by unstable
Millions of infrared snapshots from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have led to a discovery of new and improved asteroid family members in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter. NEOWISE all-sky survey identified 28 new
The structure of low level pressure area (Invest 92E) in Eastern Pacific has improved dramatically since the last 12 hours. Infrared satellite images have even shown an eye-like feature during the past couple of hours and the system became Tropical Storm
US National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported showers and thunderstorms associated with the area of low pressure centered about 200 miles south-southwest of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. The system is moving northward direction towards the coast of southern
GOES-13, an American weather satellite, which forms part of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) system, is currently non-operational due to an
