Strong earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.8 (USGS) struck Atacama, Chile on January 30, 2013 at 20:15 UTC. Epicenter was located 44km (27 miles) North of Vallenar, Chile and 100km (62mi) SSW of Copiapo, Chile at coordinates 28.168°S 70.804°W. USGS reported
On January 29, 2013, ESA revealed observations made by the spacecraft in August 2010, when it studied the effect of reduced solar wind on planet's ionosphere. Researchers found that planet’s ionosphere ballooned outward on the planet’s…
Russian volcano Plosky Tolbachik in Kamchatka peninsula continues to erupt with strong seismicity as of January 28, 2013. Lava flow is ongoing through southern fissure on Tolbachinsky Dol. Also, satellite images suggest big thermal anomaly i northern portion
Strong and shallow earthquake with recorded magnitude of 6.0 (USGS) struck Eastern Kazakhastan on January 28, 2013 at 16:38 UTC. Epicenter was located 60 km (37 miles) SE of Kegen, Kazakhstan and 107 km (66 miles) E of Karakol, Kyrgyzstan at
Ecuadorian volcano Reventador is now erupting at full-scale, reports say. A westward 1.5 km high steam and ash plume is noticable above volcano. Summit is glowing and lava can be seen descending the flanks.Increased seismic activity since January 21 has now become
Largest ground-based telescope in history – Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is now equipped with its petascale supercomputer crucial for its huge data processing requirements. Known as ALMA correlator, this supercomputer has over 134 million
New unrest has been noticed around 6 volcanoes, ongoing activity was reported for 7 volcanoes. This report covers active volcanoes in the world recorded from January 16 – January 22, 2013 based on Smithsonian/USGS criteria.New activity/unrest: | Copahue,
Observations of spectrometer data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide new evidence of a wet underground on Mars, NASA reported on January 20, 2013. Crater McLaughlin, the one under observation, is 57 miles (92 kilometers) in diameter and 1.4 miles
After six months of sleep, Chilean stratovolcano Villarrica has started a new active phase. Weak explosive activity deep within the summit crater has resumed during last 2 weeks as evident in terrestrial and satellite observations. Observations also indicate that magma
According to the press release issued on January 17, 2012 NASA demonstrated laser communication with a satellite by beaming image of Leonardo Da Vinci’s iconic painting Mona Lisa 240,000 miles to Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) orbiting the Moon. Lunar Orbiter
