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  • Solar flare reaching X1.0 erupted from southwest limb

    Solar flare peaking as X1.04 erupted from Sun's southwest limb at 10:26 UTC on November 19, 2013. This event was observed around 'beta-delta' classified AR 1893. 

    A Type II Radio Emission was registered at 10:24

  • MAVEN on its way to study what went wrong on Mars

    The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission is scheduled for launch today, November 18, 2013. The two-hour launch window opens at 18:28 UTC. This will be the first mission devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere and what

  • Tropical Cyclone Podul triggers record flooding in Vietnam

    Tropical Cyclone Podul approached the coast of Vietnam on Thursday night and weakened to a tropical depression shortly before making landfall on Friday, November 15, 2013. Podul dumped heavy rains across central regions of Vietnam on Friday and by

  • The evolution of Mars – MAVEN ready for launch

    Billions of years ago when the Red Planet was young, it appears to have had a thick atmosphere that was warm enough to support oceans of liquid water – a critical ingredient for life. The animation shows how the surface of Mars might have appeared during this