Timelapse of a supercell near Booker, Texas

Timelapse of a supercell near Booker, Texas

After four years of searching for perfect supercell in the Central Plains, photographer Mike Olbinski from Arizona and his friend Andy Hoeland captured an amazing rotating supercell near Booker, Texas. Rotating clouds looking like

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Your Ego and the Cosmic Perspective

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Your Ego and the Cosmic Perspective

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reminds us in the video that we’re a part of the Universe… each one of us an inexorably inseparable part of the big picture, a connection between past, present, and future in the most elemental sense possible. Tyson gives

Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Camille Seaman: Photos from a storm chaser

Camille Seaman takes photographs all over the world using digital and film cameras in multiple formats. Since 2003, her work has concentrated on the fragile environment of the polar regions. Her current project concerns the beauty of natural environments in

Landsat Data Continuity Mission: The Long Swath

Landsat Data Continuity Mission: The Long Swath

The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) reached its final altitude of 705 kilometers (438 miles) on April 12, 2013. One week later, the satellite’s natural-color imager scanned a swath of land 185-kilometers wide and 9,000 kilometers long (120 by

World earthquakes visualization map 2012-2013

World earthquakes visualization map 2012-2013

World Earthquakes Visualization Map shows  animation of earthquake activity from January 2012 until May 2013.

Worldwide Earthquakes of 2012. All recorded earthquakes greater than magnitude 4.0 are shown for the full year, along with their depths and

Intro to space weather vocabulary – video

Intro to space weather vocabulary – video

Heliophysics scientists study energy transformation from one event to the other and which electromagnetic waves create which conditions near Earth. Space weather effects can disrupt satellites in space, so scientists need to understand the system in even more detail.

May 2013 Skywatching guide

May 2013 Skywatching guide

May 2013 brings few interesting sky events. This years Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak on May 6 with expected zenith hourly rate of 55 meteors per hour. We are about to experience annular solar eclipse on May 9/10. Annularity will be visible from

The Global Precipitation Measurement  – Our Wet Wide World

The Global Precipitation Measurement – Our Wet Wide World

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will launch a "Core" satellite

The Beginning of the Universe in 3 Minutes

The Beginning of the Universe in 3 Minutes

CERN physicist Tom Whyntie shows how cosmologists and particle physicists explore these questions by replicating the heat, energy, and activity of the first few seconds of our universe, from right after the Big Bang.Source:

MinutePhysics: The True Science of Parallel Universes

MinutePhysics: The True Science of Parallel Universes

Imagine if there were multiple universes, where you live a different life, have different friends, work a different job, and tackle different life problems, where you don’t even have access to the internet. These multiple universes are all related to ours and they