NASA | SDO: Exploring the Sun in High Definition

The Solar Dynamics Observatory is designed to help us understand the Sun’s influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the solar atmosphere on small scales of space and time and in many wavelengths simultaneously. Dean Pesnell, the SDO Project Scientist, explains the science that will be done using NASA’s SDO spacecraft. SDO is getting [...]

NASA | Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes Create Antimatter

NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has detected beams of antimatter launched by thunderstorms. Acting like enormous particle accelerators, the storms can emit gamma-ray flashes, called TGFs, and high-energy electrons and positrons. Scientists now think that most TGFs produce particle beams and antimatter. This video is public domain and can be downloaded at: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov Like our [...]

NASA satellite image shows horrific scale of Hungary toxic sludge disaster

On October 9, 2010, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured natural-color image of the toxic spill area in Hungary. Heavy machinery was put to work in the sludge affected village of Kolontar, Hungary, as construction continued on a containment wall to protect the area in case of a new [...]

NASA Hosts Green Aviation Summit; Bolden Highlights Importance of Issue to Future of NASA

NASA Hosts Green Aviation Summit; Bolden Highlights Importance of Issue to Future of NASA
NASA has a “critical responsibility” to the flying public to develop environmentally responsible solutions to the nation’s most pressing aviation problems, Administrator Charles F. Bolden Jr. said Wednesday.
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NASA ISS On-orbit Status Report 25 May 2010

NASA ISS On-orbit Status Report 25 May 2010
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except those noted previously or below. Crew off duty. Underway
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