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First-Ever Hyperspectral Images of Earth's Auroras: New Camera Provides Tantalizing Clues of New Atmospheric Phenomenon
November 29, 2012 — Hoping to expand our understanding of auroras and other fleeting atmospheric events, a team of space-weather researchers designed and built a new camera with unprecedented capabilities that can ... > full story -
Magnesium Oxide: From Earth to Super-Earth
November 22, 2012 — The mantles of Earth and other rocky planets are rich in magnesium and oxygen. Due to its simplicity, the mineral magnesium oxide is a good model for studying the nature of planetary interiors. New ... > full story -
Mars Formed from Similar Building Blocks to That of Earth, Reveals Study of Martian Meteorites
November 19, 2012 — A team of scientists studied the hydrogen in water from the Martian interior and found that Mars formed from similar building blocks to that of Earth, but that there were differences in the later ... > full storyMore: -
Airborne Particles Smuggle Pollutants to Far Reaches of Globe
November 15, 2012 — Pollution from fossil fuel burning and forest fires reaches all the way to the Arctic, even though it should decay long before it travels that far. Now, lab research can explain how pollution makes ... > full story -
Total Solar Eclipse, Nov. 13, 2012: Hinode to Support Ground-Based Observations
November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, certain parts of Earth will experience a total solar eclipse. The eclipse will only be seen from a narrow corridor in the southern hemisphere that is mostly over the ocean but also ... > full story -
NASA Sees Sun Emit a Mid-Level Flare
November 13, 2012 — On Nov. 13, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 9:04 pm EST. This flare is classified as an M6 flare. M-class flares are the weakest flares that can still cause some space ... > full story -
Van Allen Probes: NASA Renames Radiation Belt Mission to Honor Pioneering Scientist
November 11, 2012 — NASA has renamed a recently launched mission that studies Earth's radiation belts as the Van Allen Probes in honor of the late James Van Allen. Van Allen was the head of the physics department at the ... > full story -
Massive Volcanic Eruption Puts Past Climate and People in Perspective
November 5, 2012 — The largest volcanic eruption on Earth in the past millions of years took place in Indonesia 74,000 years ago and researchers can now link the colossal eruption with the global climate and the ... > full story -
NASA Maps How Nutrients Affect Plant Productivity
November 1, 2012 — A new analysis has estimated how much the growth of plants worldwide is limited by the amount of nutrients available in their soil. The maps produced from the research will be particularly useful in ... > full story -
NASA's SAMPEX Mission: A Space Weather Warrior
November 1, 2012 — NASA's very first small explorer, the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer or SAMPEX, was launched July 3, 1992 to study the zoo of particles and cosmic rays surrounding Earth. ... > full story
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