tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69617023934321148292012-02-16T11:23:09.389-08:00News Around UsNature, Science, Technology, Google, Astronomy, Space, Weather, Weird Stuff, Disasters, GeologyAnna L Rnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-26630176748666560972010-06-07T11:20:00.000-07:002010-06-07T11:20:15.893-07:002010-06-07T11:20:15.893-07:00Nature: Solar Panels Kill Aquatic Insects
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1] <a href="http://news.discovery.com/animals/solar-panels-insects.html">Solar Panels Lure, Kill Insects</a>, By Jessica Marshall, Jun 7, 2010; <a href="http://news.discovery.com/">Discovery Communications</a>, LLC.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Solar-Panels-Work-Science-World/dp/1604134720?ie=UTF8&tag=myonph-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="How Do Solar Panels Work? (Science in the Real World)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1604134720&tag=myonph-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myonph-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1604134720" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Save-Green-Going-ebook/dp/B003HS4VIO?ie=UTF8&tag=myonph-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Save Green By Going Green" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=B003HS4VIO&tag=myonph-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=myonph-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B003HS4VIO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-2663017674866656097?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/apRt_FlpzAw" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/06/nature-solar-panels-kill-aquatic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-51370941154408272822010-06-03T11:27:00.000-07:002010-06-07T11:38:57.476-07:002010-06-07T11:38:57.476-07:00Archeology: A 58,000 Year Old Color & Glue Production Site Found
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1] <a href="http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/prehistoric-color-glue-factory.html#mkcpgn=emnws1">Stone Age Color, Glue 'Factory' Found</a>, By Jennifer Viegas, Jun 3, 2010; <a href="http://news.discovery.com/">Discovery Communications</a>, LLC.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-5137094115440827282?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/79xnx_OzC7o" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.comhttp://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/06/archeology-58000-year-old-color-glue.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-44815651678194204462010-05-25T11:42:00.000-07:002010-06-07T15:53:10.646-07:002010-06-07T15:53:10.646-07:00Disasters: More Male Babies Miscarried After 9/11 Terrorists Attacks
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1] <a href="http://news.discovery.com/human/september-11-miscarriages-boys.html#mkcpgn=emnws1">9/11-Linked Miscarriages Suggest Boys More Vulnerable To Stress</a>, By Emily Sohn, May 25, 2010; <a href="http://news.discovery.com/">Discovery Communications</a>, LLC.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-4481565167819420446?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/o85jGAiNBCY" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/disasters-more-male-babies-miscarried.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-9988555246827176312010-05-19T10:50:00.000-07:002010-06-07T11:39:42.196-07:002010-06-07T11:39:42.196-07:00Weather: The NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Second Tropical Storm Forming Near the Horn of Africa
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</tbody></table>NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Tropical Storm 02A on May 19, 2010 and captured an amazing infrared, microwave and visible images of the storm. The visible image clearly shows higher thunderstorms around the center. This is second tropical storm formed for the Northern Indian Ocean cyclone season.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2010/h2010_02a.html">NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Second Tropical Storm Form Near the Horn of Africa</a>; May 19, 2010.<br />
<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/455829main_TropicalStorm02A-AIRSvisible-LARGE.jpg">Image Credit</a>: NASA/JPL/Ed Olsen<br />
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<a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/anti-bacterial-soaps-dioxins.html">ARE ANTI-BACTERIAL SOAPS POISONING OUR WATER?</a>; By Emily Sohn, Wed May 19, 2010; <a href="http://news.discovery.com/">Discovery Communications, LLC</a>.<br />
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Animals: <a href="http://www.livescience.com/animals/pinocchio-frog-gargoyle-gecko-foja-mountains-100517.html">'Pinocchio' Frog and 'Gargoyle' Gecko Discovered</a>, Article By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience Contributor, Posted: 17 May 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-973713887149208295?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/v_GgDHLMEig" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/discovery-new-species-discovered-in-new.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-55759875148706423922010-05-14T11:52:00.000-07:002010-05-14T11:52:16.622-07:002010-05-14T11:52:16.622-07:00Social Networking: Delete Facebook - Deactivate Facebook Account - Kill Facebook
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<a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Quitting+Facebook+like+escaping+cult/3028083/story.html">Quitting Facebook like 'escaping a cult'</a>; By Misty Harris, Canwest News Service May 14, 2010, The Gazette, Division of Canwest Publishing Inc.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-5575987514870642392?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/Kgn97ttyxvs" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/social-networking-delete-facebook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-90575376993479400442010-05-13T18:18:00.000-07:002010-05-13T18:18:17.911-07:002010-05-13T18:18:17.911-07:00Health: Less Pain In Babies Who Drink Sugar Water
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<a href="http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Spoonful+sugar+helps+medicine+down+baby+study+finds/3022976/story.html">Spoonful of sugar helps medicine go down</a>, baby study finds, The Gazette, Division of Canwest Publishing Inc.; May 13, 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-9057537699347940044?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/1eXDZggUh_M" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/health-less-pain-in-babies-who-drink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-76401554976447711662010-05-13T11:15:00.000-07:002010-05-13T11:15:17.798-07:002010-05-13T11:15:17.798-07:00Nano Technology: Scientists Create DNA Made Spider Robot
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>REFERENCES</b></div>DNA 'SPIDERBOT' CRAWLS INTO ACTION, Published Thu May 13, 2010, Content provided by AFP; <a href="http://news.discovery.com/">Discovery Communications</a>, LLC. The leading global real world media and entertainment company.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-7640155497644771166?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/JjzmREJrnGc" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/nano-technology-scientists-create-dna.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-69480632442712171732010-05-12T11:12:00.000-07:002010-05-20T11:19:23.500-07:002010-05-20T11:19:23.500-07:00Space: Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1662.html">Runaway Star</a>; May 12, 2010; Image Credit: NASA, ESA, C. Evans (Royal Observatory Edinburgh), N. Walbom (STScI), and ESO<br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/runaway-star.html">Hubble Catches Heavyweight Runaway Star</a> for more information.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-6948063244271217173?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/56EwO0QLTxY" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/space-hubble-catches-heavyweight.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-77840676581330271902010-05-11T11:39:00.000-07:002010-05-13T11:51:45.269-07:002010-05-13T11:51:45.269-07:00Gmail News: Images Can Now By Dragged From Your Computer Into Gmail Message
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<a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/drag-images-into-messages.html">Drag images into messages</a>, Tuesday, May 11, 2010; Posted by Michael Davidson, Software Engineer; <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/">The Official Gmail Blog</a><br />
<a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/drag-and-drop-attachments-onto-messages.html">Drag and drop attachments onto messages</a>, Thursday, April 15, 2010; Posted by Adam de Boor, Software Engineer; <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/">The Official Gmail Blog</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-7784067658133027190?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/PDu0qxBAkiA" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/gmail-news-images-can-now-by-dragged.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-65420182397893206912010-05-06T12:25:00.000-07:002010-05-06T18:33:15.732-07:002010-05-06T18:33:15.732-07:00Geology: Amazing Eyjafjallajökull Volcano Image in Infrared by NASA
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/plFmEaJbuiPDwSVSYGakGdMpea0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/plFmEaJbuiPDwSVSYGakGdMpea0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_laNz0nS6ZGQ/S-MXLInf1FI/AAAAAAAACvc/uKLPVsGumso/s1600/img_0006_VolcanoEyjafjalla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_laNz0nS6ZGQ/S-MXLInf1FI/AAAAAAAACvc/uKLPVsGumso/s1600/img_0006_VolcanoEyjafjalla.jpg" /></a></div>The Advanced Land Imager instrument aboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 spacecraft obtained this <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/450629main_PIA13053-full_full.jpg">false-color infrared image of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano</a> on April 17, 2010. As the Fimmvorduhals episode was in a location with no ice cap, there was little of the violent interaction between lava and water that took place at Eyjafjallajökull and that generated the massive volcanic plume. <br />
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Image of the Day: '<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1657.html">Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Infrared</a>', Image & Text Credit: NASA/JPL/EO-1 Mission/GSFC/Ashley Davies<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-6542018239789320691?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/AlBJOlqIYXg" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/05/geology-amazing-eyjafjallajokull.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-65073139300428536462010-05-01T22:25:00.000-07:002010-05-01T22:26:00.174-07:002010-05-01T22:26:00.174-07:00Photography: Biggest Naked Photography Project Yet
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<a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6OBuZ0Lot0os4cquuBFRpZatSyY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6OBuZ0Lot0os4cquuBFRpZatSyY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_laNz0nS6ZGQ/S9u5Wth1L3I/AAAAAAAACu0/urXfePNrwr8/s1600/img_0005_GulfOilSpill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_laNz0nS6ZGQ/S9u5Wth1L3I/AAAAAAAACu0/urXfePNrwr8/s1600/img_0005_GulfOilSpill.jpg" /></a></div>On Thursday April 22, 2010, 70 km off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, an oil platform sank and spilled oil into the sea. NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites are currently helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor the extent of the recent spill with satellite images.<br />
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On April 29, NASA's Terra satellite captured <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/449676main_gulf-spill-full.jpg">a wide-view natural-color image</a> of the oil slick off the Louisiana coast.<br />
<blockquote>'<i>Today, April 30, NOAA declared the Deepwater Horizon incident "a Spill of National Significance (SONS)." A SONS is defined as, "a spill that, due to its severity, size, location, actual or potential impact on the public health and welfare or the environment, or the necessary response effort, is so complex that it requires extraordinary coordination of federal, state, local, and responsible party resources to contain and clean up the discharge" and allows greater federal involvement. NOAA's estimated release rate of oil spilling into the Gulf is estimated at <b>5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) per day</b> based on surface observations and reports of a newly discovered leak in the damaged piping on the sea floor.</i>'</blockquote><br />
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/oil-creep.html">NASA Satellite Imagery Keeping Eye on the Gulf Oil Spill</a>, April 30, 2010<br />
Image Credit: <i>NASA/Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen, using data provided courtesy of the University of Wisconsin’s Space Science and Engineering Center MODIS Direct Broadcast system</i>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-7977237674327306371?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/tPKgXGfsjn4" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0Gulf of Mexico25.6422079 -92.460414515.7757159 -107.401821 35.508699899999996 -77.519008http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/04/disasters-nasa-satellite-keeping-eye-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-39807536318172976942010-04-27T21:39:00.000-07:002010-04-30T21:52:50.565-07:002010-04-30T21:52:50.565-07:00Space: SDO Delivers Another Great Sun Photo, Ring of Fire
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</tbody></table>Another great image from Solar Dynamics Observatory’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) which shows a solar prominence taken from a March 30, 2010 eruption. The twisting motion of the 'hot' material is the most noticeable feature on this <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/449082main_img_feature_1650_full_full.jpg">image</a> of the sun.<br />
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SOD launched on February 11, 2010 is the most advanced spacecraft yet ever designed to study our sun. The goal of this 5 year mission is to examine the sun's magnetic field, and provide a better understanding of the sun's role in the Earth's atmospheric chemistry and climate. The SOD is now fully functional and delivers images 10 times better than the high definition television. It also provides science data faster than any other solar observing spacecraft.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/apr/HQ_10-091_SDO_First_Images.html">Ring of Fire</a>, April 27, 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-3980753631817297694?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/oMtKJgqBnrU" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/04/space-sdo-delivers-another-great-sun.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-48493399905917490162010-04-25T20:35:00.000-07:002010-04-30T22:20:39.716-07:002010-04-30T22:20:39.716-07:00Geology: Scientists Identified Series of Unusual Volcanoes Called Asphalt Volcanoes
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</tbody></table>At the bottom of the Santa Barbara Channel, 10 miles off the coast, scientists found impressive landmarks rising from the sea floor. They been hidden for 40,000 years under the Pacific Ocean, until now, and they are called asphalt volcanoes [<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/mmg/media/images/asphalt_volcano2_h.jpg">Diagram</a> here is showing formation of an asphalt volcano and associated release of methane and oil. <i>Credit: Jack Cook, WHOI</i>]<br />
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<b>REFERENCES</b><br />
Press Release 10-065, <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116785&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click">Scientists Discover Underwater Asphalt Volcanoes</a>, April 25, 2010.<br />
<a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=116785&org=NSF">All Images</a>, Press Release 10-065, <a href="http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=116785&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click">Scientists Discover Underwater Asphalt Volcanoes</a>, April 25, 2010.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Credit: <i>NASA</i></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table>NASA took spectacular image of the dense <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulonimbus_clouds">cumulonimbus clouds</a> high above the African continent. The dense cumulonimbus clouds are the result of an atmospheric instability.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1645.html">Cumulonimbus Cloud Over Africa</a>, April 21, 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-2376764720788487302?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/iys6o2ZgPWo" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0Africa-8.783195 34.508523-48.6314005 -25.257102000000003 31.0650105 94.274148http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/04/weather-stunning-images-of-cumulonimbus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-37976577945835041892010-04-21T18:32:00.000-07:002010-04-30T21:53:33.147-07:002010-04-30T21:53:33.147-07:00Space: Solar Dynamics Observatory Delivers Stunning Sun Images
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</tbody></table>With the recent launch of the Solar Dynamics Observatory [SOD] by NASA, <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/multimedia/gallery/f_211_193_171.jpg.html">stunning images of the sun</a> have been taken [Credit: NASA/GSFC/AIA]. The images confirming new capabilities for scientists to understand better sun's dynamic process and behavior, as we know how solar activities can affect everything on Earth. The photos show how the material is streaming outward and from the sunspots, show close ups of the sun's surface activity. In addition first high-resolution measurements of solar flares has also been made by the spacecraft.<br />
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SOD launched on February 11, 2010 is the most advanced spacecraft yet ever designed to study our sun. The goal of this 5 year mission is to examine the sun's magnetic field, and provide a better understanding of the sun's role in the Earth's atmospheric chemistry and climate. The SOD is now fully functional and delivers images 10 times better than the high definition television. It also provides science data faster than any other solar observing spacecraft.<br />
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RELEASE : 10-091; <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/apr/HQ_10-091_SDO_First_Images.html">NASA's New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images</a>, April 21, 2010.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6961702393432114829-3797657794583504189?l=categorynews.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mHZXq/~4/BB3hF2Pn9W8" height="1" width="1"/>Anna L Rnoreply@blogger.com0Canada56.130366 -106.3467715.2273825000000045 134.121979 90.0 13.184478999999996http://categorynews.blogspot.com/2010/04/space-solar-dynamics-observatory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961702393432114829.post-34058247807830027222010-03-12T11:26:00.000-08:002010-05-20T11:34:45.663-07:002010-05-20T11:34:45.663-07:00Space: First High Resolution Mercury Global Map Made Publicly Available
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</tbody></table>Back in December 2009, the first high resolution Mercury's global map was available to public. The images came from MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet, Mercury.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1614.html">Global Map of Mercury</a>, March 14, 2010; <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/433695main_PIA12397_full.jpg">Image Credit</a>: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington/U. S. Geological Survey/Arizona State University<br />
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