Contact Information: Carolyn C. Porco, 520-621-2390, carolyn@ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu From the University of Arizona The familiar banded appearance of Jupiter at low and mid-latitudes gradually gives way to a more mottled appearance […]
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New satellite-generated rain maps provide improved look at tropical rainfall
Contact: Lynn Chandler lychand@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov 301-614-5562 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center–EOS Project Science Office New detailed satellite-generated rain maps paint a more accurate picture of how much rain falls in the tropics. […]
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A Meteor Surprise
The normally meek Ursid meteor shower could surprise sky watchers with a powerful outburst on Dec 22nd when Earth passes through a dust stream from periodic comet Tuttle. December 18, […]
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Most Distant Spacecraft May Reach Shock Zone Soon
A NASA spacecraft headed out of the solar system at a speed that would streak from New York to Los Angeles in less than four minutes could reach the first […]
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Scientists say volcanoes bigger threat than asteroids
Contact: Rory McGee Rmcgee@aip.org 301-209-3088 American Institute of Physics San Francisco, CA (December 18, 2000) – While a giant asteroid may have wiped out the dinosaurs, modern Earth is at […]
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NOAA to Aid NORAD in Tracking Santa Claus
On Christmas Eve this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will help the North American Aerospace Defense Command track Santa Claus. NOAA will maintain a satellite watch of the […]
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NASA/University of Idaho to Fight Attacks on Computers
John Bluck NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 650/604-5026 or 650/604-9000 jbluck@mail.arc.nasa.gov Jeff Olson University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 208/885-8934 jolson@uidaho.edu NASA and the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, […]
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NASA Space Technology Shines Light on Healing
Doctors at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have discovered the healing power of light with the help of technology developed for NASA’s Space Shuttle. Using powerful light-emitting diodes, […]
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Long distance medical tracking of Mt. Everest climbers could be used by doctors in monitoring patients
Contact: Jacqueline Weaver jacqueline.weaver@yale.edu 203-432-8555 Yale University The same technology used to monitor the vital signs of climbers ascending Mt. Everest also could be utilized by physicians to keep watch […]
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EUMETSAT Signs Contract with Starsem for METOP Launches
EUMETSAT today signed in the presence of the Prime Ministers of France and Russia, a launch services contract with Starsem for the launch of its Metop polar orbiting satellites. The […]
