Science and the beyond

About the Solar X-ray status monitor

The X-ray Solar status monitor downloads data periodically from the NOAA Space Environment Center FTP server. The previous 24 hours of 5 minute Long-wavelength x-ray data from each satellite (GOES 8 and GOES 10) is analyzed, and an appropriate level of activity is assigned.

From maj.com

DEPLOYED ANTENNA SENDING STREAMS OF NEW MARS IMAGES

A steady stream of new data from Mars, including high-resolution images, will begin arriving next week at Earth receiving stations following yesterday's deployment of the Mars Global Surveyor's high-power communications antenna.

Here is the full release........

LUNAR DATA SUPPORT IDEA THAT COLLISION SPLIT EARTH, MOON

Analysis of data from NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft has confirmed that the Moon has a small core, supporting the theory that the bulk of the Moon was ripped away from the early Earth when an object the size of Mars collided with the Earth.

Here is the full release........

SCIENTISTS TO ANNOUNCE POTENTIAL TOOL FOR FORECASTING ENORMOUS SOLAR ERUPTIONS

Scientists will announce on Tuesday, March 9, 1999, their discovery of a possible way to forecast several days in advance the largest and most violent explosions on the Sun's outer atmosphere. The explosions....

Here is the full NASA press release.........

ENGINEERS SUCCESSFULLY REGAIN CONTROL OF SOHO SPACECRAFT

Spacecraft controllers successfully regained control of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft yesterday after sending a series of commands directing the spacecraft to fire thrusters and turn its face and solar power panels fully towards the Sun.

Here is the full NASA press release.........

SEAWIFS COMPLETES A YEAR OF REMARKABLE EARTH OBSERVATIONS

For the first time in history, NASA is releasing dramatic images documenting the Earth's changing biology, both on land and in the oceans, as observed from space for one continuous year.

Here is the full NASA press release.........

MOST POWERFUL EXPLOSION SINCE THE BIG BANG CHALLENGES GAMMA RAY BURST THEORIES

A recently detected cosmic gamma ray burst released a hundred times more energy than previously theorized, making it the most powerful explosion since the creation of the universe in the Big Bang.

Here is the full NASA press release.........

Hubble Provides Multiple Views of How to Feed a Black Hole

Astronomers have obtained an unprecedented look at the nearest example of galactic cannibalism -- a massive black hole hidden at the center of a nearby giant galaxy that is feeding on a smaller galaxy in a spectacular collision. Such fireworks were common in the early universe, as galaxies formed and evolved, but are rare today.

Here is the full NASA press release.........

Hubble's look at the nearest example of galactic cannibalism.......

NASA EXPERIMENT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR 'LIVING OFF THE LAND' ON MARS

NASA engineers have succeeded in a realm often left to alchemists and magicians -- creating something valuable "out of thin air." In this case, the thin air was a simulated Martian atmosphere, and the valuable commodity was oxygen.

Here is the full NASA press release..........

JPL Neural Network chip paves the way to a cleaner America

A new computer chip that mimics how the human mind works is
making its way from the space program to American industry and may end up in millions of American cars in years to come.

Here is the full NASA press release..........

First Hypersonic Propulsion Hardware Delivered

A revolutionary new engine that ultimately may reduce the cost of putting payloads in orbit has been delivered to NASA for testing.
The 30-inch long "scramjet" engine.....

Here is the full NASA press release..........

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