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Tropical Depression 02 (Atlantic)

06.17.2013
Second Atlantic Season Tropical Depression Forms

Tropical Depression 04W (Northwestern Pacific Ocean)

06.17.2013
NASA Satellite Sees Developing Tropical Depression Near Philippines

Pyrocumulus Cloud Billows From N.M. Fire

06.17.2013
The Silver fire burning east of Silver City, New Mexico, in addition to producing gray smoke plumes, spawned a pyrocumulus cloud—a tall, cauliflower-shaped cloud that billowed up above the smoke.

Fires in the North of Western Australia

06.15.2013
Since Australia is heading into their winter as the northern climates head into summer, the north of Western Australia is ripe for bushfires and many have already begun.

NASA-Led Study Explains Decades of Black Hole Observations

06.14.2013
A new study by astronomers at NASA, Johns Hopkins University and the Rochester Institute of Technology suspicions about how stellar-mass black holes produce their highest-energy light.

NASA'S Webb Telescope Flight Backplane Section Completed

06.14.2013
The center section of the backplane structure that will fly on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been completed, marking an important milestone in the telescope's hardware development.

HS3 Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust

06.14.2013
NASA's 2013 HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones.

Warm Ocean, Not Icebergs, Causing Most of Ice Shelves' Mass Loss

06.13.2013
Ocean waters melting the undersides of Antarctic ice shelves are responsible for most of the continent's ice shelf mass loss, a new study by NASA and university researchers has found.

Colorado Fires

06.13.2013
The Royal Gorge fire which began on June 11 has now consumed 3,100 acres. Twenty structures have been lost, however, the Royal Gorge Bridge is intact. This fire continues to burn west of Canon City.

Fires in Colorado and New Mexico

06.12.2013
The Royal Gorge fire in Colorado was first reported at 1 p.m. Tuesday June 11, south of the Royal Gorge Bridge and Arkansas River. It is estimated at 3800 acres.

The Moon and Sun: Two NASA Missions Join Images

06.12.2013
NASA visualizers created a unique eclipse image by combining the view from the Solar Dynamics Observatory with a model of the moon based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data.

Black Hole Naps Amidst Stellar Chaos

06.11.2013
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory caught signs of what appeared to be a black hole snacking on gas at the middle of the nearby Sculptor galaxy. Now,NuSTAR results imply it went dormant.

Landsat Satellite Looks Back at El Paso, Forward to a New Mission

06.11.2013
Landsat 8 is operational and producing more than 400 images per day, adding to the deep archive collected since 1972.

Fourmile and Silver Fires in Arizona and New Mexico

06.11.2013
NASA's Terra satellite sees two fires burning in the Southwest....

NASA's Robotic LRO Spacecraft Provides Data for Human Exploration

06.11.2013
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is yielding information about the radiation environment humans will encounter as they venture into deep space.

Yagi (Northwest Pacific)

06.10.2013
NASA sees Tropical Storm Yagi spinning in the Western Pacific Ocean...

Fire in the Xingu River Basin

06.10.2013
Over a recent study period, the Xingu River Basin saw more forests with repeated burning than nearly anywhere else in the Amazon.

Amazon Forest Fire Risk to Increase in 2013

06.07.2013
University and NASA researchers predict that the severity of the 2013 fire season will be considerably higher than in 2011 and 2012 for many Amazon forests in the Southern Hemisphere.

Climate Co­nditions Determine Amazon Fire Risk

06.07.2013
Using an new satellite technique, NASA scientists have determined that a previously unmapped type of wildfire in the Amazon rainforest is responsible for destroying more forest than deforestation.

Fires in Northern Saskatchewan

06.07.2013
NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image on June 05, 2013.

Andrea (Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico)

06.06.2013
NASA sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Andrea...

NASA SEAC4RS Mission Targets How Pollution, Storms And Climate Mix

06.06.2013
NASA's science aircraft will take to the skies over the southern United States this summer to investigate how air pollution and natural emissions affect atmospheric composition and climate.

NASA Chandra, Spitzer Study Suggests Black Holes Abundant Among The Earliest Stars

06.05.2013
By comparing infrared and X-ray background signals, team of astronomers has discovered evidence of a significant number of black holes that accompanied the first stars in the universe.

NASA Builds Sophisticated Earth-Observing Microwave Radiometer

06.05.2013
A NASA team delivered in May a sophisticated microwave radiometer specifically designed to overcome the pitfalls that have plagued similar Earth-observing instruments in the past.

NASA and Iowa Flood Center to Host Public Event on Precipitation and Flood Forecasting

06.05.2013
The public and media are invited to meet representatives of NASA and the Iowa Flood Center at an outreach event at 7 p.m. CDT on Wed., June 12 on the Northeast Iowa Community College campus.
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