ScienceCasts: Christmas Sky Show
The Moon and Jupiter are converging for a heavenly sky show on Christmas 2012. Got a telescope? Something extra-special is happening on Jupiter that makes it an appealing target for backyard optics.
Category: Solar
California prepares for “King Tide” phenomenon
Sunset Beach, Calif., residents are attempting to protect themselves from the effects of an alignment of the Earth, moon and sun called a “King Tide.” KCAL-TV’s Juan Fernandez reports.
Whoa! Earth gets close shave by newfound asteroid
A newfound asteroid gave Earth a close shave early today, zipping between our planet and the moon just two days after astronomers first spotted it. The near-Earth asteroid 2012 XE54, which was discovered Sunday, came within...
NASA | Death-Defying Comets Explore the Sun’s Atmosphere
To observe how winds move high in Earth’s atmosphere, scientists sometimes release clouds of barium as tracers to track how the material corkscrews and sweeps around � but scientists have no similar technique to...
Solar tsunami seen in NASA video
The sun unleashed a monster eruption of super-hot plasma Friday, Nov. 16, in back-to-back solar storms captured on camera by a NASA spacecraft. The giant sun eruption, called a solar prominence, occurred at 1...
Total Solar Eclipse Today is Last Until 2015
The skies over a slice of northern Australia will darken for a few minutes today as the planet experiences its first total solar eclipse in more than two years. Today’s total solar eclipse — the first...
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Scientists and sky watchers are converging on the northeast coast of Australia, near the Great Barrier Reef, for a total eclipse of the sun.
The Aurora Borealis visible over northern England and Scotland
The Aurora Borealis, known as the Northern Lights, have been visible over Scotland and large parts of northern England.
NOAA’s South Pole Ozone Update
Every September and October (springtime in the Antarctic) a hole forms in the protective ozone layer over the South Pole. NOAA scientists explain why it forms, how NOAA monitors and studies ozone loss, and...
A Meteor Shower from Halley’s Comet
Soon, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Halley’s Comet, source of the annual Orionid meteor shower. Forecasters expect 25 meteors per hour when the shower peaks on Oct. 21st.
