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NASA Spacecraft Observe Nov. 20 Solar Eruption

On Nov. 20, 2012, at 7:09 a.m. EST, the sun erupted with a coronal mass ejection or CME. Not to be confused with a solar flare, a CME is a solar phenomenon that can send solar particles into space and can reach Earth one to thr...
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NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

PASADENA, Calif. — Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown dwarf, creating the most detailed “weather map” yet for this class of cool, st...
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Global Sea Level

    This figure shows changes in global mean sea level as measured by satellite altimetry (NASA/CNES Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1; and NASA/CNES/NOAA/EUMETSAT Jason-2) between 1992 to 2012. The data have been averaged t...
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MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury’s Poles

Mercury’s North Polar Region Acquired By The Arecibo Observatory Full Image and Caption A Mosaic of MESSENGER Images of Mercury’s North Polar Region Full Image and Caption Permanently Shadowed Polar Craters Full Ima...
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Forest products industry slowly recovers from recession

18 December 2012, Rome - The global forest products industry is slowly recovering from the economic crisis, with the Asia-Pacific region and particularly China taking the lead. New data published by FAO indicate that on avera...
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New Public Application of Landsat Images Released

Google released more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space Thursday compiled into an interactive time-lapse experience. Working with data from the Landsat Program managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the ...
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