Black hole hunter - X-ray observatory "NuStar" successfully launched from Stargazer aircraft

June 13, 2012

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array - NuSTAR was launched into the morning skies over the central Pacific Ocean at 9 a.m. PDT (16:00 UTC) Wednesday, June 13, 2012 beginning its mission to unveil secrets of hidden black holes, exploded stars and other exotic

Long duration solar flare eruption measuring M1.2 took place at 13:10 UTC

June 13, 2012

A long duration solar flare eruption measuring M1.2 took place at 13:10 UTC Wednesday, June 13, 2012. The flare was centered around Sunspot 1504. Associated was Type IV Radio Emission and a 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare).  The event lasted nearly 2 hours. Sunspot 1504

Southwest monsoon flooded southern Philippines

June 13, 2012

Two days of rain has flooded several villages and towns in southern Philippines and forced nearly 700 people to flee their homes on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 UTC. Two men died while a total of 250 houses were destroyed when a flashflood hit two villages in Glan town,

Why Sun won’t forget Calcutta - solar physicist rates Sun's memory

June 13, 2012

Solar physicist Dibyendu Nandi and PhD student Bidya Binay Karak have shown that the Sun’s memory of its sunspot cycles, long believed to be imprinted in its churning plasma, lasts no longer than five-and-a-half years.Sunspots are regions of strong magnetic fields

Palisades Power Plant - one of four worst nuclear plants in US shut down

June 13, 2012

The Palisades nuclear power plant is shut down, RSOE is reporting.Officials at the plant removed it from service due to what is being described as a "small leak" in the plant's safety injection and refueling water tank. That tank holds as much as 300-thousand gallons

Earth is near 'biophysical limits'

June 13, 2012

Earth's environmental systems are nearly reaching their biophysical limits. According to latest UN report, they are portending irreversible and possibly cataclysmic world changes. The Global Environment Outlook report said that these limits are close and have in some

Tropical Storm Guchol formed in western North Pacific Ocean

June 13, 2012

Tropical Depression 05W developed into Tropical Storm Guchol as it tracks through the western North Pacific Ocean. According to JTWC, on June 12 at 21:00 UTC, Guchol was located about 175 nm east of Yap (9.7 N  141.7 E). It is moving to the west at speed of 8 knots