Tag Archives: earth

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  UPDATE: Three X-class solar flares in 24 hours, with a fourth Tuesday night!

  These strongest solar flares of the year were not directed at Earth.
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  Space show: sunset “planet triangle” at the end of May

  The three brightest planets in this month’s night sky are lining up for a beautiful sunset conjunction at the end of May.
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  Phoning home: satellite cell phone project a success

  Rocket launched from Virginia’s Wallops Island in April carried smartphones into orbit to send data back to Earth and take pictures.
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  VIDEO: Gigantic hurricane spotted on Saturn

  NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has spotted a gigantic hurricane swirling inside a mysterious, six-sided weather pattern known as “the hexagon” on Saturn.
• News / Offbeat / Weather / Weather Blog

  VIRAL: Watch three years of Sun in three minutes

  NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) has had virtually unbroken coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum, the peak of solar activity in its regular 11-year cycle.
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  March global temperature report: 10th warmest March on record

  Even though March 2013 will be remembered in Virginia for its unusual cold, wet and snowy weather, the Earth as a whole was much warmer than average.
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  A LIST: Antoinette’s weekend event picks

  French foods, jazz music, chili cook-off, Earth Day, all for the weekend.
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  NASA: What’s up for April 2013

  Saturn’s north pole is now tilted towards Earth, giving us the best view of the rings since 2006.
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  A LIST: Weekend event picks from Antoinette

  You can also find a complete list of events in our Richmond events calendar on WTVR.com. [Click here to add an event to…
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  NASA expects a double-peaked Solar Max cycle

  2013 is supposed to be the year of Solar Max, but solar activity is much lower than expected. At least one leading forecaster expects the sun to rebound with a double-peaked maximum later this year.
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  NASA: Asteroid will safely skim by Earth February 15

  The flyby of asteroid 2012 DA14 on February 15, 2013, will be the closest known approach to Earth for an object its size.
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  Wish upon a shooting star with Leonid meteor shower

  Its peak was over the weekend, but this year’s shower could have a secondary peak.