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Astronomy Cast Ep. 462: Modeling the Weather
Have you noticed that weather forecasting has gotten much better in the last few years? Thanks to weather satellites, weather…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 461: Measuring the Weather with Satellites
What's the weather doing? Is it going to rain today? How much? What about temperatures? We depend on modern weather…
New Age in Weather Forecasting Begins with Spectacular 1st Images from NASA/NOAA GOES-16 Observatory
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - A new age has begun in the nations weather forecasting capabilities with the release today…
Revolutionary NASA/NOAA GOES-R Geostationary Weather Satellite Awesome Night Launch
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - GOES-R, the first in a new series of revolutionary NASA/NOAA geostationary weather satellites blasted off…
Sunset Saturday Blastoff of GOES-R Set to Deliver Quantum Leap in Weather Forecasting on Nov. 19 – Watch Live
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - From both the technical and weather standpoint, the outlook is outstanding for Saturdays sunset blastoff…
Monster Blizzard of 2016 Strikes US East Coast, Tracked by NASA and NOAA Satellites
NEW JERSEY- The monstrous ‘Blizzard of 2016’ predicted by weather forecasters for days has struck a wide swath of the…
Deadly Monster Winter Storm Batters US Eastern Seaboard – More Snow and Ice on the Way!
This visible image of the winter storm over the U.S. south and East Coast was taken by NOAA's GOES-13 satellite…
Satellite Image of the “Polar Vortex” Over the US
If you live in the north and eastern part of the US, you’re probably experiencing some frigid weather. You’re probably…
NASA Satellite Snaps Winter Storm “Nemo”
Captured by NASA's GOES-13 weather satellite on Friday, Feb. 8, this image shows the convergence of two massive low-pressure systems that…
The Van Allen Belts and the Great Electron Escape
[/caption] During the 1950s and just before the great "Space Race" began, scientists like Kristian Birkeland, Carl Stormer, and Nicholas…