• Joint USAF/NOAA Report of Solar and Geophysical Activity 30 December 2011

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    Two M-class flares were observed from Region 1389 (S22E44), an M2/Sf at 29/2151Z and a M1/Sn at 30/0309Z. The region ended the period as an Ekc type group with beta magnetic characteristics.

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    Updated: 2011-12-31 12:01:41
    This artist's concept pictures the fastest rotating star found to date. The massive, bright young star, called VFTS 102, rotates at a million miles per hour, or 100 times faster than our sun does.

  • NASA Solicitation: Adaptation and Implementation of the My Community Our Earth Program for SERVIR

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    NOAA SATOPS Morning Report: Friday, December 30, 2011

  • NASA OIG: NASA's Real Property Master Planning Efforts

    Updated: 2011-12-31 12:01:41
    "We found deficiencies within the individual Center master plans the Agency is using to develop the integrated Agency plan that may limit the Plan's usefulness for making strategic real property decisions."

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  • More Spectacular Images From Cassini

    Updated: 2011-12-29 19:08:06
    Photo: Titan and Dione As Seen by Cassini "Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. This view looks toward the anti-Saturn side of Titan (3200 miles, 5150 kilometers across) and Dione (698 miles, 1123 kilometers across). North is up on the moons. This view looks toward the northern, sunlit side of the rings from just above the ring plane."

  • White Paper - China's Space Activities in 2011

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  • February 2012 The future of space exploration Astronomy Magazine

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  • GRAIL Is Go For Lunar Orbit

    Updated: 2011-12-29 04:03:46
    NASA Twin Spacecraft on Final Approach for Moon Orbit "NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit. Named Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), the spacecraft are scheduled to be placed in orbit beginning at 1:21 p.m. PST (4:21 p.m. EST) for GRAIL-A on Dec. 31, and 2:05 p.m. PST (5:05 p.m. EST) for GRAIL-B the next day."

  • Peering Through Titan's Haze

    Updated: 2011-12-29 04:00:51
    Image: Peering Through Titan's South Pole Haze "These views from NASA's Cassini spacecraft look toward the south polar region of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and show a depression within the moon's orange and blue haze layers near the south pole. The close-up view was captured with the narrow-angle camera. Another view taken a second later with the wide-angle camera is also included here for context."

  • Look for meteors in the early morning sky Astronomy Magazine

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  • Space and the Upcoming Election

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  • More Problems for Russia's Breeze M Upper Stage

    Updated: 2011-12-27 17:47:02
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  • This Year @NASA

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  • NASA Watch Service Update - New Commenting System

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  • Higgs boson NOT discovered yet Astronomy.com blog Astronomy.com Online Community Forums Media Galler

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  • Astronomy magazine now available on special collector’s DVD set Astronomy.com blog Astronomy.com Onl

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  • lrsp-2011-6

    Updated: 2011-12-15 00:00:00
    Solar Flares: Magnetohydrodynamic Processes by: Tetsuya Magara and Kazunari Shibata This paper outlines the current understanding of solar flares, mainly focused on magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes responsible for producing a flare. Observations show that flares are one of the most explosive phenomena in the atmosphere of the Sun, releasing a huge amount of energy up to about 10^32 [...]

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