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ISS astronaut captures photo of elusive sprite
Sometimes called red sprites, these offshoots of large-scale electrical discharges that take place high in Earth’s atmosphere, above thunderstorms.
July 13, 2012
Jupiter, Saturn and Venus might have lightning sprites, too
Lightning sprites on alien worlds like Jupiter, Saturn and Venus. Cool!
July 13, 2012
X-flare from giant sunspot group 1520
Giant sunspot group 1520 - which spans about 10 Earth diameters on the sun's surface - emitted an X-flare on July 12 at 1653 UTC.
July 12, 2012
Supernova up close via computer simulation
Each century, about two massive stars in our own galaxy explode, as supernova. These send fundamental, uncharged particles called neutrinos in to space.
July 12, 2012
Frank Hill: Future sunspot drop, but no new ice age
Frank Hill told EarthSky that -- while his team did suggest a drop in solar activity beginning around 2019 -- they did not suggest Earth would cool as a result.
July 12, 2012
NOAA releases comprehensive State of the Climate
Major cooling factor globally in 2011 was La Nina. At the same time, the NOAA report identified "human fingerprints" in more than two dozen climate indicators.
July 12, 2012
Hurricanes Daniel and Emilia from space
Amazing satellite imagery of harmless twin storms hurricanes Daniel and Emilia in the Eastern Pacific. They stayed away from land. Nice just to enjoy their beauty.
July 11, 2012
Snow could offset global warming in Antarctica
Increased snowfall in Antarctica could offset the future impact of global warming on the continent, according to research carried out by a French research team.
July 11, 2012
Wildfire smoke meets thunderstorm
Photos shows the wildfire smoke sucked into an area of strong convection at the center of the thunderstorm, at speeds that can reach 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour.
July 11, 2012
Wildfires in Russia continuing
Significant amounts of smoke from the wildfires in Russia and Siberia arrived in British Columbia in Canada this week, according to CBC News.
July 10, 2012
