NASA image: Fires continue in Northern California
Storms have been the major cause of the huge fires that California has been battling in its northern regions.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2014
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News tagged with lightning storm
Lightning jump might give warning of violent weather before radar can
A sudden increase in lightning strokes inside a thunderstorm might one day soon give forecasters five to 20 minutes of additional warning that a storm cell is about to produce violent weather.
Earth Sciences
Feb 4, 2014
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Russian researchers find more evidence to support notion that lightning is caused by cosmic rays
(Phys.org) —Russian physicists Alex Gurevich and Anatoly Karashtin claim, in a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, they have found more evidence to support their idea that lightning is caused by cosmic ...
Cassini watches storm choke on its own tail
(Phys.org)—Call it a Saturnian version of the Ouroboros, the mythical serpent that bites its own tail. In a new paper that provides the most detail yet about the life and death of a monstrous thunder-and-lightning storm ...
Space Exploration
Jan 31, 2013
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Cassini spots daytime lightning on Saturn
(Phys.org) -- Saturn was playing the lightning storm blues. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of last year's storm on Saturn, the largest storm seen up-close at the planet, with bluish spots in the middle of swirling ...
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2012
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NASA Lightning Research Happens in a Flash
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lightning's connection to hurricane intensification has eluded researchers for decades, and for a riveting 40 days this summer, NASA lightning researchers will peer inside storms in a way they never have ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2010
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Unpredictable Monsoon Season Almost Under Way?
(PhysOrg.com) -- The monsoon is coming. Perhaps this weekend. Maybe. It's always a guessing game when and where and to what extent the annual summer thunderstorms will appear. This year is no different.
Earth Sciences
Jul 12, 2010
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Cassini Sees Lightening on Saturn
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured images of lightning on Saturn. The images have allowed scientists to create the first movie showing lightning flashing on another planet.
Space Exploration
Apr 14, 2010
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Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record
A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed thunderstorm. It broke the record duration of 7.5 months set by another thunderstorm ...
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2009
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Astronauts board space shuttle for evening launch
(AP) -- After enduring a month's delay, seven astronauts boarded space shuttle Endeavour on Sunday for an early evening flight to the international space station.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2009
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