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Public Release: 17-May-2013
NASA's STEREO detects a CME from the sun On 5:24 a.m. EDT on May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection or CME, a solar phenomenon that can send billions of tons of solar particles into space that can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground. 
NASA
Contact: Susan Hendrix
Public Release: 17-May-2013
Satellite sees Tropical Storm Alvin's life end quickly The first tropical storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season was short-lived. Satellite imagery revealed that Tropical Storm Alvin became a remnant low pressure area 36 hours after it was named.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 17-May-2013
NASA sees Cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as TRMM measured Cyclone Mahasen's rainfall rates from space as it made landfall on May 16. Mahasen has since dissipated over eastern India.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
NASA sees Eastern Pacific get first tropical storm: Alvin NASA's Aqua satellite and NOAA's GOES-15 satellite captured imagery of the Eastern Pacific Ocean's first named tropical storm, Alvin.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
NASA sees heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall NASA's TRMM satellite identified areas of heavy rainfall as Cyclone Mahasen made landfall today, May 16, in southern Bangladesh.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 16-May-2013
 ScienceNASA satellite data helps pinpoint glaciers' role in sea level rise A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers are disappearing and contributing to sea level rise.
NASA
Contact: Maria-Jose Vinas
Public Release: 16-May-2013
Physical Review LettersNew method proposed for detecting gravitational waves from ends of universe A new window into the nature of the universe may be possible with a device proposed by scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno and Stanford University that would detect elusive gravity waves from the other end of the cosmos. Their paper describing the device and process was published in the prestigious physics journal Physical Review Letters. Contact: Mike Wolterbeek
Public Release: 16-May-2013
NatureWeather on the outer planets only goes so deep Weizmann Institute researchers and their colleagues set an upper limit for the thickness of jet streams on Uranus and Neptune. Contact: Yivsam Azgad
Public Release: 16-May-2013
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietySouth Africa's new radio telescope reveals giant outbursts from binary star system An international team of astronomers have reported the first scientific results from the Karoo Array Telescope in South Africa, the pathfinder radio telescope for the $3 billion global Square Kilometre Array project. Contact: Peter Franklin
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA completes first part of Webb Telescope's 'eye surgery' operation Much like the inside of an operating room, in the clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, engineers worked meticulously to implant part of the eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope. They scrubbed up and suited up to perform one of the most delicate performances of their lives. That part of the eyes, the MIRI, or Mid-Infrared Instrument, will glimpse the formation of galaxies and see deeper into the universe than ever before.
NASA
Contact: Lynn Chandler
Public Release: 15-May-2013
IcarusHiRISE Mars camera reveals hundreds of impacts each year Taking before and after pictures of the Martian terrain, researchers with the UA-led HiRISE camera have identified nearly 250 fresh impact craters on the Red Planet. The results provide scientists with a better yardstick to estimate how frequently craters are blasted on Mars, allowing them to assess recently formed features with greater accuracy.
NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project
Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Astrophysical JournalBlack hole powered jets plow into galaxy The intense gravity of a supermassive black hole can be tapped to produce immense power in the form of jets moving at millions of miles per hour. A composite image shows this happening in the galaxy known as 4C+29.30 where X-rays from Chandra have been combined with optical and radio data. Contact: Megan Watzke
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA sees first Eastern Pacific tropical depression to open season The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially begins today, May 15 and the first tropical depression of the season formed.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA satellites eye Cyclone Mahasen as Bangladesh prepares for landfall Tropical Cyclone Mahasen has been strengthening and expanding as it moves through the northern Bay of Bengal for a landfall on Thursday, May 16.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 15-May-2013
NASA sees activity continue on the sun Solar activity continued on May 14, 2013, as the sun emitted a fourth X-class flare from its upper left limb, peaking at 9:48 p.m. EDT.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Susan Hendrix
Public Release: 15-May-2013
WeatherEuropean winter weather harder to forecast in certain years Weather forecasters have a tougher job predicting winter conditions over Europe in some years over others, concludes a new study carried out by the National Oceanography Centre. Contact: Catherine Beswick
Public Release: 15-May-2013
Astrophysical JournalOrion's hidden fiery ribbon This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky. This orange glow represents faint light coming from grains of cold interstellar dust, at wavelengths too long for human eyes to see. It was observed by the ESO-operated Atacama Pathfinder Experiment in Chile. Contact: Richard Hook
Public Release: 14-May-2013
3 X-class flares in 24 hours The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours, peaking at 9:11 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2013. This flare is classified as an X3.2 flare. This is the strongest X-class flare of 2013 so far, surpassing in strength the two X-class flares that occurred earlier in the 24-hour period.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Susan Hendrix
Public Release: 13-May-2013
Astrophysical JournalNew method of finding planets scores its first discovery Detecting alien worlds presents a significant challenge since they are small, faint, and close to their stars. The two most prolific techniques for finding exoplanets are radial velocity (looking for wobbling stars) and transits (looking for dimming stars). A team at Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has just discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity. Contact: Christine Pulliam
Public Release: 13-May-2013
NASA sees controlled fires in Southern Australia Today's image of southern Australia showing New South Wales and Victoria shows a series of controlled fires.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 13-May-2013
NASA sees the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Jamala fading Tropical Cyclone Jamala ran into some harsh atmospheric conditions on May 11 in the Southern Indian Ocean and vertical wind shear tore the storm apart. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the remnants while the more powerful, more organized Tropical Cyclone Mahasen continued to strengthen to the north.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 13-May-2013
NASA sees a strengthening Tropical Cyclone Mahasen The first tropical cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean this season has been getting better organized as seen in NASA satellite imagery. Tropical Cyclone Mahasen is projected to track north through the Bay of Bengal and make landfall later this week.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 13-May-2013
First X-class solar flare of 2013 On May 12, 2013, the sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 10 p.m. EDT. This flare is classified as an X1.7, making it the first X-class flare of 2013. The flare was also associated with another solar phenomenon, called a coronal mass ejection (CME) that can send solar material out into space. This CME was not Earth-directed.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Contact: Karen Fox
Public Release: 13-May-2013
Advanced MaterialsSolar panels as inexpensive as paint? It's possible due to research at UB, elsewhere Solar panels could become as inexpensive as paint as researchers develop the next generation of photovoltaics. One of the more promising fields of research involves plasmonic-enhanced organic photovoltaic materials. Contact: Cory Nealon
Public Release: 10-May-2013
NASA sees 2 tropical cyclones competing in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is alive with tropical activity today, May 10, as there's a tropical storm in both the northern and southern oceans. Tropical Cyclone Jamala (formerly 24S) and newborn Tropical Cyclone 01B were both captured on one image from NASA's Terra satellite today.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
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