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Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
NASA's TRMM satellite sees Cyclone Jasmine in 3-D Data from NASA's TRMM satellite was used to create a 3-Dimensional look at Cyclone Jasmine, currently moving through the South Pacific Ocean. 
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
NASA sees Tropical Storm 12S - a possible threat to Madagascar The twelfth tropical depression formed in the Southern Indian Ocean today and quickly became a tropical storm, dubbed Tropical Storm 12S. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm and captured infrared data that revealed a quickly developing tropical cyclone with powerful thunderstorms around its center of circulation.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 9-Feb-2012
Deconstructing a mystery: What caused Snowmaggedon? NASA scientists are using computer models to help unravel the mystery of a record-setting snowfall in the Washington, DC area in early 2010.
NASA
Contact: Christina Coleman
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Jasmine over Vanuatu and New Caledonia NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Jasmine on Feb. 8, 2012 as it was passing between Vanuatu and New Caledonia. NASA imagery showed Jasmine had a 20 nautical mile-wide eye.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
 NatureAstronomy team that includes UCLA finance professor discovers nearby dwarf galaxy A team of astronomers led by UCLA research astronomer Michael Rich has used a novel telescope to discover a previously unknown companion to a nearby galaxy, known as NGC 4449, some 12.5 million light years from Earth. The new galaxy had escaped even the prying eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope. Contact: Stuart Wolpert
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Astrophysical Journal LettersNew images capture 'stealth merger' of dwarf galaxies New images of a nearby dwarf galaxy have revealed a dense stream of stars in its outer regions, the remains of an even smaller companion galaxy in the process of merging with its host. The host galaxy, known as NGC 4449, is the smallest primary galaxy in which a stellar stream from an ongoing merger has been identified and studied in detail.
National Science Foundation, NASA
Contact: Tim Stephens
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyNASA's Chandra finds Milky Way's black hole grazing on asteroids The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be vaporizing and devouring asteroids, which could explain the frequent flares observed, according to astronomers using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. Contact: Megan Watzke
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
Spotlight on a stellar nursery A European team of researchers, led by LMU astronomer Thomas Preibisch, has used the power of ESO's Very Large Telescope to obtain the most detailed – and dramatic - infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden featureshave emerged. Contact: Dr. Kathrin Bilgeri
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
PLoS ONEUBC researchers use Google Earth to verify Mediterranean fish farming data The Great Wall of China is not the only thing you can see from space. Fish farming cages are clearly visible through Google Earth's satellite images and University of British Columbia researchers have used them to estimate the amount of fish being cultivated in the Mediterranean. Contact: Jennifer Jacquet
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
NatureCU-Boulder study shows global glaciers, ice caps, shedding billions of tons of mass annually Earth's glaciers and ice caps outside of the regions of Greenland and Antarctica are shedding roughly 150 billion tons of ice annually, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
NASA
Contact: John Wahr
Public Release: 8-Feb-2012
VLT takes most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula ESO's Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. This is one of the most dramatic images ever created by the VLT. Contact: Richard Hook
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
NASA's TRMM satellite measures flooding rains from Australia monsoon A monsoon trough continues to drench northeastern Australia and NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite measured and calculated the rainfall in the region.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
NASA sees cyclone Jasmine's power and new eye Cyclone Jasmine continues to wind between New Caledonia and Vanuatu and bring cyclone-force winds, heavy rain and very rough surf. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early on Feb. 7 and noticed the strongest part of the cyclone was around the center and north and east of the center. Aqua data showed that an eye has developed.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 7-Feb-2012
NASA satellite sees tropical storm Cyril a strong, compact storm Tropical Storm Cyril was known as "11P" has been strengthening since Feb. 6, and still appears very compact on infrared NASA satellite data.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
NASA satellite sees cyclone Jasmine heading for Vanuatu, New Caledonia NASA's Aqua satellite passed over strengthening Tropical Storm Jasmine and noticed bands of thunderstorms wrapping into its center as it heads toward Vanuatu and New Caledonia.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
NASA watches a Gulf Weather system for unusual subtropical development Hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico doesn't begin until June 1, 2012, but a low pressure area in the Gulf called System 90L, is being watched on Feb. 5 and 6 for possible development into sub-tropical depression although the chances are now slim to none. Data from the GOES-13 satellite was created into an image at NASA, and it showed System 90L raining on south Florida today.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 6-Feb-2012
NASA's Aqua satellite sees small new tropical storm near Tonga Tropical Storm 11P has formed in the South Pacific Ocean, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of its cloud temperatures, revealing power in the cyclone.
NASA
Contact: Rob Gutro
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Astronomy & AstrophysicsScientists chart high-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory are part of an international team that has pooled their radio observations into a database, producing the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy.
Office of Naval Research
Contact: Donna McKinney
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Geophysical Research LettersSurface of Mars an unlikely place for life after 600 million year drought, say scientists Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface, according to researchers who have been carrying out the painstaking task of analyzing individual particles of Martian soil. Contact: Colin Smith
Public Release: 3-Feb-2012
Classic portrait of a barred spiral galaxy The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The Sea Monster). Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is a similar barred spiral, and the study of galaxies such as NGC 1073 helps astronomers learn more about our celestial home. Contact: Oli Usher
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
'First light' taken by NASA's newest CERES instrument The doors are open on NASA's Suomi NPP satellite and the newest version of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument is scanning Earth for the first time, helping to assure continued availability of measurements of the energy leaving the Earth-atmosphere system.
NASA
Contact: Michael Finneran
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
Astrophysical JournalHubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy Thanks to the presence of a natural "zoom lens" in space, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a uniquely close-up look at the brightest "magnified" galaxy yet discovered.
NASA
Contact: Cheryl Gundy
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
NaturePlanets circling around twin suns Double suns -- stars that are formed as a pair -- are a common phenomenon in the cosmos. But now NASA, working with a Tel Aviv University astronomer, has discovered two new planets, Kepler-34 and Kepler-35, each of which revolves around its own double sun, confirming that planets orbit these intriguing phenomena as well. Contact: George Hunka
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
ScienceThe discovery of deceleration Stellar astrophysics helps to explain the behavior of fast rotating neutron stars in binary systems. Contact: Dr. Thomas M. Tauris
Public Release: 2-Feb-2012
Astrophysical Journal LettersNew super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby cool star An international team of scientists led by Carnegie's Guillem Anglada-Escudé and Paul Butler has discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different makeup than our Sun, being relatively lacking in metallic elements. This discovery demonstrates that habitable planets could form in a greater variety of environments than previously believed.
Carnegie Postdoctoral, National Science Foundation, NASA, ARC, Fondecyt
Contact: Guillem Anglada-Escudé
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