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A Heat Wave So Big You Can See It From Space
Hot enough for ya? If you live anywhere on the eastern half of the United States (like me) you've probably…
An Enormous Arctic Spiral
Looking south across the southern tip of Greenland, this satellite image shows an enormous cloud vortex spiraling over the northern…
NASA Satellite Snaps Winter Storm “Nemo”
Captured by NASA's GOES-13 weather satellite on Friday, Feb. 8, this image shows the convergence of two massive low-pressure systems that…
Clouds of Sand and Iron Swirl in a Failed Star’s Extreme Atmosphere
Artist's concept of brown dwarf 2MASSJ22282889-431026 (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The complex weather patterns within the atmosphere of a rapidly-rotating brown dwarf have been…
Hurricane Sandy Barreling to Eastern Seaboard Menacing Millions
Image Caption: NOAA Satellite image of Hurricane Sandy threatening millions of people living along US Eastern Seaboard. See NASA satellite…
Bolt from the Blue: Giant Flash of Lightning Seen in Saturn’s Storm
An enormous storm that wrapped its way around Saturn's northern hemisphere during the first half of 2011 wasn't just a…
New Gigantic Tornado Spotted on Mars
[/caption] Last month, we were excited to share an image of a twister on Mars that lofted a twisting column…
Clouds Get in the Way on Mars
[/caption] The science team from the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter wanted to take another look at a…
Fears of Tornado Catastrophes Due to Global Warming Unfounded
[/caption] The 2012 tornado season got off to a rousing start. Between February 28th and March 3rd, two deadly storm…
Today’s Martian Weather: Partly Cloudy
[/caption] Changing seasons in Mars' northern hemisphere brings a change in the weather, and the clouds have rolled in to…