NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 295 Status Reports

06/10/2013 06:29 PM EDT

WW 0295 Status Updates

    STATUS REPORT ON WW 295 

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE 

WATCH AREA. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1023 

..COHEN..06/10/13    ATTN...WFO...LMK...JKL...MRX...RLX... 

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 295 

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS 

KYC001-003-009-013-021-025-045-051-053-057-061-065-071-

079-087-  095-099-109-119-121-123-125-129-131-133-137-

141-147-151-153-155-  169-171-189-193-195-199-203-207-

213-217-227-231-235-237-  102340-    KY   . 

KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE 

ADAIR                ALLEN               BARREN 

BELL                 BOYLE               BREATHITT 

CASEY                CLAY                CLINTON 

CUMBERLAND           EDMONSON            ESTILL 

FLOYD                GARRARD             GREEN 

HARLAN               HART                JACKSON 

KNOTT                KNOX                LARUE 

LAUREL               LEE                 LESLIE 

LETCHER              LINCOLN             LOGAN 

MCCREARY             MADISON             MAGOFFIN 

MARION               METCALFE            MONROE 

OWSLEY               PERRY               PIKE 

PULASKI              ROCKCASTLE          RUSSELL 

SIMPSON              TAYLOR              WARREN 

WAYNE                WHITLEY             WOLFE 

NASA Awards Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contract

NASA Awards Johnson Safety and Mission Assurance Contract

06/10/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA has selected Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) of McLean, Va., to provide safety and mission assurance engineering support services for the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

NOAA's National Weather Service SPC Tornado/Severe Thunderstorm Watches Update

SPC Watch 0295 Initial Counties (WOU) Quick View

06/10/2013 03:01 PM EDT

WW 295 SEVERE TSTM KY TN VA 101900Z - 110300Z

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR 

WS 295  NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 

300 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 295 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 

1100 PM EDT  FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS 

KYC001-003-009-013-021-025-045-051-053-057-061-065-

071-079-087-  095-099-109-119-121-123-125-129-131-

133-137-141-147-151-153-155-  169-171-189-193-195-

199-203-207-213-217-227-231-235-237-  110300- 

/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0295.130610T1900Z-130611T0300Z/    KY   . 

KENTUCKY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE 

ADAIR                ALLEN               BARREN 

BELL                 BOYLE               BREATHITT 

CASEY                CLAY                CLINTON 

CUMBERLAND           EDMONSON            ESTILL 

FLOYD                GARRARD             GREEN 

HARLAN               HART                JACKSON 

KNOTT                KNOX                LARUE 

LAUREL               LEE                 LESLIE 

LETCHER              LINCOLN             LOGAN 

MADISON              MAGOFFIN            MARION 

MCCREARY             METCALFE            MONROE 

OWSLEY               PERRY               PIKE 

PULASKI              ROCKCASTLE          RUSSELL 

SIMPSON              TAYLOR              WARREN 

WAYNE                WHITLEY             WOLFE 

European Space Agency Flickr Update

Sicily, as seen from the ISS by Luca Parmitano

10-06-2013 03:25 PM CEST

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano has been settling into life onboard the ISS, but still finding the time to tweet some of the amazing sights he is seeing from the orbital outpost.

Most recently, Luca spotted the island of Sicily in the Mediterranean sea. In this image, North is to the right, with the tip of Italy's 'boot', Calabria, visible in the bottom right.

For much more from Luca during his stay on the ISS, be sure to follow @astro_luca on Twitter, and check out the dedicated Flickr photostream for his mission Volare.

Credits: ESA/NASA

M101

10-06-2013 02:02 PM CEST

The face-on spiral galaxy M101, or the Pinwheel Galaxy, is seen at ultraviolet and optical wavelengths in this image taken by ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope.

The picture is composed of images taken by XMM-Newton's optical telescope using different filters: red (200–400 nm), green (200–300 nm) and blue (175–275 nm).

Credits: ESA/XMM & R. Willatt

A very bright contortionist

10-06-2013 10:10 AM CEST

The contorted object captured by Hubble in this picture is IRAS 22491-1808, also known as the South America Galaxy. It is an ultraluminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) that emits a huge amount of light at infrared wavelengths.

The reason for this intense infrared emission lies in an episode of strong star formation activity, which was set off by a collision between two interacting galaxies. In this image the twisted shape hides a number of features.

In the central region, which is very complex and disturbed, scientists have been able to distinguish two nuclei, remains of the two different galaxies that are currently colliding to form a new one. IRAS 22491-1808 is amongst the most luminous of these types of galaxies, and is considered to be mid-way through its merging stage.

The centre of this appealing object also shows several intense star-forming knots which, as seen in the picture, actually outshine the nuclei in optical wavelengths. To pick out the two merging nuclei in IRAS 22491-1808, scientists have had to observe it in infrared wavelengths, where they are more distinct. Other traces of the galactic collision are the three very noticeable tails in the image — two linear and one circular.
The tail extending towards the bottom of the image from the main body exhibits a red clump of star formation at its base.

Credits: ESA/Hubble, NASA

Targeting Earth Photographs From Orbit

Targeting Earth Photographs From Orbit

06/10/2013 12:00 AM EDT

Inside the Cupola, NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy, an Expedition 36 flight engineer, uses a 400mm lens on a digital still camera to photograph a target of opportunity on Earth some 250 miles below him and the International Space Station. 

Cassidy has been aboard the orbital outpost since late March and will continue his stay into September.

Image Credit: NASA

Space droids calling

Space droids calling

10-06-2013 03:56 PM CEST

Secondary-school students can play the ultimate robot game: the annual Zero Robotics tournament turns the International Space Station into a playing field for European students to control minisatellites with self-developed software.

NASA Announces 2013 Space Technology Research Grants

NASA Announces 2013 Space Technology Research Grants

06/10/2013 12:00 AM EDT

NASA has selected 65 graduate students as the 2013 class of Space Technology Research Fellows.

Earth from Space

Earth from Space

10-06-2013 02:06 PM CEST

Join us Tuesday, 11 June, at 14:00 CEST as ESA's Bianca Hoersch and Stefano Bianchi discuss the Vega launch of Proba-V

Getting ready for ESA’s largest scientific event of the year

Getting ready for ESA's largest scientific event of the year

10-06-2013 11:17 AM CEST

Start planning your week in Edinburgh – the programme for September's Living Planet Symposium is now available online.

Galactic pinwheel

Galactic pinwheel

10-06-2013 09:06 AM CEST

Space science image of the week: The Pinwheel Galaxy, by ESA's XMM-Newton space telescope