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In reality, such tiny black holes would have a difficult time forming the accretion disks that make them visible here.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_1080.jpg (1920x1080) [275.1 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_print.jpg (1024x576) [51.1 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k.jpg (3840x2160) [2.5 MB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k.png (3840x2160) [7.3 MB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_searchweb.png (320x180) [61.5 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || ", "hits": 1066 }, { "id": 14220, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14220/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-10-12T10:55:00-04:00", "title": "Hubble Reveals Ultra-Relativistic Jet", "description": "Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have found a jet propelled through space at nearly the speed of light by the titanic collision between two neutron stars, which are the collapsed cores of massive supergiant stars.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble. Music & Sound“Grip the Nation” by JKyle Gabbidon [PRS] via Ninja Tune Production Music [PRS] and Universal Production Music || ", "hits": 59 }, { "id": 13177, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13177/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-04-30T09:55:00-04:00", "title": "Hubble Tool Time Episode 3 - Servicing Mission 2", "description": "Retired NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld hosts this six-part mini-series about the tools used on the Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Hubble was uniquely designed to be serviced in space so that components could be repaired and upgraded. Astronauts using custom-designed tools performed challenging spacewalks on five servicing missions from 1993 to 2009 to keep Hubble operating so that it could change our fundamental understanding of the universe.Join John and EVA manager Russ Werneth in this episode of Hubble Tool Time to learn about the pistol grip tool developed for Hubble’s second servicing mission in 1997, a tool that astronauts now use on almost every spacewalk.In addition to enabling Hubble's scientific discoveries, the tools developed by teams at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and tested in collaboration with the Johnson Space Center furthered NASA's human exploration capabilities. These tools and the knowledge gleaned from the Hubble servicing missions are used today by astronauts on the International Space Station, and will be critical to NASA's future crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.For more information, visit https://nasa.gov/hubble.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katrina Jackson.Music credits: \"Wine On It\" by Kevin Blanc [SACEM]; KTSA Publishing SACEM; Gum Tapes; Killer Tracks Production Music. \"Breakthrough\" by Donn Wilerson [BMI]; Killer Tracks BMI; Killer Tracks Production Music. || ", "hits": 25 }, { "id": 4367, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4367/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-09-30T20:00:00-04:00", "title": "Joaquin", "description": "Animation of Tropical Storm Joaquin on September 29, 2015 right before it intensified into a hurricane. The camera moves in on the storm, and the visualization concludes with a 360 degree view around the storm. This video is also available on our YouTube channel. || joaquin.0290_print.jpg (1024x576) [157.3 KB] || joaquin.0290_searchweb.png (320x180) [98.0 KB] || joaquin.0290_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || joaquin_w360 (1920x1080) [0 Item(s)] || joaquin_w360_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [59.7 MB] || Joaquin_colorbar_1080p_p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [61.5 MB] || Joaquin_colorbar_1080p_p30.webm (1920x1080) [6.4 MB] || joaquin_w360_4367.key [63.8 MB] || joaquin_w360_4367.pptx [61.3 MB] || ", "hits": 30 }, { "id": 4363, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4363/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-09-29T18:00:00-04:00", "title": "Notes from the Underground", "description": "This gallery was created for Earth Science Week 2015 and beyond. It includes a quick start guide for educators and first-hand stories (blogs) for learners of all ages by NASA visualizers, scientists and educators. We hope that your understanding and use of NASA's visualizations will only increase as your appreciation grows for the beauty of the science they portray, and the communicative power they hold. Read all the blogs and find educational resources for all ages at: the Earth Science Week 2015 page.I'm a hydrologist, which means I study how water moves around on land. Well, “on land” isn’t exactly right. It turns out that most of the interesting processes happen beneath the land surface, hidden from view. You might think, for example, that rivers fill from above — it rains and the water that doesn't sink into the ground runs off into the rivers. But in fact, about 80 percent of the water in rivers comes from underground. Rain soaks into the ground, adding water to the water table. When the water table rises to where it intersects with the land surface (on the side of a hill or even gently sloping \"flat\" land), the water penetrates through to the surface and runs downhill. Eventually, the flowing water carves out a ditch and you have a stream and ultimately a river.Let me show you what I mean: || ", "hits": 19 }, { "id": 4102, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4102/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-09-10T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Hawk observes the Saharan Air Layer through the Cloud Physics Lidar (CPL) during Hurricane Nadine", "description": "NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel mission(HS3) is a mission that brings together several NASA centers with federal and university partners to investigate the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensity change in the Atlantic Ocean basin. Among those factors, HS3 will address the controversial role of the hot, dry and dusty Saharan Air Layer(SAL) in tropical storm formation and intensification and the extent to which deep convection in the inner-core region of storms is a key driver of intensity change.One instrument used to investigate the SAL is the cloud physics lidar(CPL). CPL uses a laser to measure vertical profiles of dust; a dropsonde system that releases small instrumented packages from the aircraft that fall to the surface while measuring profiles of temperature, humidity, and winds; and an infrared sounder that measures temperature and humidity in clear-sky regions.The CPL is an airborne lidar system designed specifically for studying clouds and aerosols. CPL will study cloud- and dust-layer boundaries and will provide optical depth or thickness of aerosols and cloudsOn Sept. 11 and 12, during the 2012 HS3 mission, the NASA Global Hawk aircraft covered more than one million square kilometers (386,100 square miles) going back and forth over the storm in a gridded fashion in what's called a \"lawnmower pattern.\"Dropsonde data from HS3's flights show temperature and humidity conditions in the storm. In this movie, the dropsondes are colored with the relative humidity data where blue represents dry air and red represents moist air.For more information about NASA's HS3 mission, visit:http://www.nasa.gov/hs3 || ", "hits": 48 }, { "id": 4035, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4035/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Profiler(HIWRAP) onboard the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes(GRIP) Experiment monitors Eye Wall Development", "description": "Wind measurements are crucial for understanding and forecasting tropical storms since they are closely tied to the overall dynamics of the storm. The dual-wavelength (Ku and Ka band) High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) flew for the first time on the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during the 2010 Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP).The HIWRAP is able to measure line-of-sight and ocean surface winds for a longer period of time than obtained by current satellites and lower-altitude instrumented aircraft. HIWRAP is conical scanning, and winds and reflectivity can be mapped within the swath below the Global Hawk. HIWRAP utilizes solid state transmitters along with a novel pulse compression scheme. This results in a system that is considerably more compact in size, requires less power, and ultimately costs significantly less than typical radars currently in use for clouds and precipitation observation. HIWRAP is able to image the winds through volume backscattering from clouds and precipitation, enabling it to measure the tropospheric winds above heavy rain at high levels. The first interesting case from the HIWRAP flights were the rapid intensification of Hurricane Karl on September 16 and 17, 2010. This visual will highlight the precipitation structure of this storms during their intensification as derived from the HIWRAP KU observations. Please note, the dimensions of the Global Hawk were exaggerated by a factor of 10 so the viewer could see the UAV. The Global Hawk actual dimensions are 44.4 ft (13.5 m) length by 116.2 ft. (35.4 m) wingspan by 15.2 ft (4.6 m) height. The movie starts as the Global Hawk flies over Hurricane Karl to reveal a Hot Tower. Hot towers are important to understanding hurricane intensification because they can carry hot moist air through the high layer of cirrus clouds above a hurricane. Hot towers are hard to study because they go so high and they do not last very long. In this movie, several of the paths have been placed in storm-centered coordinates and laid together to reveal the storm's hot towers and eyewall development. The structure of this storm is seen through reflectivity data where dbz is between 25 and 40.The HIWRAP data is colored based on the height. Red is 12 km, orange is 10 km, yellow is 7.5 km, green is 6 km, and blue is under 6 km.More information on GRIP and other elements of NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel project visit http://www.nasa.gov/HS3. || ", "hits": 39 }, { "id": 4036, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4036/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-08-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Global Hawk Takes High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) Data", "description": "The dual-wavelength (Ku- and Ka-band) High Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) flew for the first time on the Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during the 2010 Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP). The HIWRAP is able to measure line-of-sight and ocean surface winds for a longer period of time than obtained by current satellites and lower-altitude instrumented aircraft. HIWRAP is conical scanning, and winds and reflectivity can be mapped within the swath below the Global Hawk. This visual will highlight the UAV measuring Hurricane Karl's HIWRAP Ku-band observations on September 16 from 18:53:10 through 19:19:18. The dimensions of the Global Hawk were exaggerated by a factor of 10 so the viewer could see the UAV. The Global Hawk actual dimensions are 44.4 ft (13.5 m) length by 116.2 ft. (35.4 m) wingspan by 15.2 ft (4.6 m) height. The movie starts as the Global Hawk flies over Hurricane Karl to reveal a hot tower. Hot towers are important to understanding hurricane intensification because they can carry hot moist air through the high layer of cirrus clouds above a hurricane. Hot towers are hard to study because they go so high and they do not last very long. The structure of this storm is seen through reflectivity data where dbz is between 25 and 40. The HIWRAP data is colored based on the height from the surface. Red shows 12 km above sea level, orange is 10 km, yellow is 7.5 km, green is 6 km, and blue is under 6 km.For more information on GRIP and other elements of NASA's Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel project, visit http://www.nasa.gov/HS3. || ", "hits": 63 }, { "id": 11090, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11090/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-10-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hawk's-Eye View", "description": "Scientists' quest to find out why some hurricanes fizzle and others flourish is made difficult for one simple reason: These storms are moving targets. NASA's acquisition of two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft—originally built for the U.S. Air Force—is pushing the boundaries of our ability to run reconnaissance on volatile hurricanes. A satellite overpass lasts only a moment, and manned research aircraft can stay with a storm for a few hours at a time. But the Global Hawks, outfitted with a suite of advanced meteorological instruments, allow scientists to remotely and safely observe hurricanes for more than 20 consecutive hours. This is potentially enough time to capture difficult-to-understand changes in storm intensity. The time-lapse video shows Hurricane Karl as seen from a NASA Global Hawk, flying at about 60,000 feet, during a 25-hour flight on September 16-17, 2010. || ", "hits": 31 }, { "id": 11099, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11099/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-09-26T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Earth Science Week: Career Spotlights", "description": "Join us during Earth Science Week 2012 to meet an incredible group of NASA Earth Explorers — from scientists and engineers, to multimedia producers, educators and writers.Find out about their careers, why and how they study the planet, and what their typical days are like. From video interviews to blog posts and more, there will be a variety of multimedia activities that will allow Explorers to tell their stories. Have questions of your own? Participate in live Twitter interviews and Google+ Hangouts held throughout the week, as well as during a radio interview and webinar in Spanish.On October 18, learn about the many contributions of women at NASA to Earth science as part of Female Geoscientists Day.The 2012 NASA ESW website will be your one-stop-source for Earth science careers and resources during ESW and beyond. There you will find a collection of articles, information about events, links to blog posts, transcripts of Twitter interviews, and educational products in English and Spanish. || ", "hits": 17 }, { "id": 11075, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11075/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-09-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Extreme Turbulence", "description": "Why do some storms intensify into powerful hurricanes? In search of the answer NASA scientists took to the skies in 2010 aboard a flying laboratory that crisscrossed the path of Hurricane Earl as it approached the East Coast of the United States. By deploying canister-shaped sensors within the storm, researchers collected valuable data that will help them understand how such storms form and develop. But they weren't working alone: Soaring at an altitude of 60,000 feet, NASA's unmanned Global Hawk aircraft cruised over the Category 4 hurricane while astronauts on the International Space Station captured dramatic photos of its massive cloud tops from above. Wonder what it's like to fly through a hurricane? Watch the video to get a window seat view from the scientists' plane as it jetted into the eye of the storm. || ", "hits": 128 }, { "id": 3849, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3849/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-08-25T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Antarctic Ice Flow Charted From Space", "description": "Harsh snows have blanketed Antarctica for so long that the continent has built up an ice sheet a mile thick from bedrock to surface in most places. Despite the ice cap's grip on the rocky landmass below, friction can only hold back the ice so much. A new, first-of-its-kind map from NASA reveals icy Antarctica as a landscape of constant movement. NASA scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UC Irvine have charted this movement for the first time, using Canadian, Japanese and European satellite data to create a record of the speed and direction of ice flow across the entire continent. The map reveals glaciers and tributaries in patterned flows stretching hundreds of miles inland, like a system of rivers and creeks. Slow-moving flows found in largely unexplored East Antarctica defied previous understanding of ice migration. And scientists discovered a ridge that splits Antarctica from east to west. Explore the visualizations below to see the new benchmark map scientists can use to study the extent and speed of changes to the largest ice sheet in the world. || ", "hits": 127 }, { "id": 10655, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10655/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Hurricane Hunters", "description": "During the 2010 hurricane season, NASA deployed its piloted DC-8 and WB-57, and unmanned Global Hawk aircraft in a massive effort to collect as much data as possible, arming hurricane researchers with the information needed to predict the growth and intensification of hurricanes. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 10639, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10639/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-02T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Q&A with NASA Hurricane Expert", "description": "NASA's Hurricane expert Dr. Jeff Halverson explains how NASA's GRIP mission is keeping a close eye on Hurricane Earl and other storms over the Atlantic. Scientists use data collected from NASA's DC-8, Global Hawk and WB-57 aircraft to study the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Process that hurricanes undergo as they become major storms. || ", "hits": 15 }, { "id": 10637, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10637/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-09-01T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "GRIP Video File", "description": "The GRIP 2010 hurricane mission is in full force. During this year's Atlantic hurricane season, researchers will be able to \"see\" below the cloud-tops and uncover what is happening in the internal structure of the storm through the use of powerful instruments onboard the DC-8, WB-57, and Global Hawk aircraft. This will allow scientists to better understand what is required to kick-start a tropical depression into a hurricane. The NASA aircraft will be deployed from Florida (DC-8), Texas (WB-57) and California (Global Hawk) and will fly at varying altitudes over tropical storms in an attempt to capture them at different stages of development.For complete transcript, click here. || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.01352_print.jpg (1024x576) [103.6 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv_web.png (320x180) [258.1 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv_thm.png (80x40) [16.7 KB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.m4v (960x540) [218.4 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_prores.mov (1280x720) [7.9 GB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER.wmv (1280x720) [191.6 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [238.1 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF__MASTER_appletv.webmhd.webm (960x540) [63.4 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_ipod_lg.m4v (640x360) [75.2 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_portal.mov (640x360) [161.9 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_nasacast.mp4 (320x240) [34.8 MB] || G2010-094_GRIP_VF_MASTER_SVS.mpg (512x288) [70.2 MB] || ", "hits": 33 } ] }