February 22, 2010 | Solar scientists have long
debated why the Sun's corona, or atmosphere, is millions of degrees hotter than
its surface. Images retrieved by the Hinode satellite, launched in 2006, are shining
some light on this paradox.
February
16, 2010 | NCAR researchers are collaborating with the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Federal Aviation Administration, Purdue University, and
Indiana State University on a program to study how bird-detecting radar at
airports could help prevent dangerous airplane bird strikes, such as the
incident with the U.S. Airways plane that made an emergency landing in the
Hudson River in...
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