Not just another storm: what’s unusual about the ‘bomb cyclone’ headed toward the East Coast

Institute of Technologies shared this article with you from Inoreader Not just another storm: what's unusual about the 'bomb cyclone' headed toward the East Coast Через The Verge - Science Posts If you live in the eastern US, from northern Florida all the way to New England, you're in for some nasty weather: a massive winter storm called a "bomb cyclone" is hammering the coast, bringing snow, ice, flooding, and strong winds. That's not a made-up click-bait term; it's actually used by meteorologists to indicate a mid-latitude cyclone that intensifies rapidly — or as meteorologist Jon Martin at the Un iversity of Wisconsin-Madison says, they "just kind of explode." "We would think of them as explosive events, they just instantly appear and get very strong," he says. This particular bomb cyclone could become one of the most intense off the East Coast in decades, according to The Washington Post. Latest NWS key messages associated... Continue reading… View on the web Inoreader is a light and fast RSS Reader. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad

Institute of Technologies shared this article with you from Inoreader SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad Через The Verge - Science Posts Last week, SpaceX rolled out its new Falcon Heavy rocket to one of the company's Florida launchpads, turning the vehicle upright for the very first time. Now SpaceX has released stunning photos and video from that exercise, showing off the vertical, fully assembled Falcon Heavy in all its glory on the pad it's going to take off from later this month. On Thursday, SpaceX did what is known as a "fit check" of the rocket, to see if the Falcon Heavy can travel to its primary launchpad, called LC-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, and stand upright on the site. The pad was originally used by NASA to support launches of the Saturn V rocket to the Moon, as well as launches of the Space Shuttle. But in 2014, SpaceX leased the site from NASA and... Continue reading… View on the web Inoreader is a light and fast RSS Reader. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

The biggest rocket launches and space missions we’re looking forward to in 2018

Institute of Technologies shared this article with you from Inoreader The biggest rocket launches and space missions we're looking forward to in 2018 Через The Verge - Science Posts Next year is already overflowing with exciting missions to space. NASA is launching a new lander to Mars, as well as a spacecraft that will get closer to the Sun than ever before. And two of NASA's vehicles already in space will finally arrive at their intended targets: one will rendezvous with a nearby asteroid, while another will pass by a distant space rock billions of miles from Earth. Next year is already overflowing But it's not just NASA that has a busy year ahead; the commercial space industry has a number of significant test flights planned, and the launch of one of the world's most anticipated rockets, the Falcon Heavy, is slated for early 2018. And if all goes well, people may finally ride to space on private vehicles. Here... Continue reading… View on the web Inoreader is a light and fast RSS Reader. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.