Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system

Spacecraft makes final flyby of smallest planet in solar system

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the joint Mercury mission in 2018. The BepiColombo spacecraft was expected to fly less than 200 miles above the surface of the Swift Planet. The spacecraft is expected to continue its journey and enter Mercury’s orbit, where it will study the planet's surface features and magnetic field.

La Nina’s impacts were felt before NOAA declared pattern underway

La Nina’s impacts were felt before NOAA declared pattern underway

Weather patterns across the U.S. and the world from October through December resembled patterns from previous La Niña events. La Niña is considered to be the cool phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and is characterized by lower-than-average sea-surface temperatures, with anomalies of at least -0.5 degrees Celsius over critical parts of the central and eastern Pacific.

Tonight: Freezing Fog And Slippery Black Ice Alert!

Tonight: Freezing Fog And Slippery Black Ice Alert!

Yesterday’s winter storm dropped nearly a foot of snow across parts of the Texas Panhandle, along with near double-digit totals in eastern Texoma and northern sections of the D/FW Metroplex. We had significant snow accumulations in the D/FW Metroplex, and Northeast Texas. Not to be left out, the eastern half of Texas received beneficial rains. […]