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On September 12, 2013, Boulder, Colorado received nearly ten inches of rain in one day. Ten inches is a ton of rain! To put it in perspective, this part of Colorado usually gets only 20 inches of rain in an entire year.
In June 2024, the United States launched its latest weather satellite called GOES-U (GOES is short for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite).
In 2016, the first satellite in the GOES-R series—called GOES-16—launched into orbit. GOES stands for geostationary operational environmental satellite.
A solar eclipse happens when, at the right moment, the moon comes between the sun and Earth. When the moon only blocks out part of the sun’s light, it’s called a partial solar eclipse. Sometimes, the moon blocks all of the sun’s light. This is called a total solar eclipse.
Floods and droughts can be especially dangerous for farming. To help, a team of satellites, called the Joint Polar Satellite System monitors and forecasts severe weather conditions on Earth. The more information that farmers have about conditions on Earth, the better they can react to weather disasters.
COSMIC-2—short for Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate—is a team of six small satellites that will collect information about Earth’s weather and climate.
Well, they both fly. But as high and fast as the plane may fly, the eagle has something the airplane doesn't.
You have six colors of paint: red, yellow, blue, green, black and white. Does this mean you cannot paint a pink pig or an orange sunset?
