On Monday, a tornado that emerged from the storm system that has been wreaking havoc across eastern America, has reached Boston. Here, the tornado caused extensive damage, ripping roofs off buildings and uprooting countless trees in its wake. The tornado began moving through the Boston area after 9 AM and caused serious damage. Deputy Fire Chief Mike Viviano explained that his department began … [Read more...]
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot Diminished Like Never Before, Shrinks Huge
Jupiter's Great Red Spot has been captured at its smallest size to date. “Recent Hubble Space Telescope observations confirm that the Great Red Spot (GRS) is now approximately 10,250 miles across, the smallest diameter we’ve ever measured,” said Amy Simon of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Historic observations as far back as the late 1800s gauged the GRS to be as big as … [Read more...]