Tag: strong winds

COROT-2b is the second extrasolar planet to be detected by the French-led COROT mission, and orbits the star COROT-2 at a distance of 930 light years from Earth towards the constellation Aquila. Credit: NASA

Weird, Intriguing Hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b With Winds Blowing In Wrong Direction

MessageToEagle.com | January 29, 2018

MessageToEagle.com – CoRoT-2b is very weird planet. It was discovered a decade ago by a French-led space observatory mission, is 930 light years from Earth. The case of exoplanet

The Line Storm by John Steuart Curry, 1897-1946. Source: The Smithsonian.

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The Power And Danger of Derecho

MessageToEagle.com | February 16, 2016

MessageToEagle.com – A derecho is a widespread, long-lived wind storm associated with rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. It’s powerful and dangerous. Its winds are at least 58 mph (50 knots or 93