TAMPA, Fla. — A weather vane is an instrument used to show the direction the wind is blowing from. It is one of the simplest weather instruments created and it has been used since ancient times. The ...

Wind direction is defined as the direction the wind is coming from. If you stand so that the wind is blowing directly into your face, the direction you are facing names the wind. That’s why a north ...

As a musician, I appreciate a lot of instruments, especially one that I’ve never seen before and would love to test. I started my musical journey playing the drums at age seven and moved on to the ...

A century ago Texas was covered with windmills, which pumped water from aquifers so cattle could drink and gardens could grow. Thousands of these old-style models still exist in remote pastures, but ...

...while ESA launches Biomass satellite to determine world’s forest carbon profile. 3D wind measurements from NASA's Aerosol Wind Profiler instrument. Click for info. Since fall 2024, NASA scientists ...

NASA launched its twin TRACERS satellites on July 23, 2025, to study how solar wind causes magnetic reconnection in Earth's magnetosphere. However, a power issue on one spacecraft, SV1, has caused ...