Earth Observation
A Heat Wave So Big You Can See It From Space
Hot enough for ya? If you live anywhere on the eastern half of the United States (like me) you've probably…
NASA’s Independence Day Fireworks from Wallops Investigates Earth’s Global Daytime Dynamo Current
July 4 Morning Fireworks from NASA! A NASA Black Brant V Sounding Rocket launches in support of the Daytime Dynamo…
NASA’s Daytime Dynamo Experiment Deploys Lithium to Study Global Ionospheric Communications Disruptions
On June 24, 2013 a pair of daytime sounding rockets will launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) and deploy…
Is This What a Mars Outpost Will Look Like from Orbit?
This sure looks like a futuristic settlement on the Red Planet, as Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano pondered on Twitter yesterday…
How Can You See a Satellite View of Your House?
This is an article from our archive, but we've updated it with this spiffy video. Every now and then I…
Swath of Destruction from Deadly Oklahoma Tornado Visible from Space
The tornado that devastated the region around Moore and Newcastle, Oklahoma on May 20, 2013 has been determined to be…
Stunning View of Earth and Orbital Sunset from the Space Station
This is just a gorgeous shot of our home planet from the International Space Station, shared by astronaut Karen Nyberg…
Here’s How You Can Download The Earth In High-Resolution
Landsat 8 officially opened its eyes to Earth yesterday (May 30). Officials are promising the clearest views yet of the…
Astonishing Hi-Resolution Satellite Views of the Destruction from the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
A new satellite map from Google and Digital Globe shows just-released satellite imagery of the damage from the tornado that…
Awesome View of the Active Pavlov Volcano, as Seen from the Space Station
The Pavlof Volcano began erupting on May 13, 2013, shooting lava into the air and spewing an ash cloud 20,000…