Earth Observation
Huge Volcano Plume Seen from Space
The Shiveluch volcano as seen by the Aqua satellite on October 6, 2012. Credit: NASA It’s almost like this volcano…
Manhattan-Sized Ice Island Heads Out to Sea
An "ice island" that calved from the Petermann Glacier in July is seen by NASA satellite (MODIS/Terra) Remember that enormous…
Satellite View of Guatemalan Volcano Erupting
A natural-color image captured the eruption of Volcan de Fuego as it occurred. Credit: NASA/Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard…
Satellites Keep Track of Hurricane Isaac
This visible image of Tropical Storm Isaac taken from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite shows the huge extent of the storm, where…
On the Hunt for High-Speed Sprites
A bright red sprite appears above a lightning flash in a photo captured from the ISS Back on April 30,…
New Stunning ISS Time-lapse: Earth Illuminated
"If you could see the Earth illuminated when you were in a place as dark as night, it would look…
A Brand New “Blue Marble” View of Earth
Europe’s latest geostationary weather satellite has captured its first image of Earth, and it’s a beauty! The Spinning Enhanced Visible…
CINEMA and the Cube-Shaped Future of Space Science
Caption: Jerry Kim, a former student and systems engineer, holds the CINEMA nanosatellite before it was packaged up and sent…
Greenland Glacier Calves Another Huge Ice Island
Petermann glacier, a 70 km (43 mile) long tongue of ice that flows into the Arctic Ocean in northwest Greenland,…
The Top 5 “Earth as Art” Images, Thanks to Landsat
NASA's first Earth-observing Landsat satellite launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on July 23, 1972, and to celebrate the 40th…