Earth Observation
Mount Merapi Still Blowing off Steam
[/caption] For about three weeks, Indonesia's Mount Merapi has been belching out lava, as well as ash and gas, clouding…
Simple Colors Could Provide First Details of Alien Worlds
At best, the few extrasolar planets we have imaged directly are just points of light. But what can that light…
Best of Earth from the ISS
The International Space Station has been orbiting the Earth every day for over 10 years, and the astronauts all say…
Most Intense Storm in History Cuts Across the US — As Seen from Space
[/caption] Yowza! – Here’s a satellite image of a storm of record-breaking proportions. On October 26, 2010, the strongest storm…
How NASA Helped Rescue the Chilean Miners
[/caption] The world has been transfixed by the rescue of 33 miners trapped nearly a kilometer (about a half a…
The New Blue Marble
[/caption] Despite recent news of potential habitable exoplanets and amazing images of Mars and the Saturn system returned from visiting…
Sunrise to Sunset: Time-Lapse View from the ISS
Those lucky enough to have gone to space have come back with a changed perspective and reverence for the planet…
NASA Satellites and Spacecraft Look Into the Eye of Hurricane Earl
[/caption] NASA scientists, instruments and spacecraft are busy studying Hurricane Earl from both the air and space, and an unmanned…
Students Send ICESat to a Fiery Deorbit Death
[/caption] NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) mission is now on ice, so to speak, or perhaps we should…
Satellite Captures Three Tropical Cyclones in One Image
[/caption] My father had a favorite adage when life was hectic: "There's lots of commotion in the ocean." That saying…