Earth Observation
Japanese Spacecraft Images Earth and Moon on Flyby
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) MUSES-C spacecraft snapped pictures of the Earth and Moon as it made a flyby…
New Satellite to Assess the Health of the Earth’s Atmosphere
NASA is gearing up to launch its next satellite that will monitor the health of the Earth's atmosphere. Aura, which…
Great Wall From Space
The European Space Agency's Proba satellite has taken a high resolution image of a segment of the Great Wall of…
NASA Announces Two New Earth Observation Satellite Missions
NASA announced two new missions today that will help scientists better understand the Earth's environment. The Aeronomy of Ice in…
Arctic Ice Formation is More Complex Than Previously Thought
New observations show that Arctic sea ice isn't completely static; it undergoes back and forth motions twice a day, no…
Satellites Show How the Earth is Warming Up
NASA satellites have been used to create an 18-year record of temperatures on the Earth's surface, and not surprisingly, they're…
Field Reversal Takes 7,000 Years
Scientists have known for a long time now that the Earth's magnetic field unexpectedly reverses polarity over long periods of…
Yangtze River From Space
The European Space Agency's Envisat satellite took this latest image of the mouth of the Yangtze River; the longest river…
New Research Helps Explain Dust Bowl Drought
Scientists think they have an explanation for the "dust bowl" droughts of the 1930s, which helped to cause the Great…
Tracking Diseases from Space
More than a million people die from malaria every year, a disease spread by mosquitoes. Epidemics happen when environmental conditions,…