Earth Observation
Satellites Could Provide Early Warning for Forest Fires
Image credit: NASA New software developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may give firefighters a new tool for spotting forest…
Northeast Blackout Seen From Space
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration posted satellite images online that showed the extent of the power blackout that affected…
Three Gorges Dam Seen From Above
Image credit: ESA China's Three Gorges Dam was recently photographed from above by the European Space Agency's CHRIS instrument on…
Satellite Confirms Ozone Recovery
Image credit: NASA Observations from three NASA satellites have confirmed that the rate of ozone depletion in the Earth's upper…
New Satellite Image of the Aral Sea
Image credit: ESA A new image taken by the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite shows how much the Aral Sea…
Gravity Map Released
Image credit: NASA The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace) mission has created the most accurate map of the Earth's…
Mars Express Says Goodbye to the Earth and Moon
Image credit: ESA Now well on its way to the Red Planet, the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft took…
Earth Could Have Formed Quickly
Our Earth might have formed a lot earlier that astronomers previously believed, maybe as quickly as 10 million years after…
Earthquakes Simulation Could Lead to Quake Forecasts
Image credit: NASA NASA scientists are working on ways to predict earthquakes using an advanced computer simulation. The software is…
Photos of Mt. Etna Captured By Four Satellites
Image credit: NASA By combining the data from four separate instruments, NASA scientists are able to study the Earth's volcanoes…