Earth Observation
Look at all the Aerosols Pushed into the Atmosphere, from Fires, Volcanoes and Pollution. Even Sea Salt Thrown into the Air from Hurricanes
Using the Goddard Earth Observing System Forward Processing (GEOS FP) model, NASA recently released a visualization that showed all the…
Wow, Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung is Making a Mess. Here’s the View From Space!
The Eruption of Mount Sinabung on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, was recently photographed from space by satellites belonging to…
Some of The Last Glaciers in The Tropics. They’ll be Gone in About a Decade
Images released by NASA's Earth Observatory show how ice loss in the tropics is advancing, and how glaciers there will…
Now That NASA’s Missing IMAGE Satellite Has Been Found, Talking To It Is Going To Be Difficult
NASA has confirmed that their missing IMAGE satellite was indeed located by an amateur astronomer in Canada. But re-establishing contact…
NASA’s Aqua Satellite Watches Ships Crossing the Atlantic Ocean
A new image released by NASA's Aqua satellite shows a beautiful pattern of clouds created by ships criss-crossing the Atlantic…
This is Ice in Antarctica, Flowing in Slow Motion Like Water Going Through River Rapids
As part of their ninth year monitoring the Antarctic peninsula, Operation IceBridge recently flew above the ice sheet and took…
Station Astronauts Unload Cygnus Science; Antares Launch Gallery
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, VA – Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are now busily unloading nearly four tons of…
Covert NRO Satellite Fades into Capes Cloudy Night Skies Shrouded in Liftoff Secrecy: Gallery – As ULA Atlas Wins Landsat Launch
CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, FL — As one Atlas rocket carrying a covert spy satellite for the U.S. National…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Captures Lovely Blue Marble during Gravity Assist Swing-by to Asteroid Bennu
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission captured a lovely ‘Blue Marble’ image of our Home Planet during…
Hey Citizen Scientists! Help NASA Analyze Images Taken from the Space Station
Calling all citizen scientists, geography buffs, fans of the International Space Station and those who love that orbital perspective! CosmoQuest…