Earth
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 Satellites Will Tighten Knowledge of Earth’s Radiation Belts
Surrounding our planet like vast invisible donuts (the ones with the hole, not the jelly-filled kind) are the Van Allen…
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…
An Orbital Adagio: Nighttime Views from the ISS
People keep making these videos from ISS photography, and we keep loving them. Here's the latest, assembled by photographer Knate…
Brazilian Band Soars to New Heights with a NASA-Inspired Video
Popular Brazilian rock band Fresno recently released a new video for their new song, "Infinito", and it really rises above the…
Why Doesn’t Earth Have More Water?
Water, water everywhere... Coleridge's shipbound ancient mariners were plagued by a lack of water while surrounded by a sea of…
Wildfire Smoke is Visible Even at Night from Space
The Whitewater-Baldy fire is the largest wildfire in New Mexico's history and has charred more than 465 square miles of…
Powerful “Derecho” Storms as Seen from Space
The powerful windstorms that swept across the US last week was captured by several different satellites. This type of storm,…
What are You Doing With Your Added Leap Second Today?
Everyone loves a long weekend, this weekend will be officially one second longer than usual. An extra second, or "leap"…
Smoking Wildfires Seen From Space
Wildfires continue to rage across the western United States, burning forests and property alike, and even the most remote have…