Earth

NASA Satellite Sees Ghostly Remains of Vanishing Arctic Sea Ice

Sea ice swirls in ocean currents off the coast of Greenland (NASA/GSFC) Spooky spectral swirls of last season's sea ice…

12 years ago

Watch: Incredible Headcam Video from Felix’s Freefall

Felix Baumgartner salutes his suit-mounted camera before stepping off his capsule's platform at 128,000 feet (Red Bull Stratos) Yesterday, October…

12 years ago

35 Years Ago: Our First Family Portrait of the Earth and Moon

A crescent Earth and Moon as seen by Voyager 1 on September 18, 1977 (NASA) 35 years ago today, September…

12 years ago

NASA Probes Play the Music of Earth’s Magnetosphere

Launched on August 30, 2012, NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) satellites have captured recordings of audible-range radio waves…

12 years ago

What Are The Radiation Belts?

NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe (RBSP) satellites, scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Friday, August 24* at 4:08 a.m.…

12 years ago

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,…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago

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…

12 years ago