Earth Observation
MESSENGER Looks Back at the Earth and Moon
[/caption] A new image to add to the family photo album! The MESSENGER spacecraft is working its way to enter…
What is Causing Weather Extremes in 2010?
[/caption] Massive rains in Pakistan, China and Iowa in the US. Drought, heat and unprecedented fires in Russia and western…
View From Space: Huge Piece of Glacier Breaks Off Greenland
[/caption] A huge ice island four times the size of Manhattan-- and half as thick as the Empire State Building…
2010 Had Warmest Global June on Record
[/caption] Was last month warm where you live? If so, you weren't alone. According measurements taken by the National Oceanic…
Earth Moved Substantially in April 2010 Earthquake
[/caption] From a JPL press release. NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface…
Latest Satellite Views of Oil Leak, Plus Dramatic Video of Where the Oil May End Up
[/caption] 56 days into the the still-leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well spill in the Gulf of Mexico, satellite views are…
Pictures of Australia
Here are some pictures of Australia, taken from space. You can make any of these images into your computer wallpaper.…
A Trilogy of Tremendous Volcanoes
[/caption] You like volcanoes? We've got volcanoes! Three recent images from space show some tremendous volcanoes on Earth. This very…
Time-Lapse Satellite View of Growing Oil Spill
We've featured many aerial satellite images of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, here on Universe Today, but this time-lapse video…
Satellite Images Show Oil Slick on the Move Towards Florida, Possibly East Coast of US
[/caption] Confirming some of the worst fears about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, satellite images…