NASA Discovers a Massive Crater Under Greenland Ice
An international team of researchers, including a NASA glaciologist, has discovered a large meteorite impact crater hiding beneath more than a half-mile of ice in…
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NASA Satellites Map California Wildfires from Space
NASA IceBridge Flight Spots Massive Antarctic Iceberg B-46
International Space Station Image of the Frozen Wild Dnieper River
Operation IceBridge Spots 2 Strangely Shaped Icebergs
Counting Down to the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) Launch
Apollo 7 Views Southern California
NASA Satellite Captures 360-View of Hurricane Maria
Scientists Develop New Way to Measure Earth’s Magnetic Field
ISS Image Captures the Creativity of Mother Nature
International Space Station Commander Alexander Gerst has a better view of our home planet than most. From aboard the orbital laboratory he sees Earth in…
‘Fingerprints’ of Ancient Weather Conditions
When a coastal tide rolls out, it can reveal beautiful ripples in the temporarily exposed sand. These same undulating patterns can also be seen in…
2018 Arctic Summertime Sea Ice Minimum, Sixth Lowest on Record
Arctic sea ice likely reached its 2018 lowest extent on September 19 and again on September 23, according to NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow…
Scientists Observe Relationship Between Earth’s Surface Temperature and Its Outgoing Heat
Just as an oven gives off more heat to the surrounding kitchen as its internal temperature rises, the Earth sheds more heat into space as…
NASA Scientists Observe Electric Blue Clouds in the Mesosphere
On the cusp of our atmosphere live a thin group of seasonal electric blue clouds. Forming 50 miles above the poles in summer, these clouds…
Researchers Measure Wave Particle Energy Transfer in Collisionless Space Plasma
The Earth’s magnetosphere contains plasma, an ionized gas composed of positive ions and negative electrons. The motion of these charged plasma particles is controlled by…
Scientists Reveal How Phytoplankton Survive in Nutrient Deficient Ocean Gyres
Subtropical gyres are huge, sustained currents spanning thousands of kilometers across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, where very little grows. With nutrients in short supply,…
ELFIN CubeSats to Study How Electrons Escape the Van Allen Belts
Three hundred and ten miles above our planet’s surface, near-Earth space is abuzz with action. Here begin the Van Allen Belts, a pair of concentric…
NASA Satellites Show Hurricane Florence Strengthening
NASA satellites are providing a lot of different kinds of data to forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to help them understand what’s happening Hurricane…