DSCOVR Satellite Views Moon Crossing Face of Earth
Scientists reveal a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. A NASA camera aboard…
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MMS Mission to Give Unique Look at Magnetic Reconnection
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission is poised to give astronomers a unique look at magnetic reconnection. On July 9, 2015 the four spacecraft of NASA’s Magnetospheric…
Less Algae Gives Lake Tahoe Its Blue Color
New research from UC Davis and NASA reveals that the blueness of Lake Tahoe is controlled by algal concentration, which in turn is driven by…
NASA DSCOVR Satellite Image of Africa and Europe
This newly released NASA image shows Africa and Europe from a million miles away. Africa is front and center in this image of Earth taken…
New Research Sheds Light on the Evolutionary Path That Enabled Life on Earth
A new study from the University of British Columbia reveals that the early loss of radioactive heat-producing elements such as uranium and potassium helped put…
CryoSat Satellite Shows Increased Volume of Arctic Sea Ice
New measurements from ESA’s CryoSat Satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice increased following the unusually cool summer of 2013, suggesting that ice…
NASA Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite Captures Image of Earth
NASA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory Satellite has captured its first view of Earth. The image shows the entire sunlit side from one million miles away….
Researchers Observed 13 Equally Spaced, Zebra-Like Stripes of Plasma in Space
A team of researchers from MIT and UCLA have identified zebra-like stripes of plasma in a region of space about 12,000 miles from Earth’s surface….
NASA Study Reveals Oceans Temporarily Hide Global Warming
A newly published NASA study shows that the recent extra heat from greenhouse gases has been trapped in the waters of the Pacific and Indian…
Surfer-Shaped Waves Discovered at the Boundaries of Near-Earth Space
Two published papers reveal Kelvin-Helmholtz waves at the boundaries of near-Earth space, showing that they can appear under any conditions and are much more prevalent…
NASA Study Provides New Estimates for the Global Water Cycle
A newly published study from NASA helps answer questions about droughts, flooding and how much water is on the move and where it is going….
NASA Study Shows Beijing’s Physical Area Quadrupled between 2000 and 2009
Using data from NASA’s QuikScat satellite, a newly published study demonstrates how to quantify urban growth based on observed changes in physical infrastructure. Scientists used…
Tiny Dracula Ants: New Species of Subterranean Hunters
Six new species of subterranean ants from the genus Prionopelta have been discovered in Madagascar and the islands of Seychelles. Dubbed Dracula ants by these…
Demise of Laurentide Ice Sheet Due to Sudden Shift in “Radiative Forcing”
Researchers at Oregon State University studied the cause of the demise of the massive Laurentide Ice Sheet during the last ice age, looking for clues…
NASA’s AIM Spacecraft Observes Noctilucent Clouds
This composite image shows noctilucent clouds over the Arctic captured by NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere Spacecraft. In the late spring and summer,…
GRACE Reveals That a Third of Big Groundwater Basins Are in Distress
Using data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites, two new studies reveal that about one third of Earth’s largest groundwater basins are being…
New Model Helps Explain the Softness in Earth’s Lithosphere
A new model from researchers at Yale University helps explain the drop in elastic stiffness in the middle of the Earth’s continental lithosphere. Lithosphere is…
New Detailed Global Climate Change Projections from NASA
A new dataset from the NASA Earth Exchange shows how temperature and rainfall patterns worldwide may change through the year 2100 because of growing concentrations…
