Earth Observation

NOAA report shows Arctic warming slows but persists

Though not as extreme as last year, new report by NOAA and partners finds that the Arctic continues to show…

11 years ago

New Low Cost Solar Instrument launches from Wallops

(Source NOAA) - An instrument that measures the sun’s energy output is in orbit after it was launched last night…

11 years ago

Iceberg B-31, as big as city, breaks free

(Source NASA) - Between November 9–11, 2013, a large iceberg finally separated from the calving front of Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier.Scientists first…

11 years ago

GOCE Satellite uncontrolled re-entry Update

UPDATE 11/11/13 - Update from ESA - GOCE has re-entered. The atmospheric interface at ~80 km altitude occurred, following a…

11 years ago

GOES-R main instrument cleared for installation

(Source - NOAA) A key instrument that will fly on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite – R  (GOES-R) spacecraft, NOAA’s…

11 years ago

Very Cool Picture of Northern Lights from ISS

(NASA) This striking aurora image was taken during a geomagnetic storm that was most likely caused by a coronal mass…

11 years ago

Bright Meteor Seen Over Georgia/Tennessee 9/3/13 – Video

(NASA) Early Wednesday morning, at 3:27:20 AM Eastern Time, a piece of an asteroid, about 2 feet in diameter and…

11 years ago

Yosemite Rim Fire as seen from space

The scale of the Rim Fire threatening Yosemite can be seen in these images from the MODIS instrument on the…

11 years ago

Impressive Video of South Pole Aurora From Space

Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, as seen by the NASA IMAGE satellite eight days after a giant solar flare. Just…

11 years ago

Space Station Sunrise over the Aleutian Islands

Astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) took this panoramic photo looking northeast from a point half-way along the Aleutian…

11 years ago