Astronaut photograph of the bright city lights of Las Vegas, including those from the stadium where the Super Bowl LVIII game will be played, captured…
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NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, successfully lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral…
Aladaghlar Mountains in northwestern Iran photographed on September 19, 2023, by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Tectonic forces over millions of years have…
Satellite image of the Kufrah district captured on May 26, 2022, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Terra satellite. The remote and arid…
Satellite image of Tukpahlearik Creek captured on July 23, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9, In Alaska, streams are turning orange as…
Global temperature anomaly 2023. What caused the year to be so hot? Here is a breakdown of the primary factors that scientists considered. NASAEstablished in…
Satellite image of Ålfotbreen glacier in Norway, captured on August 23, 2003. Satellite image of Ålfotbreen glacier in Norway, captured on September 4, 2022. Resting…
Volcanic activity map of the Reykjanes peninsula in southwestern Iceland from data acquired on January 16, 2024, by the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2 on the…
Satellite image of splotches of blue and green swirling through surface waters of South Australia’s Bonney Coast on January 10, 2024. Cool, upwelling water supports…
United States Air Temperature Map on January 15, 2024. Dangerously cold temperatures lingered over large swaths of the country for several days in mid-January 2024.…
Natural-color satellite image of the United States captured on January 9, 2024, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite on the NOAA-20 satellite. A sprawling…
Satellite image of Snowshoe Lava Field and the surrounding volcanic terrain captured on October 26, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. Features…
Astronaut photograph of the Sun rising above Earth’s horizon captured from the International Space Station on September 29, 2023. Astronauts aboard the International Space StationThe…
Satellite image of Antarctica’s Argentine Islands captured on February 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. The Antarctic island served as a…
Satellite image of Cabo Frio’s diverse coastline captured on September 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. People have long noticed that…
Photograph of Athens, Greece at night, captured on September 17, 2022, by an Astronaut onboard the International Space Station. Stark contrasts between light and dark…
Satellite image of Ireland captured on January 19, 2023, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer on NASA’s Aqua satellite. In ancient Greek and Roman times,…
Satellite image of Frosty Peak Volcano captured on April 22, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager-2 on Landsat 9. The Alaskan stratovolcano has not come…
Satellite view around Leavenworth, a Bavarian-inspired town in central Washington state, captured on October 28, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. The…
Upper: Photo captured on February 13, 2016 (before the eruption) from an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. Lower: Photo captured on August 18, 2023,…