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Iceberg Larger than London Breaks off Brunt
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An iceberg around the size of Greater London broke off Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf due to a natural process called ‘calving.’ The iceberg, measuring 1550 square kilometers, detached from the 150-meter-thick ice shelf...
A Look Back: 2022’s Temperature Record
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2022 effectively tied for Earth’s 5th warmest year since 1880, and the last nine consecutive years have been the warmest nine on record. NASA looks back at how heat was expressed in different ways around the world in ...
Earth from Space: Nushagak Bay, Alaska
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In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the complex and diverse landscape that surrounds Nushagak Bay in Alaska. Credit: ESA - European Space Agency
Earth from Space: Inhambane Bay
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In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Inhambane Bay, in southeast Mozambique.
New Supercomputer Simulation Sheds Light on Moon’s Origin
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A new NASA and Durham University simulation puts forth a different theory of the Moon’s origin—the Moon may have formed in a matter of hours, when material from the Earth and a Mars sized-body were launched directly i...
Earth from Space: Lake Trasimeno
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In this week's edition of the Earth from Space program, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy.
A New Era of Earth Science (NASA Trailer)
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For more than 50 years, NASA has been collecting and providing data about Earth’s land, water, ice and atmosphere. Now, a new era of Earth Science has begun. NASA will launch a fleet of state-of-the-art satellites for...
Earth’s Iconic Waves, Observed by Landsat
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The broad perspective from satellites shows the landscapes and seascapes surrounding some of the world's tallest, longest, fastest, and heaviest waves.
Listening to the Amazon: Tracking Deforestation Through Sound
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From space, parts of the Amazon rainforest that have previously been logged or burned may look lush and green, like a place buzzing with activity and full of sounds. But inside the rainforest, the animal life may tell...
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) Gets Installed on International Space Station
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This time-lapse video shows the Candarm2 robotic arm of the International Space Station maneuvering NASA’s EMIT mission onto the exterior of the station. Extraction from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft began around 5:15 ...
