NASA’s GOES satellites have provided 50 years of continuous geostationary monitoring, delivering real-time weather, environmental hazard, and space weather data to support forecasts, emergency ...

The image looks almost abstract at first, a set of pale bands sweeping across the Pacific that could be mistaken for clouds or camera noise. In reality, it is the signature of a wall of water ...

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Sentinel-6B continues three decades of global ocean height measurements, tracking sea level changes, ocean currents, and climate-related trends for scientific research and operational forecasting.

India has successfully launched the heaviest satellite to ever take off from Indian soil into low Earth orbit, marking a key ...

From plasma engines that could turn months of travel into weeks to the first blueprints for ships that will outlive their ...

The South Sandwich Islands were born from a tectonic collision, forged by volcanism and relentlessly reshaped by ice, wind ...

AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has recorded important new observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using its Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS). In July, 3I/ATLAS ...

A rare SWOT satellite pass captured a Pacific-wide tsunami in high resolution, revealing complex wave patterns that challenge ...

Since then, NORAD has upgraded its Santa-tracking technology by installing Santa cams in space to monitor the jolly old elf, ...

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