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Total Rainfall map of southern California

NASA Observes Extreme Rainfall Over Southern California

01.26.2017
NASA calculated California's rainfall over seven days using a constellation of satellites and created a map to provide the visual extent of the large rainfall totals.
Photo of NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory in Kona, Hawaii

NASA Airborne Mission Chases Air Pollution Through the Seasons

01.26.2017
A NASA airborne mission will take an atmospheric survey by flying from the heart of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, down into the sunny summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
Cosmic Lenses Support Findings on Accelerated Universe Expansion

Cosmic Lenses Support Findings on Accelerated Universe Expansion

01.26.2017
Hubble and other telescopes in space and on the ground observe five galaxies to independently measure the Universe's expansion.
NASA Restarts Rigorous Vibration Testing on the James Webb Space Telescope

NASA Restarts Rigorous Vibration Testing on the James Webb Space Telescope

01.25.2017
Testing on the James Webb Space Telescope successfully resumed last week at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Landsat 8 image of Atlas mountains

Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains

01.25.2017
If you ever fly over the High Atlas Range in Morocco, look down. You will be treated to a visual spectacle that you will not soon forget.
Landsat images comparing forest cover change between 1972 and 1999

How Satellite Data Changed Chimpanzee Conservation Efforts

01.24.2017
Scientists and conservationists are turning to the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat satellites to help bolster their efforts to preserve chimpanzee forest homes.
Photo of snow-capped mountains

NASA Measures ‘Dust on Snow’ to Help Manage Colorado River Basin Water Supplies

01.24.2017
By working together to use NASA’s satellite data, the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center ensure that more than 33 million people have a more secure water supply.
GOES-16 composite color full-disk visble iimage

New Weather Satellite Sends First Images of Earth

01.23.2017
The release of the first images today from NOAA’s newest satellite, GOES-16, is the latest step in a new age of weather satellites.
Terraa satellite image of fires burning in central Chile

Fires Continue to Plague Chile

01.23.2017
Fires continue to plague Central Chile as a record number of forest fires this past year have erupted due to drought conditions and high temperatures.
Terra satellite image of erupting Bogoslof Volcano

NASA's Terra Satellite Sees Alaskan Volcanic Eruption Wrapped in White

01.19.2017
When NASA's Terra satellite passed over Alaska's erupting Bogoslof Volcano it captured an image of a large ash plume surrounded by clouds making it appear to be wrapped in white.
Photo of Matthew McGill

NASA Goddard Scientist Wins 2017 GLBT Scientist Award

01.19.2017
Matthew McGill has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals (NOGLSTP) Scientist of the Year Award.
Terra satellite image of fires and smoke in central Chile

NASA's Terra Catches Fires in Central Chile

01.19.2017
A drought in Central Chile is the cause of a record number of forest fires this past year.
Suomi NPP satellite image of fire and smoke over Indochina

Agricultural Fires Cover Indochina's Landscape

01.19.2017
Agricultural fires set in Southeast Asia for the purpose of clearing fields peak in late winter or early spring as farmers prepare land for seasonal planting.
Hubble's Slice of Sagittarius

Hubble's Slice of Sagittarius

01.19.2017
This stunning image, captured by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, shows part of the sky in the constellation of Sagittarius.
Global map of average temperatures

NASA, NOAA Data Show 2016 Warmest Year on Record Globally

01.18.2017
Earth’s 2016 surface temperatures were the warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880, according to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Thermokarst landscape map of northernmost latitudes of North America

Where Are Arctic Soils Defrosting?

01.18.2017
Like a giant ice cream cake left outside on a hot summer day, the Arctic is melting.
Photo of Norman Kuring diving in Bonaire on this favorite reef, Karpata

Norman Kuring - Making the Unseen Ocean Visible

01.17.2017
Kuring advises: “We live on a remarkably beautiful planet. We need to take care of her. Appreciate nature, go outside and explore.”
Artist's concept of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft en route to asteroid Bennu.

Successful Deep Space Maneuver for NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft

01.17.2017
OSIRIS-REx aced its first deep space maneuver Dec. 28, setting the spacecraft up for an Earth gravity assist this fall on its 2-year journey to the asteroid Bennu.
Terra satellite image of Maldives

Water, Water Everywhere

01.15.2017
The palm tree-fringed beaches of the Maldives give the appearance of an island paradise. But behind the tiny island nation lies a more complicated story.
Hubble Gazes Into a Black Hole of Puzzling Lightness

Hubble Gazes Into a Black Hole of Puzzling Lightness

01.13.2017
The beautiful spiral galaxy visible in the center of the image is known as RX J1140.1+0307, a galaxy in the Virgo constellation.
Image depicting Total Rainfall calculations over southern Thailand

NASA Analyzes Heavy Rainfall Over Southern Thailand

01.13.2017
Widespread flooding has recently caused the deaths of dozens of people in southern Thailand. Frequent and persistent downpours have resulted in record rainfall totals...
Satellite image of Earth from space

NASA, NOAA to Announce 2016 Global Temperatures, Climate Conditions

01.13.2017
Climate experts from NASA and NOAA will provide the annually-scheduled release of data on global temperatures and discuss climate trends of 2016 during a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST Jan. 18.
Photo of Dalia Kirschbaum and Miguel Román

NASA Goddard Scientists Receive Presidential Early Career Awards

01.13.2017
Two scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are recipients of Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, also known as PECASE.
NASA Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards

NASA Scientists and Engineers Honored with Presidential Early Career Awards

01.13.2017
Calling them innovators who are working to help keep the United States on the cutting-edge, President Obama this week named five NASA researchers as recipients of the PECASE award.
Photo of Forrestal Range

NASA Plans Another Busy Year for Earth Science Fieldwork

01.12.2017
NASA scientists are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 – from a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountain tops and west Pacific islands – to investigate critical scientific questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it.
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