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Europe's new Sentinel-3C satellite just sent back spectacular images of Earth

Europe's Sentinel-3C satellite has returned breathtaking images of Earth just two weeks after launch, revealing the snowy Alps, frozen Arctic islands, and brilliant turquoise Carib...

Hurricane Simon Roars Below as Strange Waves Ripple Across the Sky

NASA captured strange, rarely seen atmospheric waves rippling high above Hurricane Simon as the powerful storm roared along Mexico’s coast. Although Hurricane Simon stayed offshore...

The Bottleneck in Forest Monitoring Isn’t in Orbit

There are 16,000 satellites circling the Earth right now, and a growing share of them capture images of our planet in unprecedented detail at every moment of the day. One of the ma...

What Is Earth Observation Analytics?

Earth observation has transformed the way organizations understand what is happening across the planet. Satellites and other remote-sensing technologies can collect enormous quanti...

Satellite images reveal ethereal auroral storm raging above the North Pole

The satellite, Smile, is a joint European and Chinese mission to study space weather and geomagnetic storms above Earth

NASA Satellites Reveal a Troubling New Reality in the Arctic

Nearly 50 years of NASA satellite data reveal a troubling decline in Arctic sea ice, raising the possibility of a nearly ice-free summer before 2050. Satellite observations reveal...

New Mexico’s Largest Reservoir Was Nearly Full. Now It’s at 1.4%

New Mexico’s largest reservoir plunged to just 1.4 percent capacity in July 2026, revealing the dramatic impact of prolonged drought and record early snowmelt. NASA is using satell...

NASA's CASALS instrument bridges gaps in 3D maps of Earth's surface

A team of researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has developed a new instrument designed to eliminate blind spots between lines of lidar data on Earth's surface....

India’s Eye In The Sky: EOS-05 Geo-Imaging Satellite Secures Continuous Watch From Space

India’s EOS-05, launched on 4 September 2026 aboard GSLV-F17, is now positioned in geosynchronous orbit, marking a historic milestone as the country’s first dedicated geo-imaging s...

Curiosity Rover Snaps Another Banger Photo: A Martian Mountain at Dawn

The Curiosity Rover is on a roll: NASA has released another stunning panorama captured by the extraterrestrial vehicle that shows distant cliffs shaped by wind over billions of yea...

World’s most powerful lightning-chasing satellite joins China-Nepal flood relief efforts

China is using the world’s most powerful geostationary weather satellite to track severe thunderstorms over Nepal and deliver real-time intelligence as the two countries continue s...

The Satellites of Mars

There are lots of 3D maps that visualize the tens of thousands of human-made satellites orbiting the Earth, such as SatelliteeXplorer and James Darpinian's See a Satellite Tonight,...

The First Fall Color of 2026 As Seen From Space

For most people, fall foliage has only arrived in localized bursts of colors. As I look out my window in Maine, I see slight glimpses of red and orange on just a handful of trees....

A Greenland Glacier Loses Another Chunk of Ice

The ESA's Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leadi...

Mono Lake, Earth Shadow, Clouds

"Mono Lake, Earth Shadow, Clouds" — Mono Lake, evening clouds, with the earth's shadow above the horizon.

Our Powerful ‘Eye in the Sky’ Just Multiplied

  Next month, scientists and diplomats from all over the world will arrive in Antalya, Türkiye for the UN climate conference known as COP31. The host country wants to make global p...

NASA captures a stunning transformation in Australia's red outback

Australia's normally dry, rust-colored outback has erupted into a spectacular carpet of wildflowers after unusually heavy rains, potentially producing its most impressive bloom in...

Earth’s center is moving, and NASA just measured it

Earth’s center of mass is constantly on the move, shifting by a few millimeters as enormous amounts of water, ice, and even air migrate around the planet with the seasons. NASA sci...

Deep Learning Teaches Satellites to Watch Soil Moisture Change Within a Single Day

A localized convolutional neural network trained on ASCAT satellite radar data outperforms the operational soil moisture product and, during heavy rainfall events, can detect how s...

Curiosity Greets a Spectacular Dawn Sky on Mars

Mars is a planetary geologist’s paradise. NASA’s Curiosity rover drove that home recently, with a captivating panorama seen from the slopes of Mount Sharp. The image shows a stunni...

Snow, monsoons and oceans shift Earth's center of mass each year, satellite tracking shows

Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet's center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientist...

NASA captures strange waves high above Hurricane Simon

As Hurricane Simon unleashed destructive winds and flooding along Mexico’s coast, NASA satellites captured an extraordinary sight: massive atmospheric waves rippling high above the...

A NASA Photo Processing Technique to Study Mars Has Discovered Ancient Art on Earth

A rock art enthusiast used an image processing technique that scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed to improve the detail of satellite photos of Mars' rocky surf...