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Satellite sees Greenland's most significant floating ice loss in over a decade | Space photo of the day for Aug. 24, 202...

A fractured "ice tongue" is visible in the imagery.

Glaciers spotted flowing across the Himalayas from space | Space photo of the day for July 15, 2026

Glacial ice carves its way downhill.

New NASA Earth missions gear up to start science flights

Landslides in Alaska. Air quality in Atlanta. Fire clouds out West. From the Arctic fringes to farm country, NASA's newest class of suborbital Earth Venture missions is gearing up...

NASA Reveals the Black Sea’s Stunning Annual Turquoise Transformation

NASA captured the Black Sea’s annual turquoise transformation as massive blooms of microscopic plankton turned the water into a dazzling spectacle visible from orbit. The Black Sea...

How Weather Satellites Photograph a Hurricane: Inside the Cameras That Watch Storms Form

When a hurricane spins up over the Atlantic, the most frequent, most continuous pictures of it come from a camera parked 22,236 miles above the equator. That camera is the Advanced...

60 years ago NASA took the first ever photo of Earth from the moon—and began a legacy

Snapped on August 23, 1966, by the uncrewed Lunar Orbiter 1, the photo’s legacy lives on in the breathtaking images of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew

ISS astronaut spies a swirling super storm | Space photo of the day for Aug. 4, 2026

From the International Space Station on Aug. 2, 2026, NASA astronaut Anil Menon captured an incredible photograph of a swirling typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.

ESCAPADE's cameras capture Earth and moon

In November 2025, NASA's Mars-bound ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers) spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral with special cargo on board: two camera...

US-India satellite delivers data, reveals 'hummingbird' in Antarctica

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and In...

Satellite spots a 'hummingbird' in Antarctica | Space photo of the day for July 23, 2026

A hummingbird shape in satellite data from NISAR is actually a mountaintop spotted in Antarctica.

Interactive: The Heezen–Tharp World Ocean Floor Map

Explore Marie Tharp's groundbreaking 1977 World Ocean Floor map and discover how it transformed our understanding of the Earth.

Percy Sees An 'Eclipse' of Earth, From Mars

Sure. It may not look like much. But sometimes, the 'wow' factor in an image lies in knowing just what you're seeing. While most of us are eagerly awaiting Wednesday’s total solar...

Satellites spy penguin poop on Danger Islands | Space photo of the day for July 30, 2026

Researchers used NASA satellite imagery, along with ground observations, to track changes in the diets of penguins on Antarctica's Danger Islands.

Wildfire smoke blankets volcanoes across the Pacific Northwest | Space photo of the day for Aug. 17, 2026

The wildfires ripping across North America have created massive plumes of smoke.

On this day in space! Aug. 13, 2014: Game-changing WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite launches to orbit

The WorldView-3 Earth-observing satellite.

Seattle's 'Emerald City' from space: How glaciers and people shaped its landscape

Ancient glaciers sculpted Seattle's hills and valleys thousands of years ago. Humans later reshaped this terrain through extensive engineering projects. The city's development is c...

Smoke from devastating Canada wildfires visible from space | Space photo of the day for July 17, 2026

Satellites have captured images of the billowing smoke.

Astronaut Snaps Photo of Super Typhoon on His iPhone

Astronaut Anil Menon has only been in space for less than one month, but he has already captured a mind-boggling photo showing a super typhoon brooding above the Pacific Ocean. [Re...

NASA captured the Black Sea turning brilliant turquoise from space

NASA's PACE satellite captured the Black Sea glowing turquoise during its annual phytoplankton bloom. The vivid color comes from massive numbers of coccolithophores, microscopic or...

High resolution satellite data used to monitor coastal changes

Earth Sciences NZ has been using new satellite data to track how coastal areas of New Zealand are changing in the face of climate change.

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...

Try not to be hypnotized by the 'Eye of Africa' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2026

This geologic feature has been mesmerizing astronauts since 1965.

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...