Earth Science

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Natural Disasters
One of the most powerful radar systems ever launched into space has mapped the ground moving beneath one of fastest subsiding capitals in the world: Mexico City.
Posted April 29, 2026
Langley Research Center
Airborne Science
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
General
Science Mission Directorate
NASA’s Boeing 777 has returned to the agency’s fleet after undergoing heavy structural modifications as it transforms from a giant passenger plane into the agency’s next-generation airborne science laboratory.
Posted April 22, 2026
Earth Science
Join us April 29 at 2:00 p.m. EDT to learn more about CSDA program vendor MDA Space.
Posted April 17, 2026
Earth Science
The report adds to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
Posted April 17, 2026
Earth Science
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Photojournal
Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount Rainier. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is able to peer through the clouds at the surface below. In Pacific Northwest imagery from the […]
Posted March 27, 2026
Earth Science
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Photojournal
Description This image captured by U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR on Nov. 10, 2025, shows Washington’s Mount St. Helens. The image is cropped from a much larger swath spanning the Pacific Northwest on a cloudy day; NISAR’s L-band SAR instrument is able to peer through the clouds at the surface below. In Pacific Northwest imagery from […]
Posted March 27, 2026
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Water on Earth
Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are among the cloudiest cities in the United States. But that infamous cloud cover is no match for the U.S.-Indian Earth satellite NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), which is designed to peer straight through clouds.
Posted March 25, 2026
Earth Science
Earth
Ionosphere
Natural Disasters
Tsunamis
A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami. Called GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert Network), the software detects slight distortions in satellite navigation signals to spot hazards on the move..
Posted March 23, 2026
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging. How quickly does hail melt as it falls?
Posted March 17, 2026
Earth
Earth Observatory
Earth Science
Earth Surface & Interior
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Life on Earth
Topography
Vegetation
Ireland is best known for its many greens, but the striking grays of the island’s Burren region also stand out in satellite images.
Posted March 17, 2026
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