Earth Science

Mighty MURI brings the heat to test new longwave infrared radiometer

NASA’s new Multiband Uncooled Radiometer Instrument (MURI) features a novel bolometer that detects infrared radiation without a cryogenic cooler, greatly reducing the cost and complexity of dispatching infrared radiometers into low-Earth orbit.

Posted December 19, 2023

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Aeronautics

Air Traffic Solutions

Drones & You

Earth Science

Earth's Atmosphere

NASA Aircraft

Science Mission Directorate

Space Technology Mission Directorate

Supersonic Flight

Armstrong Flight Research Center: A Year in Review

It was an abundant year of innovation, exploration, and inspiration for NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. NASA Armstrong continues to demonstrate America’s leadership in aeronautics, Earth and space science, and aerospace technology.

Posted December 15, 2023

Ames Research Center

Air Traffic Control Labs

Air Traffic Solutions

Ames Research Center's Science Directorate

CubeSats

Earth Science

General

High-Tech Computing

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Jessica Watkins

Lunar Explorer Instrument for space biology Applications (LEIA)

OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer)

Quesst (X-59)

Rings of Saturn

Saturn

Saturn Moons

VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)

Water & Energy Cycle

Wildfires

2023 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley

It’s been another great year at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Join us as we review some of the highlights of the science, engineering, and innovation from 2023. Announcing a New Innovation Hub Planned for NASA Research Park at Ames Berkeley Space Center is a proposed new campus of the University of […]

Posted December 13, 2023

NASA History

Airborne Science

DC-8

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

NASA Aircraft

Contributions of the DC-8 to Earth System Science at NASA: A Workshop

Call for Papers Date: August 13–14, 2024Location: Washington, D.C. Jointly organized by the NASA History Office and the Earth Science Division, this workshop seeks to document the important contributions of airborne campaigns implemented on NASA’s DC-8 Airborne Science Laboratory.

Posted December 11, 2023

Citizen Science

Earth Science

Artificial Intelligence Plus Your Cell Phone Means Better Maps of Earth!

In 2019, the GLOBE Land Cover project began asking volunteers to help map planet Earth by taking photos of their surroundings facing multiple directions, including north, south, east and west. Now, a new paper by Huang et al. demonstrates how to combine these images using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Posted December 4, 2023

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Earth System Observatory (ESO)

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Trailblazing New Earth Satellite Put to Test in Preparation for Launch

During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment. NISAR, the trailblazing Earth-observing radar satellite being developed by the United States and Indian space agencies, passed a major milestone on Nov.

Posted November 14, 2023

People of Goddard

Carbon Cycle

Earth

Earth Science

Goddard Space Flight Center

Oceans

Peter Griffith: Diving Into Carbon Cycle Science

Dr. Peter Griffith serves as the director of NASA’s Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Dr. Griffith's scientific journey began by swimming in lakes as a child, then to scuba diving with the Smithsonian Institution, and now he studies Earth’s changing climate with NASA.

Posted November 8, 2023

Citizen Science

Earth Science

Six Growing Beyond Earth Student Teams to Present at the 2023 American Association for Gravitational and Space Research Conference

Congratulations to the six Growing Beyond Earth high school teams who will present their original research at this year’s American Association for Gravitational and Space Research Conference in Washington D.C.!

Posted November 8, 2023

Armstrong Flight Research Center

Earth Science

Earth Surface & Interior

ER-2

Science & Research

NASA Maps Minerals and Ecosystem Function in Southwest U.S. Regions

In September 2023, NASA aircraft began supporting an effort to find and map critical mineral deposits in Western regions of the U.S.

Posted November 7, 2023

Citizen Science

Earth Science

Heliophysics

One Year of Spritacular Science!

Sprites, those beguiling electrical flashes of light above thunderstorms, raise so many questions: Why do they take the shapes they do? What conditions in the upper atmosphere trigger them? How do sprites affect Earth’s global electric circuit, and what is their contribution to the energy in Earth’s upper atmosphere?

Posted November 6, 2023