Earth Science

2024 Solar Eclipse
Astrophysics
Audio
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Heliophysics
Planetary Science
Science Activation
During the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse, approximately 770 AudioMoth recording devices were used to capture sound data as part of the Eclipse Soundscapes Project — a multisensory participatory science (also known as “citizen science”) project that is studying how eclipses impact life on Earth.
Posted August 28, 2024
Earth Science
Introduction First as a bite, then a half Moon, until crescent-shaped shadows dance through the leaves and the temperature begins to drop – a total solar eclipse can be felt growing in the atmosphere. As the sky darkens in the few minutes before totality, the sounds of animals begin to dissipate along with the vibrancy […]
Posted August 22, 2024
Earth Science
Science-enabling Technology
Technology Highlights
Uncategorized
The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) instituted the Entrepreneurs Challenge to identify innovative ideas and technologies from small business start-ups with the potential to advance the agency’s science goals.
Posted August 20, 2024
Climate Change
Earth
Earth Science
Greenhouse Gases
Developed by the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the imaging spectrometer will provide actionable data to help reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
Posted August 17, 2024
Astrophysics
Earth Science
Science Activation
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
On May 30th, 2024, NASA and the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian announced the public release of “high-quality, near real-time air quality data” from NASA’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) mission.
Posted August 13, 2024
Earth Science
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Science Activation
At the Earth Educator’s Rendezvous, held July 15-19, 2024, NASA’s Infiniscope project from Arizona State University hosted a two-day workshop aimed at empowering Earth educators with the tools to design and build virtual tours (VTs).
Posted August 12, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Aeronautics
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Aircraft
Science in the Air
Science Mission Directorate
Operating internationally over several countries this summer, NASA’S C-20A aircraft completed more than 150 hours of science flights across two months in support of Earth science research and overcame several challenges throughout its missions.
Posted August 8, 2024
Earth Science
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Opportunities For Students to Get Involved
Science Activation
As a 16-year old high school graduate, Maggie House decided to leave the military base in Germany where she lived with her family and go to college close to nature in Fairbanks, Alaska. She had lived in many countries and US states and knew she was ready. At the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ […]
Posted July 30, 2024
Earth Science
Grades 5 - 8 for Educators
Grades 9-12 for Educators
Grades K - 4 for Educators
Science Activation
The NASA Science Activation program’s PLACES (Broadening Data Fluency Through the Integration of NASA Assets and Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship) team – which focuses on supporting educators to implement Place-Based, Data-Rich (PBDR) instruction using NASA assets in their own contexts – recently published a b
Posted July 29, 2024
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