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Earth Science
Earth
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Aircraft
NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey have been mapping the planets since Apollo. One team is searching closer to home for minerals critical to national security and the economy. If not for the Joshua trees, the tan hills of Cuprite, Nevada, would resemble Mars. Scalded and chemically altered by water from deep underground, the rocks […]
Posted July 10, 2025
Earth
Applied Sciences Program
Earth Science Division
Ellington Field
Floods
General
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
NASA Aircraft
NASA Headquarters
Science Mission Directorate
WB-57
In response to recent flooding near Kerrville, Texas, NASA deployed two aircraft to assist state and local authorities in ongoing recovery operations.
Posted July 9, 2025
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
General
Langley Research Center
Missions
Science Mission Directorate
Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground.
Posted July 3, 2025
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Ames Research Center
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Science Mission Directorate
In autumn 2024, California’s Monterey Bay experienced an outsized phytoplankton bloom that attracted fish, dolphins, whales, seabirds, and – for a few weeks in October – scientists.
Posted June 26, 2025
Earth
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)
NASA satellite data and citizen science observations combine for new findings on bird populations.
Posted June 25, 2025
Science-enabling Technology
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth's Moon
General
Goddard Space Flight Center
Langley Research Center
Lunar Science
Science Instruments
Science Mission Directorate
Small Satellite Missions
Technology
NASA will soon launch a one-of-a-kind instrument, called Arcstone, to improve the quality of data from Earth-viewing sensors in orbit. In this technology demonstration, the mission will measure sunlight reflected from the Moon— a technique called lunar calibration.
Posted June 21, 2025
Earth
GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite)
This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite was captured at 7:45 a.m. EDT (11:45 UTC) and shows the Americas on June 21, 2012, the start of astronomical summer – in the Northern Hemisphere – that year. The first day of summer in 2025 is June 20; it is also the longest day of the year. […]
Posted June 20, 2025
Earth
Greenhouse Gases
Video Series
NASA uses satellite lidar technology to study Earth’s forests, key carbon sinks.
Posted June 17, 2025
Earth
Extreme Weather Events
Hurricanes & Typhoons
With hurricane season underway, NASA is gearing up to produce cutting-edge research to bolster the nation’s readiness and response to severe weather.
Posted June 12, 2025
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
Earth
Earth Science Technology Office
Human Dimensions
International Space Station (ISS)
Oceans
Water on Earth
Proof-of-concept results from the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County show how an instrument called EMIT could aid wastewater detection. An instrument built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory  to map minerals on Earth is now revealing clues about water quality.
Posted June 12, 2025
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