Earth

Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture

For over 50 years, the Landsat program has provided the longest continuous satellite record of Earth’s land surface from space. Landsat 9, launched in 2021, is the latest mission in this remarkable legacy.

Posted February 26, 2026

Earth

Water on Earth

Icy Hudson River

During a stretch of frigid weather in late January 2026, ice choked the Hudson River along Manhattan’s western shore. The OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 8 captured this image of the wintry landscape around midday on Jan. 28. This image uses representational color to distinguish ice (light blue) from open water and snow.

Posted February 9, 2026

Earth

Ice & Glaciers

Landsat

Tracking Glacial Change with Landsat and Radar

NASA Scientist Alex Gardner highlights how Landsat made his research into the dynamics of glacial flow possible.

Posted February 4, 2026

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

JPSS-4

Langley Research Center

Libera

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Science Instruments

NASA Earth Energy Instrument Completes Testing, Ready for Delivery

NASA’s Libera instrument, which is designed to maintain the global data record of Earth’s radiation budget, has successfully completed comprehensive environmental testing. This critical milestone included thermal vacuum tests that simulate the expected space temperature and environments that Libera will experience during its mission.

Posted January 31, 2026

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)

Earth

Earth Science

Earth Science Division

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA-ISRO Radar Mission Peers Through Clouds to See Mississippi River Delta

A new image from the NISAR mission shows off the satellite’s ability to reveal details of Earth’s surfaces. The science team also released new sample data. A U.S.-Indian Earth satellite’s ability to see through clouds, revealing insights and characteristics of our planet’s surface, is on display in a colorful, newly released image showing the Miss

Posted January 29, 2026

Earth

Earth's Moon

Eclipses

Lunar Eclipses

Skywatching

The Solar System

The Sun

Uncategorized

March 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse: Your Questions Answered

A total lunar eclipse will redden the Moon on March 3, 2026. Here’s what you need to know.

Posted January 29, 2026

Earth

Earth Science

Human Dimensions

Life at NASA

Oceans

What We Do

How NASA Is Homing in From Space on Ocean Debris

Space-based technology could help track plastic and other flotsam by its ‘fingerprints.’ In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) sensor aboard the International Space Station.

Posted January 26, 2026

Earth

Goddard Space Flight Center

Human Dimensions

Landsat

Oceans

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)

Water on Earth

NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow

NASA satellites are helping Maine oyster farmers pick better sites and plan when oysters will be ready to harvest.

Posted January 15, 2026

Earth

New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Area

The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and has a population of about 19.9 million, is pictured at approximately 3:29 a.m. local time Dec. 20, 2025, from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic coast.

Posted January 14, 2026

Earth

Landsat

Missions

New Landsat Science Team Announced

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with NASA, has named the new Landsat Science Team that will support the world’s longest-running Earth observation mission for a planned 2026-2030 term.

Posted December 17, 2025