Earth Science

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Volcanoes
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awake. A few days later, for the first time in […]
Posted September 24, 2026
Earth Science
Earth
Earth Surface & Interior
General
GRACE (Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment)
GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-on)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
LAGEOS (LAser GEOdynamics Satellite)
Oceans
Water on Earth
Seasonal changes redistribute enough water around Earth to shift the planet’s center of mass back and forth by fractions of an inch relative to its geometric center. NASA scientists are on the case, tracking the oscillations because Earth’s center of mass is a crucial reference point for satellite navigation and elevation measurements.
Posted September 16, 2026
Earth Science
For Colleges & Universities
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Science Activation
More than 1,000 visitors explored NASA sea level science firsthand during World Ocean Day at the University of Georgia Aquarium on Skidaway Island on June 6, 2026.
Posted September 8, 2026
Climate Modeling
Earth
Earth Science
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Heliophysics Research Program
Heliosphere
Kepler / K2
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
The Sun
At the center of our solar system, the Sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent NASA-funded studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in the Sun’s history may have helped create Earth’s unique climate and driven previously unexplained climatic shifts.   In new research, scientists at NASA’s SHIELD (Solar Wind with Hydrogen I
Posted August 24, 2026
MAIA (Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth's Atmosphere
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A NASA-funded air pollution monitoring network has provided one of the most detailed long-term views yet of the role of black carbon, or soot produced by fires, diesel vehicles, and other combustion sources, in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Posted August 17, 2026
Earth Science
For Colleges & Universities
Opportunities For Educators to Get Involved
Planetary Science
Science Activation
FORCE is a world-class laboratory that uses high-pressure experimental equipment to recreate the extreme conditions found deep within Earth and other planetary bodies, enabling researchers to better understand how planets form, evolve, and behave under immense pressures.
Posted August 17, 2026
Citizen Science
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Certain kinds of clouds are misbehaving – appearing more often and lower in the sky than they used to. To help identify the factors influencing these changes, scientists have asked people around the world with cameras to submit fresh images of these clouds as a part of the NASA-supported Space Cloud Watch project.
Posted August 14, 2026
Earth Science
CSDA’s assessment reports help inform the user community about the quality of commercial Digital Elevation Models (DEMs).
Posted August 12, 2026
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Cryosphere
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Ice & Glaciers
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite’s L-band and S-band radars on an ongoing basis, helping researchers and other users track the movement of Earth’s […]
Posted July 21, 2026
Earth Science
The reports add to the growing documentation on commercial data’s contributions to Earth science research and applications.
Posted July 9, 2026
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