The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) satellite is one of two next generation satellites selected by NASA to help ...

A late January 2026 winter storm left more than snow and ice in its wake.

NASA has selected two Earth science missions for development, one focused on studying the atmosphere and the other on terrestrial ecosystems and ice.

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

The most recent breakthrough in human understanding of extreme weather events happened by accident. Tsunami physics has always been difficult to study, both because of their infrequency and the ...

NASA satellites captured huge green-blue ocean rings near New Zealand’s Chatham Islands which was caused by seasonal phytoplankton blooms. This attracts wildlife and reveal the ocean’s hidden ...

The U.S. and China usually operate on two different wavelengths, but a recent occurrence in the world of space traffic control involved both countries working in unison, which turned more than a few ...

The last time someone photographed the exosphere, the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere separating it from outer space, was in the 1970s from the surface of the Moon. This is a problem for two ...

NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was recently knocked offline after an unexpected command error caused the ...

Today the globe is circled by thousands of active satellites—each prone to photobombing astronomers’ telescopes as an artificial star zipping across the night sky. Scientists working with ground-based ...