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Photo of two teachers in plane on IceBridge mission.

Science Teachers See NASA IceBridge Research

05.23.2013
NASA's Operation IceBridge gave three teachers—one each from the United States, Greenland and Denmark—an inside view of research by hosting a field research experience during the 2013 Arctic campaign.
Image of solar flare captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on May 22, 2013.

NASA's SDO Observes Mid-level Solar Flare

05.22.2013
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on the morning of May 22, 2013. The flare peaked at 9:38 a.m. EDT and was classified as an M7.
Natural color image of Aral Sea from LDCM

NASA's Landsat Satellite Looks for a Cloud-Free View

05.22.2013
A new feature of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission will help ensure scientists get a cloud-free view of Earth from space.
Aqua image of supercell thunderstorm system

Severe Thunderstorms, Tornado Strike Oklahoma

05.21.2013
On May 20, 2013, a supercell thunderstorm in central Oklahoma spawned a destructive tornado that passed just south of Oklahoma City.
Image of Barrel Mission scientists launching one of the balloons in Antartica (Jan 2013).

NASA’s BARREL Mission Launches 20 Balloons

05.21.2013
Balloon Array for Radiation-belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) project launched 20 balloons from Antarctica to study the Van Allen Belts space weather phenomenon.
Image illustrating how IRIS mission study the interface region, a region in the lower atmosphere of the sun where most of the sun’s ultraviolet emissions are generated.

NASA's IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge

05.20.2013
The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission is scheduled to launch in June 2013. IRIS will deepen our understanding of how heat and energy move through the lower atmosphere of the sun.
A combined view from SDO and SOHO of the coronal mass ejection, or CME, that occurred on May 17, 2013, at 5:36 EDT.

NASA’s STEREO Detects a CME From the Sun

05.17.2013
On May 17, 2013, the sun erupted with an Earth-directed CME that can reach Earth one to three days later and affect electronic systems in satellites and on the ground.
Artist's conception of OSIRIS-REx landing on an asteroid.

NASA's Asteroid Sample Return Mission Moves into Development

05.16.2013
OSIRIS-REx, NASA’s first mission to sample an asteroid, is moving ahead into development and testing in preparation for its launch in 2016.
Artist concept of radiometers flown in constellation of satellites around Earth

Team WIns Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements

05.16.2013
A team of scientists has won a berth on a tiny satellite to explore one of NASA's last frontiers in climate studies: the imbalance in Earth's energy budget.
Photo of Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland

NASA Data Pinpoints Glaciers' Role in Sea Level Rise

05.16.2013
99% of Earth’s land ice is locked into the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets. But from 2003–2009, the world’s other glaciers contributed equally to sea level rise as the two ice sheets combined.
Terra image of Alaska's Pavlof Volcano

Alaska's Pavlof Volcano Erupts

05.16.2013
For the third time this century, Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano is erupting.
screenshot of animation depicting Landsat view from space

LDCM Arrives in Final Orbit

05.15.2013
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission offers a look at Earth from space with a crisper view than our eyes alone would be capable of.
Aqua image of Alvin

Tropical Cyclone Alvin (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

05.15.2013
The Hurricane Season of the Eastern Pacific Ocean officially begins today, May 15 and NASA satellites captured imagery of the first named tropical storm, Alvin.
Terra image of ice on Dauphin Lake

An Ice Shove on Dauphin Lake

05.15.2013
Strong winds sent a wall of ice crashing into cottages along the southwestern shore of Manitoba’s Dauphin Lake on May 10, 2013. A total of 27 houses near Ochre Beach were damaged, 13 beyond repair.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the X1.2 class solar flare on May 14, 2013.

Activity Continues On the Sun

05.15.2013
Solar activity continued on May 14, 2013, as the sun emitted a fourth X-class (X1.2) flare from its upper left limb, peaking at 9:48 p.m. EDT.
Aqua's AIRS instrument captured an image of both the remnants of Tropical Cyclone Jamala (right) in the Southern Indian Ocean, and Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (left) in the Northern Indian Ocean.

Tropical Cyclone Jamala (Southern Indian Ocean)

05.13.2013
Tropical Cyclone Jamala is fading...
NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of a well-rounded Tropical Cyclone Mahasen in the Northern Indian Ocean on May 15

Tropical Cyclone Mahasen (Northern Indian Ocean)

05.13.2013
The first tropical cyclone in the Northern Indian Ocean this season has been getting better organized as seen in NASA satellite imagery.
Four images from NASA's SDO of an X3.2-class flare from late at night on May 13, 2013.

Three X-class Flares in 24 Hours

05.13.2013
The sun emitted a third significant solar flare in under 24 hours, peaking at 9:11 p.m. EDT on May 13, 2013. This flare is classified as an X3.2 flare.
Image of solar flare

Impacts of Strong Solar Flares

05.13.2013
While we need to protect Earth from the most intense forms of space weather, some people worry that a gigantic flare could hurl enough energy to destroy Earth, but this is not actually possible.
Aqua image of Southern Australia fires

NASA Sees Controlled Fires in Southern Australia

05.13.2013
Today's image of southern Australia showing New South Wales and Victoria shows a series of controlled fires.
Terra image of Tropical Cyclone Jamala

NASA Sees Two Tropical Systems in Indian Ocean

05.10.2013
The Indian Ocean is alive with tropical activity today, May 10, as there’s a tropical storm in both the northern and southern oceans.
Landsat image of Columbia Glacier in 2011

New Public Application of Landsat Images Released

05.10.2013
Google released more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space Thursday compiled into an interactive time-lapse experience
Aqua image of Siberian fires

Wildfires in Siberia

05.10.2013
The Aqua satellite provided this satellite image showing a series of hotspots found in the Siberian region of Russia. These hotspots have been categorized as wildfires rather than agricultural fires.
Photo of NASA Wallops Aircraft Office flight engineer Brian Yates meets his children after the P-3B returned from Operation IceBridge’s Arctic 2013 campaign

Operation IceBridge: A Stormy Finish

05.09.2013
After several weeks of survey flights the IceBridge team has returned from the Arctic and have started processing collected data and planning for the Antarctic campaign coming up later this year.
False color Landsat image of Springs Fire burnscar

Mapping the Severity of California's Springs Fire from Space

05.09.2013
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM), the newest Landsat satellite, passed over the Springs Fire on May 4, 2013.
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