GRAIL's Gravity Field of the Moon:
This map shows the gravity field of the moon. The viewing perspective (a Mercator projection) shows the far side of the moon in the center and the nearside (as viewed from Earth) at either side.
Images from a year’s worth of data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite provide a vivid depiction of worldwide vegetation. Suomi NPP is a partnership between NASA and NOAA.
Using data gathered by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists have explained how energetic particles penetrating lunar soil can create molecular hydrogen from water ice.
During the past four years, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that the moon is a more complex and dynamic world than we had ever expected.
On June 16, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this image of wildfires burning in a remote part of southwestern Alaska.
The second tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season formed close to where the second storm of the Eastern Pacific season died, in the Bay of Campeche.
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Researchers in the Sciences and Exploration Directorate work with engineers, computer programmers, technologists, and other team members to develop the cutting-edge technology needed for space-based research. Instruments are also deployed on aircraft, balloons, and Earth's surface.
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