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Aqua satellite image showing a thick swirl of dust over China’s Harbin, Changchun, and Shenyang provinces on March 22, 2023.

A Dusty Day in Northeastern China

03.27.2023
A low-pressure system lifted sand and dust from the Gobi Desert and darkened skies in Beijing.
Satellite image of a wall of dust from the Gobi Desert approaching northeastern China and the Beijing metropolitan area on March 10, 2023

How Dust Affects the World’s Health

03.17.2023
NASA research finds that a combination of windblown dust and human-caused particle pollution was associated with nearly 3 million premature deaths in 2019.
Global map of Total Ozone as measured by NOAA 21 satellite

Ozone-measuring Instrument on NOAA-21 Satellite Captures its First Images

03.02.2023
An ozone-measuring instrument on the recently launched NOAA-21 satellite has opened its doors and gathered data for its first global image.
GOES-16 satellite image of dust across U.S. Southwest

Dust Blows Across the U.S. Southwest

03.01.2023
In the wake of a cold front, strong winds lofted dust into the air over northern Mexico, eastern New Mexico, and northwestern Texas.
Aqua satellite image of Great Salt Lake

Snow and Haze in Utah

02.16.2023
Snowy surfaces increase the chance of temperature inversions, which contribute to air quality problems in the Salt Lake City area.
NOAA-20 satellite image of dust streaming off a dry Sistan Basin

A Dry Lake Hamun Means More Dust Storms

02.07.2023
When the seasonal lake and wetlands in the Sistan Basin dry out, dust often fills the sky.
Terra satellite image of haze over Sichuan Basin

Sichuan’s Smoggy Basin

02.02.2023
The waters of an ancient lake once pooled in this basin in southwestern China. Now haze and air pollution do the same.
Cover of Spinoff 2023

NASA Spinoffs Bolster Climate Resilience, Improve Medical Care, More

01.31.2023
The latest edition of NASA’s Spinoff publication features dozens of new commercialized technologies that use the agency’s technology, research, and/or expertise to benefit people around the globe. It also includes a section highlighting technologies of tomorrow.
CISTO Chief and SMCE Government Manager Dr. Daniel Duffy presenting in front of the NASA hyperwall during Supercomputing 2022

NASA’s SMCE Team Helps Scientists Develop Collaborative Cloud Computing Projects

12.21.2022
An agile team of computer experts at NASA Goddard helps scientists collaborate and develop Open Science projects in astrophysics, Earth science, biology, and heliophysics by creating the SMCE managed cloud environment for science.
Image of moon over Earth's atmosphere

NASA Press Events at 2022 Fall AGU Meeting

12.08.2022
NASA researchers will be presenting findings on Earth and space sciences Dec.12-16 at the American Geophysical Union's 2022 Fall meeting, being held virtually and in Chicago this year.
Suomi NPP satellite night images of before and after Mauna Loa eruption

Mauna Loa Awakens

11.30.2022
During the first eruption in nearly four decades, satellites observed the volcano’s nighttime glow and sulfur dioxide plume.
Photo of liftoff of rocket carrying JPSS-2 and LOFTID

NASA, ULA Successfully Launch Weather Satellite, Re-entry Tech Demo

11.10.2022
NASA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) at 1:49 a.m. PST Thursday, as well as an agency technology demonstration on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Photo of JPSS-2 readied for move to vertical integration facility at Space Launch Complex 3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base

NASA Updates Coverage of JPSS-2 Weather Satellite, LOFTID Tech Demo

11.07.2022
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) technology demonstration.
Smoke, cloud wakes, and a phytoplankton bloom formed a mosaic of natural phenomena off the coast of central Chile in this Aqua satellite natural-color image

An Oceanic and Atmospheric Potpourri

11.05.2022
Smoke, cloud wakes, and an abundance of phytoplankton off the coast of Chile punctuate this spring scene.
Image of FY21 NASA Economic Report

NASA’s Economic Benefit Reaches All 50 States

10.27.2022
NASA released the results of its second agencywide economic impact report on Thursday, demonstrating how its Moon to Mars activities, investments in climate change research and technology, as well as other work generated more than $71.2 billion in total economic output during fiscal year 2021.
Image of ozone concentrations over Antarctica

Ozone Hole Continues Shrinking in 2022, NASA and NOAA Scientists Say

10.26.2022
The annual Antarctic ozone hole reached an average area of 8.9 million square miles this fall, an area slightly smaller than last year and generally continuing the overall shrinking trend of recent years.
Image of JPSS-2 at launch stand

NASA Welcomes Public to JPSS-2 Mission Events

10.26.2022
Members of the public may take part in virtual activities and events ahead of NASA’s launch of The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) mission.
Photo of JPSS-2 superstack in Kennedy cleanroom

NASA Readies Superstack for Upcoming JPSS-2 Launch

10.19.2022
Two very different payloads flying on one rocket are ready for their ride to space.
Photo of JPSS-2 in Kennedy cleanroom

JPSS-2 Stacked Atop LOFTID Spacecraft

10.13.2022
JPSS-2 Stacked Atop LOFTID Spacecraft.
Photo of JPSS-2 in clean room

JPSS-2 Begins Launch Processing

09.20.2022
NASA, NOAA Weather Satellite Begins Launch Processing
Terra satellite image of smoke from western fires over Pugent Sound and Pacific Ocean

Western Smoke Rides the Winds

09.13.2022
Smoke from fires in Washington and Oregon blanketed Puget Sound and wafted out over the Pacific Ocean.
Photo of JPSSS-2 in clean room

JPSS-2 Satellite Gets its Solar Array Installed

08.15.2022
On July 26, in a clean room at the Northrop Grumman facility in Gilbert, Arizona, the five panels of the JPSS-2 satellite's solar array unfolded, stretching out to its full 30-foot length. The deployment of the solar array marked the last major testing milestone of the weather satellite, slated for launch in November.
Animation of Tonga eruption

Tonga Eruption Blasted Unprecedented Amount of Water Into Stratosphere

08.02.2022
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Map of predicted ozone concentrations around Lake Michigan on June 2, 2017

Clearer View of Great Lakes Air Quality

07.28.2022
Scientists and regulators are using satellite data and custom models from NASA to help monitor ozone pollution.
Photograph of waterfalls flowing from basag

NCCS-Enabled Simulations of Massive Ancient Volcanic Eruption Show Unexpected Climate Warming

07.22.2022
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center planetary and Earth scientists leveraged the Goddard Earth Observing System Chemistry-Climate Model (GEOSCCM) and the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) to simulate an ancient, massive volcanic eruption in the Columbia River Basalt Group region of the U.S. Pacific Northw

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