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GPM IMERG estimated rainfall totals from Cyclone Amphan from May 16 – 19, 2020.

NASA Calculates Former Cyclone Amphan’s Massive Rainfall

05.21.2020
The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM Core Observatory satellite observed Tropical Cyclone Amphan as it tracked north over the Bay of Bengal during the week of May 18. NASA monitored the heavy rain associated with Tropical Cyclone Amphan.
GPM animation of hot towers in Florida squall line

GPM Observes Hot Tower in Florida Squall Line

04.20.2020
At 9:26pm on Sunday April 19, 2020, NASA's GPM satellite observed an extremely vigorous convective storm cell embedded within a squall line that had produced tornadoes earlier that evening Gulf Coast.
2020 NASA Earth Day 50th Anniversary poster.

#EarthDayAtHome with NASA

04.16.2020
Fifty years ago, on April 22, 1970, people around the world marked the first Earth Day. Thousands gathered to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our beautiful planet for future generations.
Earth Day at Home graphic

NASA Marks Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary with #EarthDayAtHome

04.10.2020
As the world observes the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, NASA is highlighting the agency’s many contributions to sustaining and improving our home planet’s environment...
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New NASA Podcast Helps Listeners Explore Our ‘Curious Universe’

04.06.2020
NASA’s newest podcast is taking listeners on an adventure to explore the wonders of Earth and help unravel the mysteries of the universe.
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NASA Science Keeps the Lights On

04.02.2020
Across NASA’s many missions, thousands of scientists, engineers, and other experts and professionals all over the country are doing what they do best, but now from home offices and via video conferencing. With most personnel supporting missions remotely to keep onsite staff at a minimal level in response to COVID-19, the Agency is moving ahead strongly with everything from space exploration to using our technology and innovation to help inform policy makers.
Image of Robert Goddard at chalkboard with mathematical formulas

Statement on NASA Goddard’s Coronavirus Prep Actions

03.13.2020
Goddard has canceled all non-mission-essential visits to its facilities. Goddard also is closing its Visitor Centers at Greenbelt and at Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.
Aqua satellite image of the North Atlantic Ocean from the Delmarva Peninsula to Nova Scotia

Hints of Spring in the Atlantic

03.10.2020
The season is a time of great change, turbulence, and productivity in northern waters.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Solway Firth

Sediment Sloshes in Solway Firth

12.07.2019
Fjords and funnel-shaped bays and inlets are often the scene of dramatic tidal changes and sediment loads.
Landsat 8 satellite image image of swirls of phytoplankton in the Strait of Hormuz

A Bloom in the Strait of Hormuz

12.06.2019
A phytoplankton bloom appeared in one of the world’s busiest oil waterways.
Image of Jupiter

NASA Highlights Solar Mission, Jupiter Cyclone at AGU Meeting

12.05.2019
NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), Dec. 9-13 in San Francisco.
Landsat 8 image of freshwater and seawater meeting where the Yenisei River meets the Kara Sea

Tawny Swirls in the Kara Sea

08.17.2019
Freshwater from the Yenisei River, stained brown with organic materials, mixes with Arctic seawater off the coast of Russia.
Aqua satellite image of Icelandic phytoplankton bloom

Iceland’s Waters Abloom

07.15.2019
July 2019 brought the latest display of a phytoplankton bloom that occurs every year in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Landsat 8 satellite imageof Kolyma River's

Kolyma’s Annual Purge

07.14.2019
Every June, the Kolyma River thaws and carries organic materials that stain the Arctic Ocean.
Landsat 8 satellite image of Lake Khanka

Eerie Green Swirls of Lake Khanka

06.10.2019
Located on the border of Russia and China, Lake Khanka plays an important role in supporting biodiversity in the region.
Aqua satellite false-color image of chlorophylly concentration in the South Atlantic Ocean

Seeing the Sea Through the Years

04.30.2019
In several decades of observing the ocean with satellites, our vision has changed as much as the sea.
Photo of original sign being installed

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 60 Years

04.29.2019
On May 1, 1959, the Beltsville Space Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, was renamed NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in honor of Robert H. Goddard, widely considered the father of modern rocketry. Thus began a 60-year boom in science and technological innovation.
Composit of various Earth images

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Social Media, Public Events

04.18.2019
This Earth Day, April 22, NASA invites you to celebrate our beautiful home planet by participating in a global social media event and local events around the country.
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Picture Earth for Earth Day 2019

04.12.2019
For Earth Day 2019, NASA invites you to celebrate the planet we call home with our #PictureEarth social media event.
Suomi NPP satellite image of phytoplankton bloom offshore of Port Hedland, Australia

A Bloom after the Storm

04.05.2019
Tropical cyclone Veronica appears to have stirred up swirls of phytoplankton.
Photograph of Robert Goddard at blackboard

NASA Invites Media to 57th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.15.2019
Media are invited to the 57th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium on March 20-21.
Side-by-side images of swirls in Jupiter's atmosphere and Earth's Baltic Sea

Jupiter or Earth?

03.11.2019
Governed by the same laws of physics, very different planets display similar patterns.
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New NASA Book Shares Beauty of Earth from Space

02.20.2019
NASA’s new 168-page book “Earth,” a collection of dramatic images captured by Earth-observing satellites, is available now in hardcover and ebook, and online with interactive features.
Thumbnail image from a NASA supercomputing simulation

NASA Brings its Science and Supercomputing Advances to SC18

11.05.2018
From designing rocket launch pad components and safer rotorcraft to improving flood and drought forecasts to modeling the formation of planetary disks, NASA will highlight supercomputing advances at SC18, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, Nov. 12 to 15 in Dallas.
Photo of two Science Jamboree participants talking at display

NASA Goddard’s Science Jamboree Connects Disciplines and Interns

07.26.2018
The Goddard Science Jamboree provides an opportunity for interns and senior scientists alike to learn more about the science happening in other disciplines in one room.
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