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Still from visualization depicting the correlation and lag time of surface soil moisture following precipitation events over Australia, India, and the United States.

NASA Scientist to Discuss 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability' at Library of Congress Lecture

05.08.2018
The public is invited to a free talk called 'Mapping the Blue Marble: Using Space-Based Observations for Improved Global Water Security and Sustainability,' with Dr. John Bolten.
2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

2020 Decadal Survey Missions: At a Glance

04.24.2018
Any telescope that reaches the launch pad in the 2030s likely will look much different than the concepts four teams are currently studying to inform the 2020 Decadal Survey for Astrophysics, but the studies do offer a roadmap.
NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

NASA Teams Study the Agency’s Future in Astrophysics; Tackle Formidable Technology Challenges

04.24.2018
As in past decades, the agency won’t make that decision in a vacuum or without understanding the technical obstacles, which are formidable.
Earth with worldview url

Explore Earth Your Way with Worldview

04.17.2018
NASA’s Worldview app lets you explore Earth as it looks right now or as it looked almost 20 years ago.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton blom in the Gulf of Aden

Bloom in the Gulf of Aden

04.02.2018
n the Gulf of Aden, the largest phytoplankton blooms tend to show up in mid-summer near the coast of Yemen and in mid-autumn near the coast of Somalia. But blooms can happen in other seasons as well.
Photo of the Jupiter-C rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying Explorer 1

Celebrating 60 Years of Groundbreaking U.S. Space Science

01.31.2018
Sixty years ago, the U.S. launched Explorer 1, rocketing into the Space Age.
Vintage JPL graphic celebrating Explorer 1 satellite

Explorer 1: The Beginning of American Space Science

01.23.2018
Sixty years ago, the hopes of Cold War America soared into the night sky as a rocket lofted skyward above Cape Canaveral, a soon-to-be-famous barrier island off the Florida coast.
Photo of NASA Goddard facilities

NASA Goddard Year in Review - 2017

12.20.2017
A look back at 2017 at NASA Goddard.
Satellite image of phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Mexico

From Microscopic to Multicellular: Six Stories of Life that NASA Sees from Space

11.14.2017
Scientists have use satellites to understand how life flourishes and fades on our planet. These selected visual stories of bacteria, plants, land animals, sea creatures and birds show what a view from space can reveal.
still image frame from a visualization showing annual vegetation changes

The Changing Colors of our Living Planet

11.13.2017
While NASA began monitoring life on land in the 1970s with the Landsat satellites, this fall marks 20 years since the space agency has continuously observed plant life at the surface of both the land and ocean.
Aqua satellite image of several blooms in the Caspian Sea

Blooms in the Caspian Sea

08.15.2017
Blooms spread through the Caspian Sea, with the most dramatic plumes of color in the northern half of the shallow sea.
GPM image of Hurricane Don

Don (Atlantic Ocean)

07.19.2017
Tropical Storm Don didn't live long before it weakened to a remnant low pressure area in the North Atlantic Ocean.
photo of 4-year-old boy with virtual reality goggles

Goddard Hosts 8th Annual Science Jamboree for Employees

07.13.2017
The Goddard Office of Communications and the Goddard Sciences and Exploration Directorate produced the eighth annual Science Jamboree on Wednesday, July 12, 2017.
Rainfall amounts overlaid on map of Bangladesh

Bangladesh's Heavy Rainfall Examined With NASA's IMERG

06.16.2017
At least 156 people in Bangladesh were killed during the past week by landslides and floods caused by heavy rainfall. NASA calculated the amount of rain that has fallen using data from satellites.
Photo of summer interns gathered in Goddard Auditorium

Goddard Welcomes Nearly 450 Summer Interns

06.05.2017
Almost 450 interns will complete their "10-week job interview" at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center this summer.
Image of Earth with satellite orbits indicated

NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth

04.21.2017
No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on.
Image of the Strait of Gibraltar composed using data from Suomi NPP and Aqua satellites

Blooming Gibraltar

04.20.2017
From space, the Strait of Gibraltar appears tiny compared to the continents it separates.
Photo of visitors at the exhibits at NASA's Earth Day event at Union Station in Washington, DC on Friday, April 22, 2016

NASA Celebrates Earth Day with Public Events, Online Activities

04.18.2017
This year, NASA will celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with a variety of live and online activities Thursday and Friday, April 20-21, to engage the public in the agency’s mission to better understand and
#Adopt the Planet graphic

NASA Celebrates Earth Day by Letting Us All #AdoptThePlanet

04.06.2017
NASA invites people around the world to help us celebrate Earth Day 2017 by "adopting" one of 64,000 individual pieces of Earth as seen from space.
NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maryland

NASA Awards Cooperative Agreement to the University of Maryland

03.15.2017
NASA has awarded a cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, to continue collaborative research in the field of Earth systems science.
Aerial photo of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center buildings

NASA Invites Media to 55th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium

03.03.2017
Media are invited to meet science and engineering leaders at the 55th Robert H. Goddard Memorial Symposium in Greenbelt, Maryland, on March 8-9, 2017.
Photo of Norman Kuring diving in Bonaire on this favorite reef, Karpata

Norman Kuring - Making the Unseen Ocean Visible

01.17.2017
Kuring advises: “We live on a remarkably beautiful planet. We need to take care of her. Appreciate nature, go outside and explore.”
Photo of Forrestal Range

NASA Plans Another Busy Year for Earth Science Fieldwork

01.12.2017
NASA scientists are crisscrossing the globe in 2017 – from a Hawaiian volcano to Colorado mountain tops and west Pacific islands – to investigate critical scientific questions about how our planet is changing and what impacts humans are having on it.
Photo of Piers Sellers

Piers Sellers: A Legacy of Science

12.24.2016
Piers Sellers, who passed away on Dec. 23 more than a year after learning he had pancreatic cancer, leaves behind a dynamic legacy at NASA.
NASA Reveals the Unknown in 2016

NASA Reveals the Unknown in 2016

12.15.2016
In 2016, NASA drove advances in technology, science, aeronautics and space exploration that enhanced the world’s knowledge, innovation, and stewardship of Earth.
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