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Landsat 8 natural-color image of phytoplankton bloom in the North Sea

Spring Color in the North Sea

05.08.2018
Warm air and sunlight also beget warmer ocean waters and provoke blooms of the “grass of the sea”—phytoplankton.
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.
Image of research vessel on open ocean

Tiny Sea Creatures Hold Secrets to Earth’s Climate

04.09.2018
Each new season brings change. Seasonal change on land is something that we’re familiar with and adjust to regularly. But what happens to billions of plankton in the ocean each season?
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.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Abloom

01.06.2018
Swirls of milky blue and green reveal the presence of massive numbers of phytoplankton in the South Atlantic Ocean near the Falkland Islands.
Satellite image of fires across Africa, just south of the Sahara

Agricultural Fires in Africa Stretch the Whole of the Continent

12.28.2017
The VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite collected this image which detected hundreds upon hundreds of fires burning in Central Africa. Most likely these fires are agricultural in nature.
Photo of NASA Goddard facilities

NASA Goddard Year in Review - 2017

12.20.2017
A look back at 2017 at NASA Goddard.
Image of Pilot Whale and White-Sided Dolphin

Can Data Save Dolphins? How Scientists Are Using NASA Data to Study Link Between Solar Storms and Animal Beachings

12.08.2017
The age-old mystery of why otherwise healthy dolphins, whales and porpoises get stranded along coasts worldwide deepens.
Map of chlorophyll anomaly in Pacific Basin December 1982

Reconstructing the Recent History of Pacific Ocean Life

11.17.2017
Through several decades of observations, oceanographers have found that the tropical Pacific accounts for about 20 percent of all primary ocean productivity.
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.
Landsat 8 image of waters off the coast of Brazilian state of São Paulo.

Darkness Blooms

09.10.2017
In early September 2017, ocean scientists noticed something swirling in the waters off the coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo.
Photo of ship in rough seas

NAAMES Returns to Air and Sea to Study Plankton’s Annual Cycle

08.31.2017
On August 30, the North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study will return to air and sea to research the declining, or deaccelerating, phase of the annual cycle of plankton in the N. Atlantic.
Landsat 8 satellite image of a volcanic plume streamimg west from the Klyuchevskoy volcano

Another Puff of Ash From Klyuchevskoy

08.19.2017
Satellites observed ash and volcanic gases puffing from Klyuchevskoy throughout much of August 2017.
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.
GPM data presented in 3-D showed the structure of rain bands

NASA Eyed Rainfall Rates in Tropical Storm Merbok Before Landfall

06.13.2017
Tropical Storm Merbok formed in the South China Sea early on June 11 and NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead as the storm moved toward China on June 12.
Satellite image of clouds

Calvin (was 3E - Eastern Pacific Ocean)

06.12.2017
The third tropical cyclone of the Eastern Pacific Ocean hurricane season formed on Sunday, June 11 about 120 miles south of Salina Cruz, Mexico. Tropical Depression 3E moved north and northwest.
Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton blooms in the Black Sea

Turquoise Swirls in the Black Sea

06.11.2017
Most summers, jewel-toned hues appear in the Black Sea. The turquoise swirls are not the brushstrokes of a painting; they indicate the presence of phytoplankton...
Photo of Bernie Fowler and family members at water's edge preparing to measure

One Man's Shoes Help NASA Explain Water Clarity

06.05.2017
Scientists make precise measurements of water clarity from satellite data, but the calculations can be hard to explain to the public. Now NASA is adopting a new way - involving white sneakers - to communicate water clarity.
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.
NASA’s Aqua satellite image of phytoplankton swirling in the waters off Alaska

A Spring Bloom in the Gulf of Alaska

05.07.2017
Combine flour and water and what do you get? If it’s “glacial flour”—fine, nutrient-rich sediment—in the Gulf of Alaska, you could see a massive phytoplankton bloom.
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.
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