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Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
2026.11.05
The third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea exposes an ancient piece of the ocean floor and hosts a clowder of cats.
Hubble Learns Galactic History From Stars
2026.11.05
This Hubble image features the sparkling collection of stars named Messier 30 (M30), also called NGC 7099.
NASA, NOAA Track 2026 Antarctic Ozone Hole
2026.11.04
Weather provided ideal conditions for enhanced ozone depletion
The Pacific’s Busy Storm Season
2026.11.03
Super Typhoon In-fa developed an unusually large eye, and the remnants of Typhoon Champi transitioned into an extratropical storm that targeted Alaska.
NASA’s Hubble Uncovers Case of Missing Oxygen in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies
2026.11.02
NASA’s Hubble studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen they expected to see is missing.
NASA’s Mission to Study Sunlight Completes Vacuum, Vibration Testing
2026.11.02
Bright white lights reflect off the metallic hardware of a satellite poised for inspection. Engineers outfitted with bunny suits traverse the clean room, past machinery and test chambers. In the middle of the clean room is the spacecraft for NASA’s upcoming sunlight-measuring mission, TSIS-2 (Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2).
Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon
2026.11.02
Amid the warm hues of fall foliage, Pine Creek Gorge forms a deep scar in the Allegheny Plateau.
NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
2026.10.30
NASA issued a Request for Information Oct. 29 to learn more about industry capabilities for in-space servicing to support the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope.
A City Doesn’t Grow at One Speed
2026.10.30
Using decades of Landsat and Sentinel-2 images, researchers discover the Urban Pulse to help track the cycles and rhythms of how neighborhoods within cities change.
Vega Island Frozen in Fright
2026.10.30
The sight of an icy skull-like visage on the Antarctic island could make one’s blood run cold.
Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb
2026.10.29
Like a spectral form rising out of a cold mist, NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have captured a hauntingly dynamic star-forming scene. It lies within the vast Carina Nebula, a diffuse star-forming region located about 7,500 light-years away from Earth. The small, select area both telescopes observed is nicknamed the Cat’s Head Nebula […]
Arnab Strikes India
2026.10.29
The first named storm of the North Indian Ocean’s cyclone season made landfall along the coast of Andhra Pradesh.
The Land of the Standing-Up Rocks
2026.10.28
A national monument since the 1920s, Chiricahua is America's newest national park.
A-81 Reaches South Georgia
2026.10.27
The Antarctic iceberg made a relatively quick exit from the Weddell Sea, only to slow at the edge of a remote island’s underwater shelf.
NASA, USDA Sign Agreement Advancing Earth Science, Agriculture
2026.10.26
NASA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding expanding cooperation in Earth observation, geospatial analytics, and advanced data technologies, supporting USDA’s data modernization plan for United States agriculture.
Hunting Red Leaves with Satellites
2026.10.26
A modern satellite makes it possible to pursue the ancient tradition of leaf-peeping in a whole new way.
NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
2026.10.23
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth’s surface. The greater atmospheric drag at this height prevents the satellite’s telescopes from steadily gazing at their astronomical targets. Swift conducted its final observation on Oct. 20. It is expected to […]
El Niño Then and Now
2026.10.23
A 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year's El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.
NASA’s Hubble Charts Path for Roman with Gravitational Lenses
2026.10.22
This observation is one of many gravitational lensing images taken by Hubble in preparation for science with the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
NASA’s CASALS Instrument Bridges Gaps in 3D Maps of Earth’s Surface
2026.10.21
From orbit, today's space-based laser instruments measure Earth's forests and terrain one narrow line at a time. Between those lines are enormous gaps that include millions of acres of land scientists never directly measure. NASA’s CASALS instrument will blend machine learning with an ultra-compact lidar instrument to...
Extratropical Cyclone Whips Past Iceland
2026.10.21
The powerful low-pressure system formed over the North Atlantic out of the remnants of Hurricane Isaias.
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
2026.10.20
Human activities have become intertwined with how water is distributed across the continents. A new study brings their effects into sharper focus.
Autumn Paints Poland’s Bieszczady Mountains
2026.10.19
Fall color covers the forested slopes of Bieszczady National Park, while patches of polonina, a type of high-mountain meadow, have turned tan.
Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast
2026.10.16
High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.
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