2012 Awards Presented For Achievements in Earth Remote Sensing

NASA and the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) presented the 2012 William T.…

New “Earth As Art” Book Illustrates Beauty Of Satellite Views

A stunning array of images of our home planet, taken by Earth-observing science satellites, are featured…

NASA Researchers Discover Ancient Microbes in Antarctic Lake

In one of the most remote lakes of Antarctica, nearly 65 feet beneath the icy surface,…

Wildfires, Mars and Earth’s Radiation Belts Among NASA News Highlights at American Geophysical Union Meeting

NASA researchers will present new findings on a wide range of Earth and space science topics…

NASA, American Geophysical Union Host NASA Social in San Francisco

NASA and the American Geophysical Union are inviting social media followers to a unique behind-the-scenes NASA…

NASA Renames Radiation Belt Mission to Honor Pioneering Scientist

NASA has renamed a recently launched mission that studies Earth's radiation belts as the Van Allen…

New Space Sensor as a Hosted Payload to Track Air Pollution Across North America

NASA has selected a proposal from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., to build the…

New NASA Online Science Resource Available for Educators and Students

NASA has a new online science resource for teachers and students to help bring Earth, the…

NASA Invites 80 Social Media Followers to Next Landsat Launch

NASA will invite 80 of the agency's social media followers to a two-day NASA Social Feb.…

2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole Second Smallest in 20 Years

The average area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole this year was the second smallest in…