Chevron says up to 330 barrels total have spilled into the ocean since Nov. 8, while Brazil counters with a claim of 230 barrels a day”and several groups say satellite images indicate it's much worse.
New NPP Satellite Nearly Operational
NASA's NPP satellite, launched Oct. 28, already is returning data that will better identify the transport of water vapor associated with jet streams, which can fuel severe weather events.
How Does an Astronaut Take out the Trash?
That's easy”stuff it into a used cargo spacecraft and send it back toward Earth, where it incinerates on the way down. This astronaut photograph highlights the re-entry plasma trail of one such spacecraft.
Take a Mobile Mapping Test Drive in Austria
At next week's European LiDAR Mapping Forum in Salzburg, Austria, visitors will be able to test drive seven different mobile mapping vehicles to learn more about their capabilities.
Shades of Green Adorn North Sea
In late October 2011, the North Sea sported meandering bands comprising multiple shades of green off the coasts of Denmark and Germany. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this natural-color image of the region on Oct. 23, 2011.
Hurricane-Like Storm Batters Alaska
This Nov. 8, 2011, satellite image shows a rare, extremely powerful winter storm over the Bering Sea as it closed in on northwestern Alaska with hurricane-force winds, high seas and heavy snow.
GEOINT: Mobile Capabilities in High Demand
There's growing demand by the U.S. defense and intelligence communities for ways to gain access to satellite imagery and other types of geospatial data through mobile devices.
Witness the Birth of an Iceberg
NASA IceBridge scientists were startled to discover a massive crack in Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier, marking the moment of creation for a new iceberg that will span 340 square miles when it breaks loose.
Home-Made Drone Counts Birds in Spain
A remote colony of birds kept flying away before anyone could count them, so a team of ecologists built a do-it-yourself aerial drone to spy on them from above.
Searching for Genghis Khan from Space
University of California San Diego researcher Dr. Albert Yu-Min Lin is searching for the tomb of Genghis Khan with high-resolution satellite imagery from the GeoEye Foundation.
