Part of the icy landscape of the Northeast Greenland National Park is pictured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Lying in the North Atlantic Ocean, Greenland is the world’s largest island and is home to the Northeast...
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 33rd SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, carrying more than 5,000 pounds of supplies to the orbiting laboratory, lifted off Aug. 25, 2025, on the company’s Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
First Glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder Data
Despite this new satellite only being in orbit for three weeks and the commissioning is at a very early stage, its Microwave Sounder (MWS) and Radio Occultation (RO) sounder are already returning early “first glimpse” data, marking a significant milestone in a new era of European weather and climate monitoring.
Tracking the Climate-Driven Shift in Antarctic Plankton From Space
A study using satellite observations provides evidence for a climate-induced shift in the seas surrounding Antarctica that could have effects that ripple through the marine food web—and an impact on the Southern Ocean’s role as a carbon sink.
TRACERS Launched to Study Earth’s Magnetic Shield
On July 23, 2025, NASA successfully launched its Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) spacecraft aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
Earth from Space: Circles in the Desert
This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.
NASA Mission Monitoring Air Quality from Space Extended
Since launching in 2023, NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, or TEMPO, has been measuring the quality of the air we breathe from 22,000 miles above the ground.
Bolivian Forest: Comparing Sentinel-2 and Biomass
ESA revealed the first images from its groundbreaking Biomass satellite mission, marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle.
Sulphur Dioxide From Mount Etna Eruption
The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission captured sulphur dioxide emissions from Mount Etna’s eruption on June 2, 2025.
NASA-French Satellite Spots Large-Scale River Waves for First Time
In a first, researchers from NASA and Virginia Tech used satellite data to measure the height and speed of potentially hazardous flood waves traveling down U.S. rivers.
