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June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas around Fuego volcano, Guatemala, that are likely damaged as a result of pyroclastic flows and heavy ash spewed by Fuego volcano.
June 14, 2018

Dark and Stormy Jupiter

June 14, 2018

Dark and Stormy Jupiter

This image from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt.
June 11, 2018

NASA's New 'Plant Thermometer' Undergoes Inspection

June 11, 2018

NASA's New 'Plant Thermometer' Undergoes Inspection

A technician inspects NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument in a clean room at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ECOSTRESS measures the temperature of plants, which shows how they are regulating their water use in response to heat stress.
June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

Along NASA's GRACE-FO satellites' ground track (top), the inter-spacecraft distance between them changes as the mass distribution underneath (i.e., from mountains, etc.) varies.
June 7, 2018

Mars' Mysterious Methane

June 7, 2018

Mars' Mysterious Methane

NASA's Curiosity rover used its Sample Analysis at Mars to detect seasonal changes in atmospheric methane in Gale Crater. The methane signal has been observed for nearly three Martian years (nearly six Earth years), peaking each summer.
June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

This image from the U.S./European Jason-3 satellite shows a comparison of sea surface height with respect to the seasonal cycle and the long-term trend between April 9 and May 9, 2018.
June 4, 2018

Dynamic Looping Action

June 4, 2018

Dynamic Looping Action

This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light as the bright magnetic field lines above it shift and twist.
June 3, 2018

Asteroid 2018 LA

June 3, 2018

Asteroid 2018 LA

These are the discovery observations of asteroid 2018 LA from the Catalina Sky Survey, taken June 2, 2018. About 8 hours after they were taken, the asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated in the upper atmosphere near Botswana, Africa.
May 30, 2018

Moreux Crater Dunes

May 30, 2018

Moreux Crater Dunes

This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Moreux Crater, located in the northern part of Terra Sabaea. The crater has a region of sand dunes on the crater floor, as well as features that are similar to glacial topography on Earth.
May 29, 2018

New Active Region Sputtering with Small Flares

May 29, 2018

New Active Region Sputtering with Small Flares

On May 23-25, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an active region that rotated into view and sputtered with numerous small flares and towering magnetic field lines that stretched out many times the diameter of Earth.
May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

Tristan da Cunha is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic, and the main island. It is the most remote inhabited island group in the world. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired was acquired October 7, 2017.
May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

Hawaii's Kilauea's eruption, which began three weeks ago, has produced new lava flows that reached the ocean. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on May 22, 2018.
May 22, 2018

Coronal Hole Rotating Towards Us

May 22, 2018

Coronal Hole Rotating Towards Us

On May 16-18, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a good-sized coronal hole come around to where it is just about faced Earth. Coronal holes are areas of open magnetic field from which solar wind (charged particles) streams into space.
May 18, 2018

Jupiter: A New Perspective

May 18, 2018

Jupiter: A New Perspective

On its 12th close flyby of the gas giant planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft caught a new perspective of Jupiter from the south making the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory.
May 17, 2018

TEMPEST-D Spacecraft

May 17, 2018

TEMPEST-D Spacecraft

The complete TEMPEST-D spacecraft shown with the solar panels deployed.
May 17, 2018

RainCube 6U CubeSat

May 17, 2018

RainCube 6U CubeSat

The RainCube 6U CubeSat with fully-deployed antenna.
May 16, 2018

Gale Crater

May 16, 2018

Gale Crater

This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Gale Crater on Mars, the home of the Curiosity Rover.
May 15, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

May 15, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

On May 2-4, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an extensive equatorial coronal hole has rotated so that it is now facing Earth. The dark coronal hole extends about halfway across the solar disk.
May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

The is the first image captured by one of NASA's Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats showing both the CubeSat's unfolded high-gain antenna at right and the Earth and its moon in the center, acquired by MarCO-B on May 9, 2018.
May 9, 2018

Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR

May 9, 2018

Ash from Kilauea Eruption Viewed by NASA's MISR

On May 6, 2018, NASA's Terra satellite captured this view the eruption of the Kilauea volcano as it passed overhead. Much of Hawaii was shrouded by clouds, including the fissure on its eastern point. A plume is visible streaming southwest over the ocean.
May 8, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

May 8, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an extensive equatorial, dark coronal hole extending about halfway across the solar disk on May 2-4, 2018.
May 7, 2018

Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption

May 7, 2018

Satellite View of Kilauea Eruption

This image from NASA's Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft show recent eruptions of Kilauea volcano on the island of Hawaii (the Big Island).
May 3, 2018

Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline, Japan

May 3, 2018

Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline, Japan

The Tsugaru Iwaki Skyline is a toll road in northern Japan, which partially ascends Mount Iwaki stratovolcano, and is notable for its steep gradient and 69 hairpin turns. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired May 26, 2015.
May 2, 2018

Tinder Fire in Arizona Viewed by NASA's MISR

May 2, 2018

Tinder Fire in Arizona Viewed by NASA's MISR

On April 30, 2018, NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) captured imagery of the plume top over the active Tinder Fire as it passed overhead on NASA's Terra satellite. The fires ignited in eastern Arizona near the Blue Ridge Reservoir.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Integration

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Integration

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GGRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites (Artist's Concept)

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GGRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites Separating from Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

April 30, 2018

GRACE Follow-On Satellites Separating from Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

Illustration of the twin spacecraft of the NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) GGRACE-FO mission. GRACE-FO will continue tracking the evolution of Earth's water cycle by monitoring changes in the distribution of mass on Earth.
April 30, 2018

Monthly GRACE Gravity Anomaly Maps

April 30, 2018

Monthly GRACE Gravity Anomaly Maps

NASA's GRACE mission produced maps of anomalies in Earth's gravity field almost every month from April 2002 to June 2017.
April 25, 2018

GRACE-FO Spacecraft (Artist's Rendering)

April 25, 2018

GRACE-FO Spacecraft (Artist's Rendering)

Artist's rendering of the twin spacecraft of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission, scheduled to launch in May, 2018.

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