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Video from the International Space Station shows breathtaking images of Earth with Lyrid meteors burning up in the atmosphere.
NASA’s first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide moves closer to reality with the shipment of its JPL-built science instrument.
NASA researchers are about to fly off on a campaign that will take them into the heart of thunderstorm country.
With 2,378 spectral eyes measuring our atmosphere, the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder could be called a "monster" of weather and climate research.
Plants are leafing and flowering sooner each year than predicted by controlled experiments designed to predict plant responses to rising temperatures.
The weather, the aircraft and the science instruments cooperated to successfully validate data from the MABEL laser altimeter planned for IceSat-2.
05.24.12 - To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United States' Landsat Earth-observing program, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are holding a contest that will offer winners customized satellite views of changing local landscapes.
04.25.12 - Research by NASA and international scientists concludes giant asteroids, similar or larger than the one believed to have killed the dinosaurs, hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought.
04.25.12 - Warm ocean currents attacking the underside of ice shelves are the dominant cause of recent ice loss from Antarctica, a new study using measurements from NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) revealed.
04.24.12 - The space-based technology that lets GPS-equipped motorists constantly update their precise location will undergo a major test of its ability to rapidly pinpoint the location and magnitude of strong earthquakes across the western United States.
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Lakshadweep’s coral atolls glow iridescent blue-green in this natural-color scene from February 2012.