In the study of lunar eclipses, NASA’s research into the varying shades and hues of a total lunar eclipse provides fascinating insights into the impact of this astronomical event on Earth’s atmosphere ...

NASA’s Carruthers Observatory has launched its two-year mission from the Sun–Earth L1 point to study Earth’s exosphere.

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory studies Earth’s exosphere, capturing ultraviolet images to monitor atmospheric ...

Understanding the complex, changing planet on which we live, how it supports life, and how human activities affect its ability to do so in the future is one of the greatest intellectual challenges ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer (EDGE) is one of two missions NASA selected Feb. 5 for its Earth System Explorer program. Credit: Lanteris Space Systems WASHINGTON — NASA has selected two Earth ...

For most of human history, discovery meant showing up in person. You had to walk the land, cross rivers, or climb into difficult terrain to learn what was really there. If a place looked empty from ...

NASA researchers explore a hybrid observatory using a space-based starshade and ground telescopes to improve direct imaging and detect hidden Earth-like exoplanets.

NASA's Earth-observing satellites captured 12 significant events in 2025, revealing the planet's dynamic systems, from the Palisades fire burn scar in Los Angeles to the aftermath of a glacier ...

Last year, the Trump administration declared war on climate science. In the first two weeks of Trump’s second term, the administration started scrubbing critical environmental resources and datasets ...

PARIS — Melting glaciers and ice sheets are raising sea levels while the Arctic is poised to log one of its worst winters on record. Here are some key points about the planet’s ice as human-induced ...