NASA’s Earth Observing System provides nearly 30 years of continuous, high-quality measurements of Earth’s land, oceans, atmosphere, and ice, supporting climate research and long-term environmental ...

NASA said that by migrating the archives to the cloud, it will place NASA Earth observation data “close to compute,” and ...

Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

NASA Earth Science Communications announced closure of The Earth Observer in December 2025. It preserves archives that document nearly 37 years of EOS missions and satellite data.

In a white paper published by a multidisciplinary team of top scientists in China, Earth system is defined to encompass both internal and external geospheres from solid Earth system through surface ...

Rockström is a research professor in earth system science at University Potsdam, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and co-founder of the Planetary Guardians. The ...

In no particular order, Bob McDonald reviews 10 of the most fascinating accomplishments and noteworthy science news events of ...

NASA selected for development a smallsat mission called GRATTIS to test new sensors for measuring the Earth's gravitational field. Credit: Univ. of Florida/Simon Barke WASHINGTON — NASA has picked ...

While Earth spins in the same direction as the sun, that's not the case for every planet in the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

The moon's orbit around Earth appears so regular that civilizations have based the month on lunar motion for thousands of years. However, the moon is actually creeping slowly away from Earth. So will ...

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the ...

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