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Satellite Images Show a Trillion Ton Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica

12 Jul , 2017 by Nancy Atkinson

For several months, scientists have been keeping an eye on a piece of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, waiting for the inevitable. And now it has happened. Sometime between July 10 and July 12, 2017 a trillion ton iceberg split off, “changing the outline of the Antarctic Peninsula forever,” said one scientist. The new iceberg […]

What is an Ice Age?

3 Jan , 2017 by Matt Williams

Planet Earth has gone through several “ice ages”, where dropping temperatures has led to the expansion of ice sheets and glaciers.

‘Global Warming Hiatus’ Not Good News For Planet Earth

23 Nov , 2016 by Evan Gough

The slowdown in the rise of the global mean surface temperature between 1998 and 2013 wasn’t a slowdown at all. The oceans have warmed instead.

NASA's new app, the Globe Observer, will allow users to collect observations of clouds, and engage in a little citizen science. Image: NASA GLOBE Observer

Grab Your Smartphone And Become A Citizen Scientist For NASA

1 Sep , 2016 by Evan Gough

NASA’s new GLOBE Observer app allows users to observe the sky in their location and share the data with NASA.

NASA and NOAA Satellites Image Crippling Blizzard of 2015 Pounding New England

27 Jan , 2015 by Ken Kremer

NEW JERSEY – Record breaking snow from the ‘Blizzard of 2015’ hit vast regions of the US Northeast today, Jan. 27, 2015, stretching from Long Island to New England. NASA and NOAA Earth orbiting satellites are keeping track of the storm affecting millions of residents. This afternoon the agencies provided a new set of night-time […]

Why Is Venus So Horrible?

18 Dec , 2014 by Fraser Cain

Venus really sucks. It’s as hot as an oven with a dense, poisonous atmosphere. But how did it get that way? Venus sucks. Seriously, it’s the worst. The global temperature is as hot as an oven, the atmospheric pressure is 90 times Earth, and it rains sulfuric acid. Every part of the surface of Venus […]

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Weather Forecasting on Mars Likely to be Trickier Than on Earth

13 Nov , 2014 by Matt Williams

Predicting the weather here on Earth is never an easy thing, but predicting it on Mars may be ever trickier. Such is the argument presented by a recent study concerning “macroweather” patterns on the Red Planet, a new regime for understanding how planetary environments work. When it comes to describing the climate of a planet, two […]

Cat 4 Hurricane Gonzalo Threatens Bermuda and Delays Antares Launch to Space Station

16 Oct , 2014 by Ken Kremer

Hurricane Gonzalo, the first major Atlantic Ocean basin hurricane in three years, has strengthened to a dangerous Category 4 storm, threatening Bermuda and forcing a postponement of the upcoming launch of the Orbital Sciences Antares rocket to the space station from the Virginia shore to no earlier than Oct. 27. A hurricane warning is in […]

MAVEN Arrives at Mars! Parks Safely in Orbit

21 Sep , 2014 by Bob King

138 million miles and 10 months journey from planet Earth, MAVEN moved into its new home around the planet Mars this evening. Flight controllers at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Littleton, Colorado anxiously monitored the spacecraft’s progress as onboard computers successfully eased the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft into Mars orbit at 10:24 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. […]

“Carbon Copy” Spacecraft Ready to Track Global Carbon Dioxide

12 Jun , 2014 by Shannon Hall

On February 24, 2009, the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission — designed to study the global fate of carbon dioxide — resulted in failure. Shortly after launch, the rocket nose didn’t separate as expected, and the satellite could not be released. But now, a carbon copy of the original mission, called OCO-2 […]

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