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NASA Data Helps Beavers Build Back Streams
Humans aren’t the only mammals working to mitigate the effects of climate change in the Western United States. People there are also enlisting the aid of nature’s most prolific engineers…
Looking Beyond the Veil
In this image released on March 9, 2024, the NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope gives us a more detailed view of a well-studied but still mysterious…
NASA, FAA Partner to Develop New Wildland Fire Technologies
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire ; Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and at a…
Join NASA in Celebrating Earth Day 2024 by Sharing a #GlobalSelfie
NASA invites you — and everyone else on the planet — to take part in a worldwide celebration of Earth Day with the agency’s #GlobalSelfie event. While NASA satellites constantly…
NASA Selects New Aircraft-Driven Studies of Earth and Climate Change
5 min readNASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from…
Hubble Captures a Bright Galactic and Stellar Duo
2 min readThis image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC 3783, a bright barred spiral galaxy about 130 million light-years from Earth that also lends its name to the eponymous…
Students Celebrate Rockets, Environment at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, sustainability and preservation efforts here on Earth are as much of a priority as rocket launches, spacecraft, and the exploration of worlds beyond our own.…
AI for Earth: How NASA’s Artificial Intelligence and Open Science Efforts Combat Climate Change
4 min readAs extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate…
Sols 4159-4160: A Fully Loaded First Sol
3 min readEarth planning date: Wednesday, April 17, 2024Curiosity continues to make progress along the margin of upper Gediz Vallis ridge, investigating the broken bedrock in our workspace and acquiring…
Water Touches Everything
Real satellite imagery from NASA’s Terra, Aqua, and Landsat missions takes the shape of whales and swirling clouds in the agency’s Earth Day 2024 poster, “Water Touches ; The major…