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 ...

NASA announced the selection of industry proposals to advance technologies for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory concept.

An Earth-observing radar satellite launched jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our planet’s surface. "NISAR’s first images are a testament to what can be achieved when ...

The observatory, in fact, took its "first light" pictures on November 17, 2025, thereby confirming that both its Wide Field ...

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory has reached its target orbit, marking a major milestone for the mission. The ...

2025 marks the bicentennial of the Erie Canal, and NASA's Earth Observatory commemorated the milestone with a satellite-based image tracing the canal's historic route across New York State. According ...

NASA has taken a major step toward one of its most ambitious science goals as it searches for signs of life on planets beyond our solar system ...

A striking satellite image shared by NASA's Earth Observatory captured the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season, "Erin," roiling over the ocean as it caused weather alerts in nearby coastal ...

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NASA has selected advanced technologies to power a future space telescope designed to image Earth-like planets and search their atmospheres for potential signs of life beyond our solar system.