NASA, Smithsonian Open New Exhibit to Showcase Our Dynamic Earth
WEB1 day ago · It opens to the public Tuesday, Oct. 8. “The new Earth Information Center at the National Museum of Natural History will bring Smithsonian and NASA data on the Earth’s environment and climate to thousands of museum visitors every year,” said Kirk Johnson, the museum’s Sant director. “It is an honor to partner with NASA to bring this ...
NASA, NOAA to Provide Update on Progress of Solar Cycle
WEB7 hours ago · NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will discuss the Sun’s activity and the progression of Solar Cycle 25 during a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Tracking the solar cycle is a key part of better understanding the Sun and mitigating its impacts on …
Recent Earth News and Articles - NASA Science
WEBStay up-to-date with the latest news and articles from NASAEarth as we discover more about our home planet. Sort: Publish date. Order: Descending. Science Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Third Professional Learning Institute. 5 min read.
NASA’s Instruments Capture Sharpest Image of Earth’s Radiation …
WEBOct 1, 2024 · During that time, two of NASA’s onboard instruments added another first to the list: capturing the sharpest-ever image of Earth’s radiation belts – swaths of charged particles trapped in Earth's magnetic shield, or magnetosphere. The Jovian Energetic Neutrals and Ions (JENI) instrument, built and managed by the Johns Hopkins Applied ...
NASA to Track Asteroid 2024 PT5 on Next Close Pass, January 2025
WEB6 days ago · The small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 was first observed on Aug. 7, 2024, by the Sutherland, South Africa telescope of the University of Hawai’i’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), which is funded by NASA. Estimated to be about 33 feet (10 meters) wide, the asteroid does not pose a hazard to Earth.
Via NASA Plane, Scientists Find New Gamma-ray Emission ... - Science@NASA
WEB6 days ago · Researchers using NASA airborne platforms have now found a new kind of gamma-ray emission that’s shorter in duration than the steady glows and longer than the microsecond bursts. They’re calling it a flickering gamma-ray flash. The discovery fills in a missing link in scientists’ understanding of thundercloud radiation and provides new ...
NASA’s Planetary Radar Tracks Two Large Asteroid Close …
WEBJul 3, 2024 · The Deep Space Network’s Goldstone planetary radar had a busy few days observing asteroids 2024 MK and 2011 UL21 as they safely passed Earth. Scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California recently tracked two asteroids as they flew by our planet.
Home – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet
WEBNASA missions study global climate change from air, sea, and space. News & Features Launching this spring, the two small satellites of NASA’s PREFIRE mission will fill in missing data from Earth’s polar regions.
SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of …
WEB1 day ago · The launch of another important mission, NASA's Europa Clipper, is on hold due to Hurricane Milton. Stephen Clark – Oct 7, 2024 2:08 PM. The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft flies away ...
NASA captured the clearest ever images of Earth’s radiation belt
WEBOct 1, 2024 · NASA has released the clearest images ever compiled of Earth’s magnetosphere radiation belt. ... Andrew Paul is Popular Science‘s staff writer covering tech news. Previously, he was a regular ...