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It is estimated that only 5-15 percent of the ocean floor has been mapped through sonar technology. Seeing as sonar can only reveal the detailed ridges and trenches beneath the sea when ships pass over a given area, this...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has boiled down ten years of weather into just 3 minutes; a decade of summer rain, winter snow, the touchdown of hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, midwestern tornados and of...

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite launched in October of 2011 on a mission to measure the Earth’s environmental systems. The satellite was developed by a partnership between NASA, the National...

The Soumi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite launched in October of 2011 on a mission to measure the Earth’s environmental systems. The satellite is a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

NASA is expanding their DISCOVER-AQ research program, which measures pollution levels on Earth from space, to help them fully understand how to precisely measure gaps in air pollution data...

NASA’s tiny solar sail spacecraft, the Nanosail-D, has become the first solar vehicle to orbit the Earth. NanoSail-D was placed into orbit 400 miles above the planet by its ‘mother satellite’ the Fast, Affordable,...

Solar sail satellites have been taking the top headlines this year, with devices such as Lightsail-1 grabbing much of the attention. However, NASA has just become the first agency to launch an experimental micro-satellite...