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Phys.org on MSN.com · 20h

NASA data helps map tiny plankton that feed giant right whales

In the waters off New England, one of Earth's rarest mammals swims slowly, mouth agape. The North Atlantic right whale filters clouds of tiny reddish zooplankton—called Calanus finmarchicus—from the sea.
autoevolution · 2d

NASA Turns On the Telescope That'll Deliver the First Multicolored Map of the Sky

American space agency NASA announced the start of ops or the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer.
Mirage News · 1d

NASA Maps Plankton Feeding Endangered Right Whales

This North Atlantic right whale, named "Bowtie," was spotted feeding in southern Maine waters in January 2025. A new technique aims to
Space.com on MSN.com · 15d

Blue Skies Space to build satellite fleet around the moon to map the ancient universe

Blue Skies has partnered with another space company, OHB Italia, to build the satellite fleet, called RadioLuna, which aims to see if small satellites around the moon can pick up faint FM radio signals from the early universe's so-called " Dark Ages, " before the first stars were formed, OHB said in a statement
Gizmodo · 4d

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Just Switched On. Time to Map the Entire Universe in 3D

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.
Popular Science · 8d

NASA satellite spies Curiosity chugging along on Mars

NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has traveled over 21.33 miles since it first landed on the Red Planet in 2012. That might not seem like very far, but it’s an impressive trek considering the vehicle only averages about 98 feet per hour and mission engineers must remotely steer it from over 140 million miles away.
Icon for www.statesman.comAustin American-Statesman · 14d

This NASA tool writes your name with satellite imagery. Where in the world is yours?

NASA's got the answer. No joke — one NASA tool lets you spell out your name using real satellite images from around the globe. Each letter comes with its own coordinates, so you can actually see ...
Icon for bgr.comBGR · Apr 19, 2023

A dead NASA satellite will plummet to Earth today

A NASA satellite launched in 2002 will finally fall back to Earth this week. The dead NASA Satellite was decommissioned in 2018, and now, five years later, it’s finally falling out of orbit.
Icon for www.ndtv.comNDTV · 8d

Nasa Satellite

The trio of small satellites will map auroral electrojets ... The organisation is also collaborating with NASA on the NISAR satellite for environmental monitoring. In the past decade, Isro ...
Icon for www.jacksonville.comThe Florida Times-Union · 14d

This NASA tool writes names with satellite images. Here's Florida. Where in the world is yours?

NASA's Landsat Science allows you to spell any name using satellite photos around the world. We spelled Florida with images ranging from South Africa to China, with a couple of U.S. locations ...
Icon for gizmodo.comGizmodo · 12d

Here’s a NASA Satellite View of One of New Jersey’s Biggest Wildfires in Decades

Images taken by a NASA satellite this week reveal the worrying extent of a fast-moving wildfire in southern New Jersey. Taken during the fire’s second day, the images capture plumes of smoke and ...
Icon for www.newsweek.comNewsweek · 8d

NASA Satellite Catches Solar Eclipse Visible Only From Space

A solar eclipse visible only from space was captured on video thanks to a NASA satellite. On April 27, the moon blocked 23 percent of the sun in a partial eclipse, but it was not possible to see ...
Icon for www.yahoo.comYahoo · 14d

Happy Earth Day 2025! Write your name in NASA satellite images and celebrate our planet (video)

NASA's official Earth Day 2025 poster ... their name magically written out in letters formed by actual Landsat satellite images. For over six decades, NASA has been monitoring, observing ...
Icon for www.irishcentral.comIrish Central · Apr 7, 2025

Ireland looks spectacular in this rare, cloud-free satellite image from NASA

In recent days, Ireland has been enjoying a spate of warm, sunny weather - giving way to this spectacular satellite image recently captured and shared by NASA. So wonderful is the satellite image ...
Icon for www.upi.comUPI · 4d

South Korea to send cube satellite aboard NASA's Artemis II test flight

May 2 (UPI) --South Korea will fly a shoebox-size cube satellite on an Artemis II test flight in April 2026 in preparation for missions to the moon, NASA and the Korea AeroSpace Administration ...
Icon for www.rgj.comReno Gazette-Journal · 14d

This NASA tool writes names with satellite images. Here's Nevada. Where in the world is yours?

If you're OK with that, you can spend hours with a nifty tool from NASA: Spell out any name using real satellite images from around the world. It could be rivers, mountains, islands or coastlines.
Icon for www.ndtv.comNDTV · 7d

NASA Satellite Captures Solar Eclipse Visible Only From Space

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a semi-autonomous spacecraft that points at the sun, allowing almost continuous observation. The satellite was launched in February 2010. Since then ...