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Artist's concept of QuickScat

November 23, 2009

NASA Assessing New Roles for Ailing QuikScat Satellite

NASA mission managers are assessing options for future operations of the venerable QuikScat satellite following the age-related failure of a mechanism that spins the scatterometer antenna.

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Satellite image of El Niño picking up steam

November 12, 2009

El Nino Picking Up Steam

The latest image from the U.S./European Jason-2 satellite finds a strong wave of warm water heading toward the Americas, fueling El Niño.

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November 10, 2009

2012 - A Scientific Reality Check

The manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object Office shares with you the scientific realities surrounding the celestial happenings in the year 2012

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These side-by-side images show the wind speed, direction, and strength of tropical storm Ida.

November 9, 2009

A Late-Season Ida Eyes the Northern U.S. Gulf Coast

Ida, the third hurricane of the 2009 Atlantic season and now a tropical storm, churns through the Gulf of Mexico in this pair of NASA satellite images taken Monday, Nov. 9.

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NASA Celebrates Earth Science Week

October 14, 2009

NASA Celebrates Earth Science Week

Just in time for Earth Science Week, NASA debuts new materials on global climate change to help you talk the talk about the climate of our Third Rock.

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Data from NASA's Aqua satellite

October 2, 2009

JPL Satellite Data on How Pollution Travels Highlighted in New Study

JPL satellite data on the global transport of carbon monoxide are highlighted in a new National Academy of Sciences report on long-range transport of air pollutants.

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artist concept of the Aquarius spacecraft over Earth

October 1, 2009

International Science Teams Selected for Aquarius/SAC-D Mission

NASA and Argentina's Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales (CONAE), with support from the Argentine Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovative Production (MinCyT), have selected additional members of the international scientific investigating team for the Aquarius/Satélite de Aplicaciones Científicas (SAC)-D mission, scheduled to launch in 2010.

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Shuttle Radar Topography Mission image of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right)

October 1, 2009

Space Radar Reveals Topography of Tsunami Site

The topography of the Samoan Islands, hit by a devastating tsunami on Sept. 29, is highlighted in this pair of images from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission.

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artist concept of global temperature change

September 29, 2009

The Ups and Downs of Global Warming

Skeptics cite short-term cooling trends as evidence Earth isn't warming. JPL scientist Josh Willis explains why understanding climate change requires a longer view.

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A satellite image of pools of warm water known as Kelvin waves

September 28, 2009

Floundering El Ninos Make for Fickle Forecasts

Scientists agree El Nino is back. But not all El Ninos are created equal, and there's less consensus about the future strength of this year's event.

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The Station fire, which started on Aug. 26, devoured brush in the foothills above JPL on Fri., Aug. 28

September 9, 2009

Spacecraft Talk Continued During JPL Wildfire Threat

As the flames of the raging brush fire dubbed the Station Fire threatened the northern edge of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Saturday, Aug. 29, the managers of NASA's Deep Space Network prepared for the worst.

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Image shows the extent of devastation from the Station fire burning near Los Angeles

September 8, 2009

New NASA Image Shows Extent of Station Fire Burn

The extent of devastation from the Station fire burning near Los Angeles is strikingly visible in this Sept. 6 image from NASA's Terra satellite.

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Animation of NASA AIRS data showing the concentration and transport of carbon monoxide in smoke from the California Station wildfire

September 3, 2009

Pollution from California Wildfires Spreads Across the United States

Carbon-monoxide-filled smoke from California's Station Fire spreads across the United States in this animation created from data from NASA's Aqua satellite.

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Three polar bears

September 1, 2009

Satellites and Submarines Give the Skinny on Sea Ice Thickness

A new study led by JPL scientist Ron Kwok combines recent NASA satellite data with submarine data to chronicle a nearly half- century history of Arctic ice thickness.

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Hurricane Jimena approaches the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula

September 1, 2009

Powerful Hurricane Jimena Steams Toward Baja

The JPL-built Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument (AIRS) on NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of a then Category 4 Hurricane Jimena early on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as the storm approached the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula.

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artist concept of Kepler

Kepler Starts Hunt for Earth-Like Worlds

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launch of Herschel/Planck

Herschel and Planck Launch

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Mars Science Lab parachute test

Parachute Test for Mars

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Eyes on Earth interactive

Eyes on the Earth 3D

Interactive feature

 
artist concept of cool stars

Cool Stars

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