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This map, made using the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) instrument's observations from Jan. 16 to 23,...
When we look into the vastness of space, our home planet stands out in many ways. One of the most crucial is the...
This plot of infrared data, called a spectrum, shows the strong signature of water vapor deep within the core of an...
The brightly reflective moon Enceladus appears before Saturn rings while the larger moon Titan looms in the...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope observed a fledgling solar system like the one depicted in this artist concept, and...
NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder instrument is able to peel back cloud cover to reveal 3-D structure of a storm...
This vertical profile view from the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer TES instrument on NASA Aura satellite depicts...
NASA Cassini spacecraft examines old and new terrain on Saturn fascinating Enceladus, a moon where jets of water ice...
By measuring absorption of light at specific wavelengths, Tunable Laser Spectrometer TLS onboard NASA Curiosity...
The Mars Climate Sounder instrument on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter maps the vertical distribution of...
By monitoring weather throughout two Martian years since landing in Gale Crater in 2012, NASA Curiosity Mars rover...
This map shows the presence of water vapor over global oceans. The imagery was produced by combining Special Sensor...
Gravity measurements by NASA Cassini spacecraft and Deep Space Network suggest that Saturn moon Enceladus, which has...
NASA Terra spacecraft shows Mexico active Popocatepetl volcano, located about 40 miles southeast of Mexico City,...
NASA Terra spacecraft shows Popocatepetl, the nearly 18.000-foot-high volcano about 40 miles southeast of Mexico...
jsc2023e038724 (6/28/2023) --- An interior view of the FBCE-CM-HT test section. Test fluid is vaporized and pumped...
The Fast Cloud Droplet Probe, or FCDP is a laser-based, profiler instrument that performs particle-size detection of...
This illustration shows Saturn's icy moon Enceladus with the plume of ice particles, water vapor and organic...
jsc2025e059518 (617/2025) --- A preflight view of the Portable Tunable Laser Spectrometer (PTLS) sensor package....
To verify the lidar data they're collecting on the DC-8 airborne science laboratory, Aeolus mission scientists will...
This graphic shows a theoretical path of a water molecule on Ceres. Some water molecules fall into cold, dark...
Much of the water that soaks into the soil from irrigation or rain ultimately returns the the atmosphere as water...
iss073e0257194 (June 28, 2025) --- Noctilucent clouds, upper atmospheric clouds illuminated by the sun below Earth's...
iss062e103552 (March 20, 2020) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 62 Flight Engineer Jessica Meir works on the Major...