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NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, or MODIS, records what’s happening on the surface of the Earth…

Two days ago, Chile’s Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in over four decades. It spewed an ash cloud nearly…

This natural-color image of sea ice off East Antarctica's Princess Astrid Coast was acquired April 5 by the Moderate…

If last month's weather seemed a bit off to you, you're right. Depending on which half of North America you dwell,…

Peat fires in Sumatra have been burning for weeks, producing thick clouds of haze and smoke. Deliberately set to…

Behold a double rainbow from space! Well, technically, it's called glory, but it just looks like a double rainbow…

This is really bad. NASA has published an image of the pollution haze taking all over the North China Plain. Yes,…

This photo was taken from space, but it's not a galaxy or a nebula. It's a massive phytoplankton bloom off the coast…

The US has entered the 34th day of a crippling heat wave, with no sign of relief in sight. According to the National…

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center used satellite data to stitch together detailed scans of every square kilometer…