NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina have collaborated on a mission to measure the variability of the salinity of the ocean surface on a global scale to help study climate.
The Spitzer Space Telescope passed through a tail of dust following Earth in its orbit around the sun. The whole solar system is dusty, full of fragments from comets and colliding asteroids.
Earth Day on April 22nd is a good day to learn about Earth and help the environment. Many different activities will be offered locally to celebrate Earth Day.
On January 9th in Huntsville, Alabama, NASA atmospheric scientists got to study “thundersnow” when a storm passed over the National Space Science and Technology Center where they work.
NASA’s set of five spacecraft called THEMIS has discovered a new form of space weather called a spacequake. It sparks northern light activity and can be detected on Earth’s surface.
Earth Day is observed on April 22nd every year. It was created to inspire awareness and appreciation for Earth’s environment. Over 140 countries celebrate Earth Day around the world.
Earth has one natural satellite, or moon, that orbits Earth as Earth orbits the sun. There are also a couple of other objects that are traveling with Earth too.
A glacier is a huge body of ice formed naturally from snow accumulation over long periods of time. A glacier is always flowing outward or downward, depending on the landscape.
Scientists have been studying weather patterns by comparing recorded temperatures from 1850 to 1950, to the recorded temperatures from 1950 to the present.
