About the size of a full-size pickup truck, a newly launched satellite by NASA and its partners will provide ocean and ...

The Sentinel-6B is the second of two satellites in a $1 billion program to monitor sea levels over a full decade.

Understanding tidal patterns down to the inch is critical in protecting how we use our oceans every day on Earth,” said Nicky ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has awarded a delivery order to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. of ...

Update: As of Feb. 19, 2025, the White House has chosen not to terminate NASA's probationary employees, which make up roughly 6% of the agency's workforce. A reason for the last-minute decision has ...

A powerful solar flare and rare severe geomagnetic storm triggered aurora lights and precautionary measures aboard the ISS.

In September, NASA announced that the threat of solar storms is reaching a new high, noting that the activities on the Sun's surface have intensified in the past decade. Solar storms can lead to some ...

“NOAA does a lot of work with climate,” says Keith Seitter, former executive director of the American Meteorological Society and currently a professor of environmental studies at the College of the ...

This fall, NASA scientist Kris Bedka flew into Hurricane Helene to test a device that uses lasers to create ultradetailed wind measurements. It could be the key to unlocking better storm predictions.