Last November, the GOES-16 satellite went from the Florida coast to a geostationary orbit 22,300 miles above Earth. It was... Read More
NOAA’s jack-of-all-trades satellite, GOES-16, keeps constant tabs of large portions of the Western Hemisphere from nearly 22,300 miles above the... Read More
On a perfect November night last year, an Atlas V rocket lifted the GOES-16 satellite into the skies above Cape... Read More
A huge gathering of walrus in northwest Alaska was recently spotted during NOAA’s annual arctic marine mammal aerial survey. These... Read More
The Vancouver Aquarium and NOAA teamed together for the first study of killer whales using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV),... Read More
It doesn’t feel all that warm in the U.S. right now, but Earth is actually on its way to the... Read More
On Friday, NOAA and NASA announced 2014 was the hottest year in modern record – since 1880. The 2000s have... Read More
UPDATE: Tonight’s launch scrubbed due to weather. SpaceX will try again Tuesday at 6:05 PM EST. SpaceX’s first landing didn’t... Read More
SpaceX successfully launched the DSCOVR satellite yesterday. Here’s five facts you need to know about the space weather satellite Read More
The ocean-atmospheric phenomenon responsible for warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures in the central Pacific Ocean, better known as El Niño, has... Read More
Right now, climate experts from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are discussing new data on 2015... Read More
Few phenomena create feelings of dread and awe like the weather. From space, nearly everything looks beautiful – including weather.... Read More
