The glacier in southeastern Svalbard pulses with the changing seasons, speeding up and slowing its flow toward the sea.

The thermal infrared capabilities of an imager on NASA’s Terra satellite have been shut off and will no longer collect data, more than 25 years after the ...

An ecologist, a volcanologist, and a chemist walk into a forest… it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, but this very real collaboration between scientists from NASA and the Universidad de Costa ...

On Feb. 11, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory temporarily suspended most science operations in an effort to reduce atmospheric drag and slow the ...

While a part of the United States braved extreme winter cold, January 2026 brought sweltering summer conditions to many parts of Australia.

This stunning image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals a dramatic interplay of light and shadow in the Egg Nebula, sculpted by freshly ejected stardust. Located approximately 1,000 light-years ...

This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 6,000 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see ...

Key Takeaway: Water can store a lot of heat (compared to the air), which means the ocean can absorb excess heat from a warming atmosphere. About 90% of the excess heat from planetary warming over the ...

The New York metropolitan area was showing the effects of a prolonged cold spell in late January 2026. During a stretch of frigid weather, ice choked the Hudson River along Manhattan’s western shore.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash toward the upper middle — on Feb. 4, 2026. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that ...

247th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting ...

Amendment 44: Final Text for B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research B.2 Heliophysics Foundational Research (HFR) solicits investigations that advance the fundamental physical understanding of the ...