Monday, September 21st, 2026
Smoke from widespread fires blanketed parts of Indonesia in early September 2026 as drought created conditions for fires to spread through the country’s peatlands. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured extensive smoke over Borneo on Sept. 1, 2026, with...
Monday, September 7th, 2026
Satellite imagery captured the aftermath of a catastrophic flash flood that swept through northern Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026. The event began with a rapid slope failure associated with a glacier collapse on Langtang Lirung in Langtang...
Monday, August 24th, 2026
Hurricane Lala approached Hawaiʻi in mid-August 2026, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds and dangerous surf to portions of the island chain. The VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite captured this image on...
Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
Large tides transform the appearance of Roebuck Bay along the coast of Western Australia, exposing broad expanses of intertidal mudflats that support one of the Southern Hemisphere’s most important concentrations of migratory shorebirds. Located near Broome in...
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
A Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired in June 2026 reveals a colorful agricultural landscape in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, where geometric fields contrast with salt lakes, coastal wetlands and the dark waters of the Southern Ocean. ...
Monday, July 13th, 2026
Satellite imagery captured during early July 2026 shows Super Typhoon Bavi rapidly strengthening as it tracked across the western Pacific toward the Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward East Asia. High-resolution observations from NOAA-21's Visible...
Monday, June 29th, 2026
Satellite imagery collected during late June 2026 reveals widespread seasonal ice retreat across the Bering Sea, highlighting ongoing changes in one of the world's most dynamic Arctic and sub-Arctic marine environments. Researchers are using Earth-observation data to...
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Typhoon Jangmi churned across the western Pacific Ocean in early June 2026, producing a nighttime view captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard a Joint Polar Satellite System satellite on May 30, 2026. Around...
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
During summer 2026, Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) and its partners will explore deep-sea habitats in the Central and Western Pacific using E/V Nautilus, its mapping sonars, ROV systems, and other exploration technologies brought aboard from partners of the NOAA Ocean Exploration...
Tuesday, May 19th, 2026
In the next 30 years, Pacific Island nations such as Tuvalu, Kiribati (pictured) and Fiji will experience at least 6 inches (15 centimeters) of sea-level rise, according to an analysis by NASA’s sea-level change science team. This...
