Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
A pair of tropical cyclones, one on each side of the equator, is putting on a show for satellites passing over the Indian Ocean. On May 8, 2022, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on NOAA-20...
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
The SeaHawk satellite is a very small satellite designed to monitor ocean color and coastal ecosystems. It measures just 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters by 30 centimeters and flies in a polar orbit at 585 kilometers (363...
Monday, April 11th, 2022
Just more than three months into 2022, Sydney, Australia, has already received a year’s worth of rain. The recent deluge brought more flooding to the already rain-soaked southern and central coasts of New South Wales, prompting evacuations....
Tuesday, March 29th, 2022
On March 1, 2022, StriX-β was deployed by Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket at Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex on the Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand. The satellite reached target orbit, a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO), with an altitude of 561...
Tuesday, March 15th, 2022
The Pilbara in northwestern Australia exposes some of the oldest rocks on Earth—more than 3.6 billion years old. The iron-rich rocks formed before the presence of atmospheric oxygen … and life itself. Found upon these rocks are...
Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
Despite China’s large land area, only one impact crater—the relatively small Xiuyan crater in Liaoning province—had been discovered there prior to 2020. Then, last year, a team of geologists found another crater northwest of Yilan in Heilongjiang...
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
The cataclysmic explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano in January 2022 is reported to have been the biggest eruption recorded anywhere on the planet in 30 years. It sent a plume of ash soaring into the...
Monday, January 31st, 2022
Ever since the uninhabited volcanic island Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai exploded in mid-January 2022, the people of Tonga have faced a gauntlet of hazards. One of the most widespread is volcanic ash. Satellite images collected in the days...
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
On the Pacific island nation of Tonga, significant damage was being reported days after a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami. New Zealand's military is sending much-needed drinking water and other supplies, but said the ash on...
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022
The National Space Science Symposium 2022 is scheduled to be held between Jan. 31, 2022, and Feb. 4, 2022, with IISER Kolkota as hosting institute. NSSS-2022 is a platform to provide a scientific forum for the presentation...
