Snowball Earth’s liquid seas dipped way below freezing
Iron isotopes show that salty seawater pockets beneath the ice were as cold as −15°C.
Antarctica’s ‘gravity hole’ reveals the evolution of Earth’s deep interior
A persistent "gravity hole" beneath Antarctica gives scientists a window into Earth's deep interior, showing how processes far below reshape the planet's gravity field over millions of years.
Could one of Europe’s most important wetlands really vanish? Satellites show it may happen in our lifetime
New satellite imagery reveals that Doñana National Park, one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is shrinking so rapidly that it could disappear within a human lifetime.
Trump’s Greenland grab is part of a new space race – and the stakes are getting higher
As global tensions rise, the island has become a geopolitical pressure gauge, revealing how the old international legal order is beginning to fray.
Italy’s 2026 Winter Olympic venues from space | Space photo of the day for Feb. 10, 2026
ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.
What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled
Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.
The way Earth’s surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew
New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.
NASA satellite watches January’s polar vortex | Space photo of the day for Feb. 4, 2026
A late January 2026 winter storm left more than snow and ice in its wake.
Satellite sees river flow across the globe | Space photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025
Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.
How Earth’s atmosphere and climate come together to create a polar vortex
To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.