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The ocean has a hidden garden of phytoplankton.
You just need to know how to see it, and NASA’s PACE mission has the tools! 🌊🛰️
With PACE, scientists can identify types of phytoplankton in the water, which each play a different role in ocean ecosystems.
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NASA studies air pollution around the world to better understand what’s in the air and what it can mean for human health. #CleanAirDay#
Clean air matters for everyone. 🌎 With missions like TEMPO, NASA helps track air quality across North America, helping communities plan for a healthier future. #CleanAirDay#
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From Texas to Maine, coastal wetlands and marshes are releasing over 1.45 billion pounds of carbon into the ocean each year.
The finding comes from a study analyzing Landsat images and @USGS elevation data to track marsh loss in the area from 1985-2022.
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A partial lunar eclipse will pass over the Americas—and parts of Europe and Africa—tomorrow night! It will reach its peak around 12:12am ET (0412 UTC) on Thursday, Aug. 28.
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It’s #NationalParkWeek#! ⛰️🥾🌲
Can you identify these @NatlParkService parks from space?
Check out these satellite images and drop your guesses in the comments. Bonus points if you’ve visited or can identify any iconic landmarks!
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For a few million years, Earth may have been left out in the cold — literally.
New NASA research shows the Sun's protective bubble has shrunk smaller than Earth's orbit at least three times in the past 10 million years, possibly triggering ancient ice ages. 🌍
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A series of heat waves broke records and is taking a toll in Europe this summer.
This animation shows the daily max surface air temperature across Western Europe from May 1 to Aug. 19, 2026 using the @NASAGoddard GEOS model.
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A photo of the world for World Photography Day 🌍📷
In April 2026, Artemis II flew around the Moon and back. On the way there, astronaut Reid Wiseman captured this full disk photograph of Earth at nighttime.
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NASA’s PREFIRE satellites have now collected two full years of data showing how surface temperatures change at Earth’s poles. Tracking these changes helps scientists better understand how energy moves into and out of the Earth system.
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This graphic shows the path of totality for the August 12 eclipse. Totality will begin around 8:30pm in Spain & 5:45pm in Iceland (local times).
Learn how to safely view the eclipse:
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Extremely hot and dry conditions in June and July enabled large fires to break out in Europe.
Spain saw its largest fire on record in Ávila, as shown in this Landsat 9 false color image. Unburned vegetation is light green and burned areas appear brown.
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Best interns on Earth! 🫶🌎
Whether they’re launching weather balloons, flying on a NASA aircraft, or taking measurements in the field, @NASAInterns help us learn more about the planet we call home.
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Jimothy runs this city. 🦝
This astronaut photograph, taken from the @Space_Station, shows Seattle, Washington.
The iconic raccoon, nicknamed Jimothy, has been spotted in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood (top middle in this image).
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Happy 250th, America! 🇺🇸
Red (Mars), white (Moon), and blue (Earth) brought to you by the solar system.
What’s going on here? 🤔
The poles are the only places ICESat-2 can’t gather data. Instead, the satellite’s orbit is designed so that it can better study the edges of the polar ice sheets and sea ice, where much of the change is happening.
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Recently, two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.
NASA satellites captured imagery and data that are supporting response efforts. This NISAR map shows how the quakes shifted the land surface. Explore more:
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Tonight's full Moon has an atmosphere too — just extraordinarily thin.
With about a quadrillion times fewer molecules in a given space than Earth's, it’s so sparse that space rocks strike the surface directly instead of burning up!
📸 NASA/Bill Dunford
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Something sweet is on the rise! 🍓🌕
The Strawberry Moon will light up the night sky tonight, reaching peak illumination in late afternoon. The best time to see it will be shortly after sunset.
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A NASA-sponsored team developed an open-source tool that uses machine learning to speed up identification of potential flash floods, delivering near real-time insights to help communities respond faster.
Explore how this data-driven tech tracks extreme weather and produces forecasts in as little as 15 minutes:
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Seems like everyone’s watching Fiji right now… 👀🏝️
Even @NASA satellites!
NASA has a fleet of more than 20 satellites that study our home planet and capture images — including this one of the islands of Fiji, which are home to a certain iconic villa.
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