Life on Earth
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The ancient walls, ramparts, and ditches that wind through this Nigerian city are the longest known earthworks of the pre-mechanical…
The tart berry and state fruit brings a red pop to holiday feasts—and to satellite images of Midwestern marshlands.
Over millions of years, water has sculpted limestone in northern Vietnam into an extraordinary karst landscape full of towers, cones,…
Hurricane Melissa left the island nation’s forests brown and battered, but they won’t stay that way for long.
Satellites are helping land managers track ecological shifts as reserves reconnect and landscapes return to a more natural state.
Late-season reds and browns swept across the Ozark Highlands in the south-central U.S.
The colossal project created a valuable connection between the U.S. interior and the Atlantic Ocean when it opened in October…
A Gulf Coast storm followed by snowmelt in January 2025 temporarily increased the Mississippi River’s outflow, sending a surge of…
Satellite data show decades of gradual but persistent change to forests around one of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s…
Sediment from the riverbed, especially during periods of higher flow, helps shape the surrounding beaches and sandbars.
The nighttime lightscape of Argentina’s largest metropolitan area reveals transportation corridors and variations in lighting types.
Researchers are using satellites to study development patterns in this fast-growing city in Ethiopia.
New York City’s Manhattan Island was the site of the nation’s first Labor Day parade on September 5, 1882.
An astronaut captured a moonrise—and much more—in a series of photos taken from the International Space Station.
One of NASA’s newest Earth-observing sensors extends and improves the continuous measurement of light-harvesting pigments in ocean surface waters.
The Bear Gulch fire spread through dense forest and filled skies with smoke in northwestern Washington state.
The remote and rugged landscape in central Colorado is known for outdoor recreation by day and exceptional stargazing by night.
The fast-growing blaze charred more than 100,000 acres in the span of a week.
