:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 17 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 290 Issued at 0030Z on 17 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 16 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 16/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4551 S14W19 102 0600 Eki 13 34 Beta-Gamma 4555 S08W70 153 0020 Cro 05 02 Beta 4557 N07E16 067 0 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-089 OCT. 16, 2026 NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director Photo of Stephen Cash NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Stephen Cash director of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, effective Monday, Oct. 19. Cash, a veteran NASA engineer and aerospace executive, returns to lead the center where he began his career more ...Continue Reading

Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast   October 16, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth &nbs ...Continue Reading

Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast; Fires Arrive in the Amazon   October 16, 2026 Natural Events   This Week's Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back. Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics b ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 16 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 289 Issued at 0030Z on 16 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 15 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 15/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W93 189 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 4551 S15W06 102 0620 Eki 12 32 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4553 N06E06 ...Continue Reading

Oct 15, 2026 NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) is publicly releasing a value-added SWOT Level 2 Near Real Time GPS Nadir Altimeter Operational Geophysical Data Record (NRT GPS OGDR). The dataset produced by the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission, provides sea surface height, significant wave height and wind speed measurements from the Poseidon-3C nadir altimeter, a Jason-class dual frequency (Ku/C) altimeter. SWOT is a joint mission between NASA and CNES tha ...Continue Reading

Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest   October 15, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest During El Niño, a cascade of fires across the tropics begins in equatorial Asia and continues in the central and eastern Amazon.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory Follow NASAEarth ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 15 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 288 Issued at 0030Z on 15 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 14 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 14/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W79 189 0020 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 4551 S15E07 103 0500 Eki 13 23 Beta-Gamma-Delta 4553 N06E20 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-082 OCT. 14, 2026 HUMANS IN SPACE NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101 NASA astronaut Anil Menon conducts a spacewalk on Aug. 6, 2026, to prepare the International Space Station for future upgrades to its power system. Credit: NASA NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the Internation ...Continue Reading

Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast   October 14, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory ...Continue Reading