March 10, 2026

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Shades of a Lunar Eclipse

Shades of a Lunar Eclipse

A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

Lake Coatepeque

Lake Coatepeque

Set amid El Salvador’s modern, active volcanic landscape, tranquil blue waters fill a caldera formed by ancient eruptions.

Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life

Ailing “Megaberg” Sparks Surge of Microscopic Life

As Iceberg A-23A disintegrated, it shed meltwater that helped fuel an extensive phytoplankton bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean.

A Little Town with a Long Name

A Little Town with a Long Name

A NASA luminary from the Apollo era grew up in Wales near Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.

Searching for Selenite

Searching for Selenite

Oklahoma’s Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge attracts rare and diverse species—and enthusiasts looking for a distinct type of crystallized gypsum.

More from NASA Earth Science

In a first, a space mission led by NASA and France has tracked Earth’s rivers swelling and shrinking from month to month over the course of a year and found significantly less of a swing than previous model-based estimates.

A NASA instrument designed to measure moonlight to help satellite sensors make more accurate measurements.

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