Earth Topics
Students explore "ancient" site with aid of modern navigation, pictures
1998 — April 6, 2011
Students use satellites to map natural resources and to study our own history.
Seeing the invisible
1998 — April 6, 2011
New data on Earth's magnetosphere is slowly turning the invisible into the visible, revealing more about space weather.
Sunquake telescope appears to be OK
1998 — April 6, 2011
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) instruments are getting checked out after SOHO's deep-freeze. First look is encouraging.
Sunspot activity increases
1998 — April 6, 2011
As the sun approaches solar maximum, NASA scientists report that the sunspot cycle is closely following their prediction.
All the world's a stage, and the ions merely players...
1998 — April 6, 2011
Scientists use virtual satellites to explore Earth's magnetosphere.
A Weatherman in Space...
1998 — April 6, 2011
NASA plans to launch an orbiting radar for better Space Weatherforecasting. This story includes RealVideo of space storms and the sun-Earth connection.
Solar flare today zaps spacecraft camera with protons
1998 — April 6, 2011
the 23rd solar cycle begins with a bang.
Radio astronomers find a lost satellite
1998 — April 6, 2011
The detection of SOHO raises hopes for its recovery
December 1997 is Coldest Month on Record in the Stratosphere
1998 — April 6, 2011
Space-based measurements of the temperature of the Earth's lower stratosphere indicate that December 1997 was the coldest month on record since measurements of this type were begun in 1979.
SOHO opens its eyes
1998 — April 6, 2011
Scientists await word on a key instrument as NASA and ESA continue their spacecraft recovery efforts.