2 min read Microbiology Microbiology Laboratory at JSC NASA. Microorganisms and Spaceflight Spaceflight poses a risk of adverse health effects due to the interactions between microorganisms, their hosts, and their environment. The JSC Microbiology team addresses the benefits and risks related to microorganisms, including infectious disease, allergens, environmental and food contamination, and the impacts of…

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X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCDavis/F. Bouhrik et al.; Optical:Legacy Survey/DECaLS/BASS/MzLS; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds and L. Frattare Celebrate the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a galaxy cluster seen in this new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes. Astronomers discovered this galaxy cluster Dec. 31, 2020. The date, combined with the bubble-like appearance of the…

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This year will conclude as the second hottest on record, surpassed only by 2024. It continues a recent trend of exceptional, unexplained warming. The last three years have been, by a wide margin, the hottest ever recorded. Read more on E360 → ,Read More  Yale E360  

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This year will conclude as the second hottest on record, surpassed only by 2024. It continues a recent trend of exceptional, unexplained warming. The last three years have been, by a wide margin, the hottest ever recorded. Read more on E360 → ,Read More  Yale E360  

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Explore This Section EarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 39 min read The Earth Observer: Offering Perspectives from Space through Time An Intertwined History: The Earth Observer and EOS The Earth Observer, a newsletter issued for more than 36 years, will release its last online content at the close of…

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Explore This Section EarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 42 min read The State of CERES: Updates and Highlights Introduction The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) was initially designed in the late-1980s and early-1990s as a facility instrument for NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS). Since its inception,…

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Explore This Section EarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 14 min read The Final Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: October–December 2025 It is with a heavy heart that I announce that NASA Earth Science Communications has directed The Earth Observer to conduct an orderly shutdown of the publication. No new content…

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Explore This Section EarthEarth ObserverEditor’s CornerFeature ArticlesMeeting SummariesNewsScience in the NewsCalendarsIn MemoriamAnnouncementsMoreArchivesConference SchedulesStyle Guide 27 min read Terra: The End of An Era Introduction Launched into the night sky nearly 26 years ago, on December 19, 1999, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (now Space Force Base), Terra was NASA’s first Earth Observing System (EOS) Flagship…

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