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Trump's Greenland grab is part of a new space race – and the stakes are getting higher

ByAnna Marie Brennanpublished15 February 26

As global tensions rise, the island has become a geopolitical pressure gauge, revealing how the old international legal order is beginning to fray.

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An orbital view of northern Italy showing a mountainous region to the north, dominated by the vein-like lines of mountain tops bordered by flat green terrain to the south.

Italy's 2026 Winter Olympic venues from space | Space photo of the day for Feb. 10, 2026

ByAnthony Woodpublished10 February 26

ESA marked the opening of the 2026 Winter Olympics by capturing the venue from low-Earth orbit.

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What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled

ByCarlos Martinezpublished8 February 26

Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it.

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The way Earth's surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew

ByBen Mather,Adriana Dutkiewicz,Dietmar Müller,Sabin Zahirovicpublished7 February 26

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously thought.

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NASA satellite watches January's polar vortex | Space photo of the day for Feb. 4, 2026

ByKenna Hughes-Castleberrypublished4 February 26

A late January 2026 winter storm left more than snow and ice in its wake.

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An image of the world with various lines of green and blue showing the river system with a table of numbers on the left showing main flow levels corresponding to various colors.

Satellite sees river flow across the globe | Space photo of the day for Jan. 29, 2025

ByKenna Hughes-Castleberrypublished29 January 26

Along with this stunning image is the first-ever global estimate of river water discharge and overall sediment suspension.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019: As a dangerously cold rush of air is sweeping across the Midwest United States today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-East satellite is keeping an eye on the record-breaking weather event from space. This surge of cold air is the result of a rift in the polar vortex, a circulation of winds that surround the North Pole.

How Earth's atmosphere and climate come together to create a polar vortex

ByJudah Cohen,Mathew Barlowpublished28 January 26

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex.

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A vertical building is lit up in red, white and blue colors with the numbers 250 on it from top to bottom next to a white illuminated building with columns against a dark night sky.

America's 250th lights up Washington Monument | Space photo of the day for Jan. 28, 2026

ByKenna Hughes-Castleberrypublished28 January 26

A 250th anniversary only comes once in a lifetime.

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Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before

ByStefanie Waldekpublished15 January 26

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

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Satellites spy raging bushfires in Australia | Space photo of the day for Jan. 15, 2026

ByKenna Hughes-Castleberrypublished15 January 26

The image shows just how large and devastating these events can be.

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