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The lowest temperature the satellites detected - minus 136° F (minus 93.2° C), on Aug. 10, 2010.The new record is several degrees colder than the previous low of minus 128.6° F (minus 89.2° C), set in 1983 at the Russian Vostok Research Station in East Antarctica. The coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth is northeastern Siberia, where temperatures dropped to a bone-chilling 90 degrees below zero F (minus 67.8° C) in the towns of Verkhoyansk (in 1892) and Oimekon (in 1933).Related feature story: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nasa-usgs-landsat-8-satellite-pinpoints-coldest-spots-on-earth || ", "hits": 5527 }, { "id": 14146, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14146/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-05-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Black Hole Desktop & Phone Wallpapers", "description": "While black holes can’t emit their own light, matter surrounding and falling toward it can create quite a light show. 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The Lunar Module, nicknamed Eagle and flown by Neil Armstrong and Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin, touched down near the southern rim of the Sea of Tranquility, one of the large, dark basins that contribute to the Man in the Moon visible from Earth. Armstrong and Aldrin spent about two hours outside the LM setting up experiments and collecting samples. At one point, Armstrong ventured east of the LM to examine a small crater, dubbed Little West, that he'd flown over just before landing.The trails of disturbed regolith created by the astronauts' boots are still clearly visible in photographs of the landing site taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) narrow-angle camera (LROC) more than four decades later.LROC imagery makes it possible to visit the landing site in a whole new way by flying around a three-dimensional model of the site. LROC scientists created the digital elevation model using a stereo pair of images. Each image in the pair shows the site from a slightly different angle, allowing sophisticated software to infer the shape of the terrain, similar to the way that left and right eye views are combined in the brain to produce the perception of depth.The animator draped an LROC photograph over the terrain model. He also added a 3D model of the LM descent stage—the real LM in the photograph looks oddly flat when viewed at an oblique angle.Although the area around the site is relatively flat by lunar standards, West Crater (the big brother of the crater visited by Armstrong) appears in dramatic relief near the eastern edge of the terrain model. Ejecta from West comprises the boulders that Armstrong had to avoid as he searched for a safe landing site.Apollo 11 was the first of six increasingly ambitious crewed lunar landings. The exploration of the lunar surface by the Apollo astronauts, when combined with the wealth of remote sensing data now being returned by LRO, continues to inform our understanding of our nearest neighbor in space. || ", "hits": 4011 }, { "id": 5633, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5633/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-04-06T10:30:00-04:00", "title": "Simulating the Artemis II Lunar Flyby on April 6, 2026", "description": "This visualization simulates what the crew of Artemis II will see out the window on the day of their closest approach to the Moon on April 6, 2026. 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Each lightning burst creates electromagnetic waves that begin to circle around Earth captured between Earth's surface and a boundary about 60 miles up. Some of the waves - if they have just the right wavelength - combine, increasing in strength, to create a repeating atmospheric heartbeat known as Schumann resonance. This resonance provides a useful tool to analyze Earth's weather, its electric environment, and to even help determine what types of atoms and molecules exist in Earth's atmosphere.The waves created by lightning do not look like the up and down waves of the ocean, but they still oscillate with regions of greater energy and lesser energy. These waves remain trapped inside an atmospheric ceiling created by the lower edge of the \"ionosphere\" - a part of the atmosphere filled with charged particles, which begins about 60 miles up into the sky. In this case, the sweet spot for resonance requires the wave to be as long (or twice, three times as long, etc) as the circumference of Earth. This is an extremely low frequency wave that can be as low as 8 Hertz (Hz) - some one hundred thousand times lower than the lowest frequency radio waves used to send signals to your AM/FM radio. As this wave flows around Earth, it hits itself again at the perfect spot such that the crests and troughs are aligned. Voila, waves acting in resonance with each other to pump up the original signal.While they'd been predicted in 1952, Schumann resonances were first measured reliably in the early 1960s. Since then, scientists have discovered that variations in the resonances correspond to changes in the seasons, solar activity, activity in Earth's magnetic environment, in water aerosols in the atmosphere, and other Earth-bound phenomena. || ", "hits": 2695 }, { "id": 30618, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30618/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-27T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Pluto's Surface Composition", "description": "Images of Pluto from New Horizons prepared for the hyperwall. || The Ralph instrument detected frozen methane, nitrogen, and carbon monoxide on Pluto || pluto_ices_print.jpg (1024x574) [83.9 KB] || pluto_ices.png (4096x2304) [3.2 MB] || pluto_ices_searchweb.png (180x320) [37.2 KB] || pluto_ices_thm.png (80x40) [3.1 KB] || pluto_ices_30618.key [6.2 MB] || pluto_ices_30618.pptx [3.6 MB] || pluto_ices.hwshow [188 bytes] || ", "hits": 2652 }, { "id": 11816, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11816/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2015-03-19T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Arctic Sea Ice Sets New Record Winter Low", "description": "This short video shows the bulk of the Arctic sea ice freeze cycle from October through this year’s apparent winter maximum on Feb. 25th. || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_youtube_hq_print.jpg (1024x576) [142.2 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_youtube_hq_searchweb.png (320x180) [88.0 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_youtube_hq_web.png (320x180) [88.0 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_youtube_hq_thm.png (80x40) [6.6 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_youtube_hq.mov (1280x720) [21.0 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_prores.mov (1280x720) [893.4 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_appletv.m4v (960x540) [22.8 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_appletv_subtitles.m4v (960x540) [22.8 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_nasaportal.mov (640x360) [18.9 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_720x480.wmv (720x480) [18.4 MB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_720x480.webm (720x480) [6.3 MB] || Arctic_Sea_Ice_Record.en_US.srt [1.2 KB] || Arctic_sea_ice_max_2015_vo_ipod_sm.mp4 (320x240) [4.4 MB] || ", "hits": 2635 }, { "id": 11077, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11077/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-09-11T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Built To Last", "description": "NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) satellites were launched into space just before dawn on August 30, 2012. The mission was designed like none before it to penetrate and observe the Van Allen Belts, two dynamic swaths of radiation surrounding Earth that can wreak havoc on spacecraft electronics and potentially harm astronauts. Most satellites are put into orbit above or below the belts for protection. But, with thick aluminum shielding sensitive instruments, the twin RBSP satellites were built to go into the heart of the harshest radiation anywhere around Earth. As the belts vary unpredictably in size and intensity, the two identical spacecraft will provide multiple vantage points of these changes and ultimately lead to a better understanding of how energy from the sun affects the fluctuations. The visualization shows how the spacecraft will fly in an unusual, highly elliptical orbit to collect data throughout the vastness of the Van Allen Belts. || ", "hits": 2616 }, { "id": 10966, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10966/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-04-20T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "SDO: Year 2", "description": "April 21, 2012 marks the two-year anniversary of the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) First Light press conference, where NASA revealed the first images taken by the spacecraft. This video highlights just some of the amazing events witnessed in SDO's second year. || ", "hits": 2606 }, { "id": 31168, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31168/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2021-12-13T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "What NASA Knows from Decades of Earth System Observations", "description": "Karen St. Germain, NASA's Director of Earth Science, gave this presentation to the 2021 United Nations Climate Change ConferenceWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel. || KarenStGermain_4k_COP26_Presentation_Final_103850_print.jpg (1024x576) [143.2 KB] || KarenStGermain_4k_COP26_Presentation_Final_103850_searchweb.png (320x180) [87.7 KB] || KarenStGermain_4k_COP26_Presentation_Final_103850_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || KarenStGermain_HD_COP26_Presentation_Final.webm (1920x1080) [106.3 MB] || KarenStGermain_HD_COP26_Presentation_Final.mp4 (1920x1080) [1008.1 MB] || KarenStGFinal (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || transcript_StGermain.en_US.srt [13.6 KB] || transcript_StGermain.en_US.vtt [13.2 KB] || KarenStGermain_4k_COP26_Presentation_Final.mp4 (3840x2160) [7.6 GB] || ", "hits": 2596 }, { "id": 12929, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12929/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2018-04-17T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Celebrates Earth Day and the Amazing Tech that Makes Earth Exploration Possible", "description": "NASA pioneers and supports an amazing range of advanced technologies and tools to help scientists and environmental specialists better understand and protect our home planet – from space lasers to virtual reality, small satellites and smartphone apps.To celebrate Earth Day 2018, April 22, the agency is highlighting many of these innovative technologies and the amazing applications behind them. || ", "hits": 2574 }, { "id": 10383, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10383/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2009-02-19T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Glory Instrument Flyover", "description": "Glory will help researchers better understand the direct and indirect effects of atmospheric aerosols and of the Sun on Earth's climate. This animation reveals Glory's trio of remote-sensing instruments: Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) will provide new capabilities in the characterization of aerosol particle microphysical properties through the collection of multiangle and multispectral radiance and polarization measurements. Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM) is an electrical substitution radiometer (ESR) that records measurements of total solar irradiance (TSI) with extreme accuracy and precision. Cloud Camera data will provide cross track coverage over a broader swath of aerosol load than the APS. || ", "hits": 2573 }, { "id": 13822, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13822/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-02-20T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "TV Production \"Behind the Scenes\" of Antares Launch", "description": "Behind the Scenes of Goddard TV ProductionMusic Credit: Universal Production Music Track Name: Bring The Heat Instrumental || Behind_the_scenes.jpg (1670x939) [359.4 KB] || Behind_the_scenes_searchweb.png (320x180) [112.4 KB] || Behind_the_scenes_thm.png (80x40) [14.4 KB] || Antares_TV_Production_v3.webm (1920x1080) [19.5 MB] || Antares_TV_Production_v3.mp4 (1920x1080) [181.4 MB] || Antares_TV_Production_v3.en_US.srt [3.8 KB] || Antares_TV_Production_v3.en_US.vtt [3.8 KB] || Antares_TV_Production_v3.mov (1920x1080) [1.4 GB] || ", "hits": 2572 }, { "id": 2542, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2542/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2002-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Fires over Africa during 2001 and 2002", "description": "This animation shows fire activity over Africa from 8/21/2001 to 8/20/2002. The fires are shown as tiny particles with each particle depicting the site at which a fire was detected. Daily fires are displayed at a rate of 10 days per second. The fire particles fade over 1.7 seconds and change color as they age from red to orange, yellow and gray. || ", "hits": 2570 }, { "id": 3248, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3248/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2005-10-19T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "TRMM Microwave Brightness Temperature Progression During Hurricane Katrina: Horizontal Polarization", "description": "The TMI instrument on the TRMM satellite measures microwaves emitted from the Earth's land and water. By comparing emission from different microwave frequencies, the characteristics of ice and water in the atmosphere can be determined. For example, 85 GHz microwaves are scattered by ice crystals in tropical cyclones, making cyclone rain bands appear 'colder' than the surrounding areas. By comparing 85 GHz temperatures in different polarizations with other frequency band measurements, accurate measurements of rainfall in the atmosphere can be made. This animation builds up four days of global TMI 85 GHz measurements. Hurricane Katrina was in the Gulf of Mexico at the time and clearly shows up in the measurements. || ", "hits": 2568 }, { "id": 13592, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13592/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2020-04-23T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Guiding Farmers with NASA Satellites", "description": "Agriculture in Pakistan is dependent on irrigation from the Indus River, but over the years, these freshwater resources have become scarce. Today, it is one of the world’s most depleted basins. To tackle this, farmers are attempting to predict and track freshwater resources with the help of NASA satellites and cell phones. || ", "hits": 2567 }, { "id": 3605, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3605/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Dayside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)", "description": "This visualization uses simulated ephemerides to show the proposed orbits of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) during the \"dayside magnetosheath/magnetopause\" orbit phase. The movie initially shows the general orientation of the orbit with respect to the Earth, Moon, and Sun. It then zooms in to \"ride\" along with the spacecraft. We then zoom in even closer to show that there are actually four spacecraft flying in a tetrahedral formation. Finally, we see how the 4 spacecraft skim the magnetosheath such that, occasionally, some of the spacecraft are inside (e.g., MMS #1) and some are outside (e.g., MMS #2, #3, and #4) of the magnetosheath boundary.This visualization was created in support of the MMS Preliminary Design Review (PDR) which was held May 4 - 7, 2009. || ", "hits": 2567 }, { "id": 2198, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2198/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2001-07-02T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Erythemal Index 2000: Full Globe Loop", "description": "The Erythemal Index is a measure of ultraviolet radiation (UV) at ground level on the Earth. UV exists to the left of the visible spectrum and is divided into three components (UV-A, UV-B and UV-C). UV-B (290-320 wavelengths) is the most dangerous form of UV radiation that can reach ground level. Atmospheric ozone shields life at the surface from most of the harmful components of solar radiation. Chemical processes in the atmosphere can effect the level of protection provided by the ozone in the upper atmosphere. This thinning of the atmospheric ozone in the stratosphere leads to elevated levels of UV-B at ground level and increases the risks of DNA damage in living organisms. || ", "hits": 2564 }, { "id": 30526, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30526/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2014-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "title": "Camera on Curiosity's Arm as Seen by Camera on Mast", "description": "An image of the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on Mars rover Curiosity. || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699.png (1600x1200) [1.1 MB] || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699_print.jpg (1024x768) [120.0 KB] || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699_web.jpg (320x240) [17.0 KB] || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699_searchweb.png (320x180) [80.1 KB] || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699_thm.png (80x40) [6.1 KB] || curiosity_mahli_from_mastcam_pia15699.hwshow [234 bytes] || ", "hits": 2563 }, { "id": 2128, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2128/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2001-04-13T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Great Zoom out of New York, NY: The World Trade Center", "description": "Using data from different spacecraft and some powerful computer technology, visualizers at the Goddard Space Flight Center present you with a collection of American cities in a way you have never seen them before. Starting with our camera high above the Earth, we rush in towards the surface at what would be an impossible speed for any known vehicle. Passing though layers of atmosphere, the colors of our destinations shimmer with their own unique characteristics, and suddenly we find ourselves floating in virtual space just above the ground. || ", "hits": 2563 }, { "id": 12111, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12111/", "result_type": "B-Roll", "release_date": "2016-01-22T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "Webb Flight Mirrors Tested in Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility 4-28-2015 B-Roll", "description": "Engineers move James Webb Space Telescope flight mirrors for testing at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Calibration, Integration and Alignment Facility (CIAF). || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still.png (1891x1059) [1.8 MB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_print.jpg (1024x573) [95.9 KB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_ipad_poster_frame.jpg (1024x576) [95.9 KB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_5x3_hw_print.jpg (1024x573) [108.6 KB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [97.8 KB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_web.png (320x179) [97.2 KB] || JWST_Mirror_Move_CIAF_Still_thm.png (80x40) [13.0 KB] || Mirrors_Processing_at_CIAF_GSFC_4-28-15_h264.mov (1280x720) [762.8 MB] || Mirrir_Move_into_CIAF_Broll_2nd_cut.mov (1280x720) [1.6 GB] || Mirrors_Processing_at_CIAF_GSFC_4-28-15.mov (1280x720) [9.9 GB] || Mirrir_Move_into_CIAF_Broll_2nd_cut.webm (1280x720) [76.4 MB] || Mirrors_Processing_at_CIAF_GSFC_4-28-15_h264.webm (1280x720) [76.4 MB] || ", "hits": 2555 }, { "id": 2893, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2893/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-02-11T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Cumulative Earthquake Activity from 1980 through 1995 (WMS)", "description": "This animation shows a cumulative view of earthquake activity for the whole world from 1980 through 1995. Each dot on the image represents the number of earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4.2 that have occurred in a 0.35 by 0.35 degree area of the globe since January 1, 1980. A yellow dot represents 1 or 2 earthquakes, an orange dot represents about 10 earthquakes, and a red dot represents 50 to 200 earthquakes. The background image, if present, shows the topography of the ocean floor. As the animation proceeds, the earthquakes clearly accumulate around the topographic features that represent the boundaries of the Earth's crustal plates. This animation is based on data from world-wide seismic networks and was obtained from the National Earthquake Center of the United States Geological Survey. || ", "hits": 2548 }, { "id": 1150, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1150/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2000-09-05T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Hurricane Bonnie Dissolving 'Crystal Cathedral'", "description": "A fly in to a set of nested 3D isosurfaces of constant precipitation density for Hurricane Bonnie, measured by TRMM on August 22, 1998. The isosurfaces a removed one-by-one until only the highest density surface remains, then the surfaces are restored in reverse order. || a001150.00005_print.png (720x480) [442.4 KB] || bonnie_320X240_highres_pre.jpg (320x240) [9.8 KB] || a001150_pre.jpg (320x242) [8.6 KB] || a001150.webmhd.webm (960x540) [8.7 MB] || a001150.dv (720x480) [180.5 MB] || a001150.mp4 (640x480) [10.2 MB] || bonnie_320X240_highres.qt (320x240) [28.2 MB] || a001150.mpg (352x240) [6.8 MB] || ", "hits": 2542 }, { "id": 30316, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30316/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-21T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Near-Earth Asteroid 2007 PA8", "description": "A collage of nine radar images shows near-Earth asteroid 2007 PA8. The images were obtained between October 31 and November 13, 2012, with data collected by NASA's 70-meter Deep Space Network antenna at Goldstone, California. The images of 2007 PA8 reveal possible craters, boulders, an irregular, asymmetric shape, and very slow rotation. The asteroid measures approximately 1.6 kilometers wide. New radar measurements of 2007 PA8's distance and line-of-sight velocity refined calculations of its orbit about the sun, enabling reliable computation of the asteroid's motion for the next 632 years. 2007 PA8 is not a threat to Earth. NASA detects, tracks, and characterizes asteroids and comets passing close to Earth using both ground- and space-based telescopes. The Near-Earth Object Observations Program, commonly called \"Spaceguard,\" discovers these objects, characterizes a subset of them, and plots their orbits to determine if any could be potentially hazardous to our planet. || ", "hits": 2537 }, { "id": 3606, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3606/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2009-07-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) Nightside Orbit Animation for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR)", "description": "This visualization uses simulated ephemerides to show the proposed orbits of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) during the \"nightside\" orbit phase. The movie initially shows the general orientation of the orbit with respect to the Earth, Moon, and Sun. It then moves in towards the Earth revealing Earth's magnetic field. The camera then moves down towards the dark side of the Earth showing how MMS will fly through the tail of the magnetosphereThis visualization was created in support of the MMS Preliminary Design Review (PDR) which was held May 4th through May 7th of 2009. || ", "hits": 2535 }, { "id": 5415, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5415/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-11-22T09:00:00-05:00", "title": "Moon Phase and Libration, 2025", "description": "The geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2025, at hourly intervals.", "hits": 2534 }, { "id": 10894, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10894/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-01-17T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Dubai's Rapid Growth", "description": "To expand the possibilities for beachfront development, Dubai undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its Persian Gulf coastline. Built from sand dredged from the sea floor, and protected from erosion by rock breakwaters, the islands are shaped in recognizable forms such as palm trees. As the islands grew, so did the city. In 2000, the area was nearly entirely undeveloped. By 2011, whole city blocks had sprung up. Offshore, the first palm-shaped island, Palm Jumeirah, reached completion. The collection of false-color satellite images below shows the growth of Dubai—one of the United Arab Emirates—between 2000 and 2011. Taken by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer on NASA's Terra satellite, each image is produced from visible and infrared light where bare desert is tan, plant-covered land is red, water is black and urban areas are silver. || ", "hits": 2509 }, { "id": 1386, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/1386/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1995-01-01T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "SAMPEX - A Synoptic View of Earth's Electron Radiation Belts: North Pole Energetic Fluxes from PET", "description": "The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer, SAMPEX, measures fluxes of energetic particles from the sun, the Earth's magnetosphere, and cosmic ray sources over a broad range of energies. The four instruments aboard SAMPEX are the Low-Energy Ion Analyzer (LEICA), The Heavy Ion Large Telescope (HILT), The Mass Spectrometer Telescope (MAST), and the Proton-Electron Telescope (PET). || ", "hits": 2506 }, { "id": 13326, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13326/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2019-09-25T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Black Hole Accretion Disk Visualization", "description": "This movie shows a complete revolution around a simulated black hole and its accretion disk following a path that is perpendicular to the disk. The black hole’s extreme gravitational field redirects and distorts light coming from different parts of the disk, but exactly what we see depends on our viewing angle. The greatest distortion occurs when viewing the system nearly edgewise. As our viewpoint rotates around the black hole, we see different parts of the fast-moving gas in the accretion disk moving directly toward us. Due to a phenomenon called \"relativistic Doppler beaming,\" gas in the disk that's moving toward us makes that side of the disk appear brighter, the opposite side darker. This effect disappears when we're directly above or below the disk because, from that angle, none of the gas is moving directly toward us.When our viewpoint passes beneath the disk, it looks like the gas is moving in the opposite direction. This is no different that viewing a clock from behind, which would make it look like the hands are moving counter-clockwise.CORRECTION: In earlier versions of the 360-degree movies on this page, these important effects were not apparent. This was due to a minor mistake in orienting the camera relative to the disk. The fact that it was not initially discovered by the NASA scientist who made the movie reflects just how bizarre and counter-intuitive black holes can be! 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Since launch, LRO has measured the coldest temperatures in the solar system inside the Moon’s permanently shadowed craters, detected evidence of water ice at the Moon’s south pole, seen hints of recent geologic activity on the Moon, found newly-formed craters from present-day meteorite impacts, tested spaceborne laser communication technology, and much more.", "hits": 2424 }, { "id": 12656, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12656/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2017-12-22T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Big Bang Animation--5k Resolution", "description": "Artist's interpretation of the Big Bang, with representations of the early universe and its expansion. || BigBang_final-v01_162_print.jpg (1024x576) [187.9 KB] || BigBang_final-v01_162.png (5760x3240) [28.0 MB] || BigBang_final-v01_162_searchweb.png (320x180) [96.3 KB] || BigBang_final-v01_162_web.png (320x180) [96.3 KB] || BigBang_final-v01_162_thm.png (80x40) [6.4 KB] || 12656_Big_Bang_1080.webm (1920x1080) [3.0 MB] || 12656_Big_Bang_1080.mov (1920x1080) [112.4 MB] || 5760x3240_16x9_30p (5760x3240) [0 Item(s)] || 12656_Big_Bang_4K.mov (3840x2160) [84.8 MB] || 12656_Big_Bang_4k.m4v (3840x2160) [93.5 MB] || 12656_Big_Bang_ProRes_5760x3240_30.mov (5760x3240) [1.9 GB] || 12656_Big_Bang_ProRes_5760x3240_30.mov.hwshow [131 bytes] || ", "hits": 2421 }, { "id": 5631, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5631/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-04-27T16:00:00-04:00", "title": "Long-range Transport of 2023 Canadian Wildfire Smoke into the Northeastern United States", "description": "In summer 2023, Canada experienced its most intense wildfire season on record. Smoke from wildfires in Alberta and Quebec was transported thousands of miles, driven by favorable meteorological conditions, resulting in record-breaking poor air quality across the northeastern United States. This animation, powered by NASA's GEOS model, visualizes aerosol transport from May 31 – July 7, 2023 — the period of most dramatic impact on eastern U.S. air quality.", "hits": 2419 }, { "id": 4709, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4709/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-10-06T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Moon's Rotation", "description": "The Moon rotates as it orbits the Earth. The radial yellow line marks the 0° longitude meridian on the Moon. || orbit.0175_print.jpg (1024x576) [18.1 KB] || orbit.0175_searchweb.png (320x180) [9.5 KB] || orbit.0175_thm.png (80x40) [1.5 KB] || orbit_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [4.4 MB] || orbit_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [2.4 MB] || orbit_720p30.webm (1280x720) [5.7 MB] || orbit_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [12.0 MB] || orbit_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [920.2 KB] || 3840x2160_16x9_30p (3840x2160) [0 Item(s)] || orbit_1080p30.mp4.hwshow [179 bytes] || ", "hits": 2331 }, { "id": 13873, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13873/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2021-07-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements", "description": "The periodic table organizes all the known elements by atomic number, which is the number of protons in each atom of the element. This version of the table, which draws on data compiled by astronomer Jennifer Johnson from Ohio State University, shows our current understanding of how each element found on Earth was originally produced. Most of them ultimately have cosmic origins. Some elements were created with the birth of the universe, while others were made during the lives or deaths of stars. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help us understand the cosmic era when stars first began forming. The mission will help scientists learn more about how elements were created and distributed throughout galaxies.The related Tumblr post is here. || ", "hits": 2315 }, { "id": 14576, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14576/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-05-06T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Black Hole Visualization Takes Viewers Beyond the Brink", "description": "In this flight toward a supermassive black hole, labels highlight many of the fascinating features produced by the effects of general relativity along the way. This supercomputer visualization tracks a camera as it approaches, briefly orbits, and then crosses the event horizon — the point of no return — of a supersized black hole similar in mass to the one at the center of our galaxy. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/J. Schnittman and B. PowellMusic: “Tidal Force,” Thomas Daniel Bellingham [PRS], Universal Production Music“Memories” from Digital Juice“Path Finder,” Eric Jacobsen [TONO] and Lorenzo Castellarin [BMI], Universal Production MusicWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || 14576_BHPlunge_Explain_Still.jpg (3840x2160) [1.2 MB] || 14576_PageThumbnail.jpg (3840x2160) [1.2 MB] || 14576_PageThumbnail_searchweb.png (180x320) [85.0 KB] || 14576_PageThumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [9.6 KB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [319.5 MB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_Captions.en_US.srt [2.5 KB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_Captions.en_US.vtt [2.4 KB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_4k.mp4 (3840x2160) [1.5 GB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_4kYouTube.mp4 (3840x2160) [3.0 GB] || 14576_BHPlunge_Explainer_ProRes_3840x2160_2997.mov (3840x2160) [12.8 GB] || ", "hits": 2305 }, { "id": 5603, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5603/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-01-14T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2025", "description": "Global surface air temperatures from 1880-2025 as estimated from the GISTEMP analysis.", "hits": 2300 }, { "id": 3540, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3540/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-08-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Compare the Size of Antarctica to the Continental United States", "description": "Antarctica is the highest, driest, coldest, windiest and brightest of the seven continents. It is roughly the size of the United States and Mexico combined and is almost completely covered by a layer of ice that averages more than one mile in thickness, but is nearly three miles thick in places. This ice accumulated over millions of years through snowfall. Presently, the Antarctic ice sheet contains 90% of the ice on Earth and would raise sea levels worldwide by over 200 feet were it to melt. The total surface area is about 14.2 million sq km (about 5.5 million sq mls) in summer, much larger then the continental United States, approximately twice the size of Australia, and fifty times the size of the UK. In this still image, Antarctica is shown using the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) data with the continental United States overlaid on top for size comparison. The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica (LIMA) is a data product funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and jointly produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The LIMA data shown here uses the pan-chromatic band and has a resolution of 15 meters per pixel. The 13 swaths used to generate this sample mosaic where acquired between December 25, 1999 and December 31, 2001. The elevation data shown has no vertical exaggeration (1x) and is courtesy of the Radarsat Antarctic Mapping Project (RAMP) Digital Elevation Model (DEM). || ", "hits": 2201 }, { "id": 2953, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/2953/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2004-06-14T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Tectonic Plates and Plate Boundaries (WMS)", "description": "The Earth's crust is constantly in motion. Sections of the crust, called plates, push against each other due to forces from the molten interior of the Earth. The areas where these plates collide often have increased volcanic and earthquake activity. These images show the locations of the plates and their boundaries in the Earth's crust. Convergent boundaries are areas where two plates are pushing against each other and one plate may be subducting under another. Divergent boundaries have two plates pulling away from each other and indicate regions where new land could be created. Transform boundaries are places where two plates are sliding against each other in opposite directions, and diffuse boundaries are places where two plates have the same relative motion. Numerous small microplates have been omitted from the plate image. These images have been derived from images made available by the United States Geological Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program. || ", "hits": 2178 }, { "id": 11011, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11011/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-07-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "A New Dawn", "description": "The fate of the Milky Way is certain: Six billion years from now it will merge with the Andromeda galaxy. The prediction is based on images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. By examining the position of stars in Andromeda—located 2.5 million light-years away—scientists were able to calculate its movement through space. Traveling at 250,000 mph, the neighboring giant spiral is scheduled to make a head-on encounter with our galaxy about 4 billion years from now. Subsequent clashes over 2 billion years will give rise to a combined elliptical galaxy, replete with stars scattered in new orbits. It seems Earth, the sun and planets in our solar system will survive the crash but take on new coordinates in the cosmos. The video and computer simulation detail the structural evolution of the Milky Way and Andromeda leading up to the birth of a new galaxy. || ", "hits": 2174 }, { "id": 11234, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11234/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-04-23T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Mapping Earth's Gravity", "description": "Of the terrestrial planets in the solar system, Earth is not only the largest body but also the most massive. A calculation of its weight puts it slightly over 6.58 sextillion tons (that's 6.58x10^21 or 6,580,000,000,000,000,000,000). It's heavy because everything on our planet has mass—from the land that covers the continents to the water that fills the oceans. Earth's mass, however, isn't distributed evenly. Varying surface topography and the continuous movement of water cause different parts of the globe to have more or less mass than other regions. Since 2002, NASA's twin GRACE satellites have mapped Earth's gravity (the attractive force exerted by its mass), enabling scientists to see these differences and monitor how they change over time. Watch the visualization for a tour of Earth's gravity field. || ", "hits": 2137 }, { "id": 11679, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11679/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2014-11-04T11:45:00-05:00", "title": "Revisiting The Moon Landing", "description": "On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin \"Buzz\" Aldrin safely touched down on the near side of the moon in a large basin known as Mare Tranquillitatis. Within hours of landing, they donned their spacesuits and ventured out onto the moon's surface, becoming the first humans to step foot on another world. Now, scientists have created a 3-D model of the historic landing site using data collected by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). A camera aboard the spacecraft has been imaging the moon since 2009, providing detailed maps of the heavily cratered terrain. Included in the model is an LRO image that shows the descent stage of the landing vehicle, experiments set up by the astronauts and tracks left behind on the lunar surface. Watch the video for a tour of the landing site. || ", "hits": 2120 }, { "id": 31156, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31156/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-03-08T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Greenland Ice Mass Loss 2002-2025", "description": "The mass of the Greenland ice sheet has rapidly declined in the last several years due to surface melting and iceberg calving. Research based on observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites (2002-2017) and GRACE Follow-On (since 2018 - ) indicates that between 2002 and 2023, Greenland shed approximately 264 gigatons of ice per year, causing global sea level to rise by 0.03 inches (0.8 millimeters) per year.", "hits": 2085 }, { "id": 31158, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31158/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-03-08T17:00:00-05:00", "title": "Antarctic Ice Mass Loss 2002-2025", "description": "The mass of the Antarctic ice sheet has changed over the last decades. Research based on observations from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites (2002-2017) and GRACE Follow-On (since 2018 - ).", "hits": 2081 }, { "id": 5632, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5632/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-04-06T05:00:00-04:00", "title": "Artemis II mission trajectory", "description": "Artemis II launches four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft into Earth orbit, sending them on a loop around the Moon before returning safely to Earth. The mission follows a free-return trajectory that uses the gravity of the Earth and Moon to naturally guide the crew home. This visualization shows the mission trajectory based on flight-derived ephemeris data.", "hits": 2060 }, { "id": 5606, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5606/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-01-27T18:00:00-05:00", "title": "March 3, 2026 Total Lunar Eclipse: Visibility Map", "description": "On March 3, 2026, the Moon enters the Earth's shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. The media on this page show the region of the Earth where this event is visible.", "hits": 2036 }, { "id": 14299, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14299/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-03-10T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "What is Plasma?", "description": "Plasma makes up 99.9% of the visible universe, but what is it? This video discusses what plasma is, where it lives, and how NASA studies it. || ", "hits": 2008 }, { "id": 5450, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5450/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-01-10T11:00:00-05:00", "title": "Global Temperature Anomalies from 1880 to 2024", "description": "This color-coded map in Robinson projection displays a progression of changing global surface temperature anomalies. Normal temperatures are shown in white. Higher than normal temperatures are shown in red and lower than normal temperatures are shown in blue. Normal temperatures are calculated over the 30 year baseline period 1951-1980. The maps are averages over a running 24 month window. The final frame represents global temperature anomalies in 2024.", "hits": 2001 }, { "id": 30613, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30613/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2015-07-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Blue Marble From Apollo 17", "description": "This classic photograph of the Earth was taken on December 7, 1972. This is a version of the image prepared for use on the hyperwall. The original caption is reprinted below:View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the Mediterranean Sea area to the Antarctica south polar ice cap. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap. Note the heavy cloud cover in the Southern Hemisphere. Almost the entire coastline of Africa is clearly visible. The Arabian Peninsula can be seen at the northeastern edge of Africa. The large island off the east coast of Africa is the Republic of Madagascar. The Asian mainland is on the horizon toward the northeast. || ", "hits": 1993 }, { "id": 5326, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5326/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-07-18T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Moon Essentials: Orbit", "description": "The mean (average) orbit of the Moon as it changes over the course of 8.5 years. Shows the tilt of the orbit and the slow rotation of the nodes (where the Moon's orbit intersects the orbit plane of the Earth) and the apses (the near and far points). This is a simplified model that ignores the short-term influence of the Sun and the rest of the solar system. || simple.1351_print.jpg (1024x576) [62.0 KB] || simple.1351_searchweb.png (320x180) [39.1 KB] || simple.1351_thm.png (80x40) [3.0 KB] || simple [0 Item(s)] || moon_orbit_simple_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [9.1 MB] || moon_orbit_simple_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [5.0 MB] || moon_orbit_simple_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [2.3 MB] || ", "hits": 1971 }, { "id": 14897, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14897/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2025-09-16T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Our Interstellar Medium", "description": "Our Milky Way galaxy is home to more than 100 billion stars that are often separated by trillions of miles. The spaces in between, called the interstellar medium, aren't empty –– they're sprinkled with gas and dust that are both the seeds of new stars and the leftover crumbs from stars long dead. Studying the interstellar medium with observatories like NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal new insight into the galactic dust recycling system.Music Credit: Building Heroes by Enrico Cacace [BMI], Universal Production MusicCredit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterWatch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || Our_Interstellar_Medium_Thumbnail.jpg (1280x720) [658.8 KB] || Our_Interstellar_Medium_Thumbnail_searchweb.png (320x180) [105.7 KB] || Our_Interstellar_Medium_Thumbnail_thm.png (80x40) [7.3 KB] || Our_Interstellar_Medium.en_US.srt [1.1 KB] || Our_Interstellar_Medium.en_US.vtt [1.0 KB] || 14897_-_Our_Interstellar_Medium.mp4 (3840x2160) [651.7 MB] || 14897_-_Our_Interstellar_Medium_-_NO_TEXT.mov (3840x2160) [3.7 GB] || ", "hits": 1955 }, { "id": 5258, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5258/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-06-16T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Tracking Satellites and Space Debris in Earth Orbit (Feb 2024)", "description": "This series of visualizations illustrates the population of objects orbiting Earth as of February 2024.", "hits": 1951 }, { "id": 5568, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5568/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-11T13:00:00-04:00", "title": "Overview Maps of 2025 Los Angeles Fires", "description": "Static 2D maps showing the overview, spread, and affected areas from the 2025 Los Angeles fires.", "hits": 1914 }, { "id": 20413, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20413/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2026-05-20T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Supernova explosion animation, with & without pulsar", "description": "This animation shows a supernova — the explosion of a massive star — and the formation of an expanding cloud of debris called a supernova remnant. As the brightness fades, a pulsing light source appears at the center, surrounded by a small expanding nebula. The pulsing object is a pulsar, a type of neutron star, which represents the core of the massive star that exploded. The cloud around it is a pulsar wind nebula, which is formed and maintained by an outflow of particles streaming away from the neutron star. A version of the animation is available without the pulsar.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab || SN_HQ_Full_H264_V001.00750_print.jpg (1024x576) [120.0 KB] || SN_HQ_Full_H264_V001.00750_searchweb.png (320x180) [77.3 KB] || SN_HQ_Full_H264_V001.00750_web.png (320x180) [77.3 KB] || SN_HQ_Full_H264_V001.00750_thm.png (80x40) [5.9 KB] || SN_HQ_Full_1080_V001.mp4 (1920x1080) [97.4 MB] || SN_HQ_Full_H264_V001.mp4 (3840x2160) [63.7 MB] || SN_HQ_Full_onlypulsar_V001.mov (3840x2160) [119.4 MB] || SN_HQ_Full_V001.mov (3840x2160) [2.5 GB] || SN_HQ_Full_nopulsar_V001.mov (3840x2160) [2.5 GB] || ", "hits": 1913 }, { "id": 4039, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4039/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2013-02-11T10:00:00-05:00", "title": "SDO: September 13, 2012 Earth Eclipse", "description": "Twice a year, for three weeks near the equinox, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) moves into its eclipse season — a time when Earth blocks its view of the sun for a period of time each day. Any spacecraft observing the sun from an orbit around Earth has to contend with such eclipses, but SDO's orbit is designed to minimize them as much as possible. On September 13, during the Fall 2012 eclipse season, SDO experienced on such eclipse followed by an unusually large, dark prominence that lifted up off the surface. The prominence was visible in extreme ultraviolet light with a wavelength of 304 angstroms. This wavelength highlights plasma with temperatures of around 50,000 Kelvin. The Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the event at 4k resolution and a high imaging cadence of one image every 12 seconds. || ", "hits": 1833 }, { "id": 15020, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/15020/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2026-05-06T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "The Shrinking Great Salt Lake", "description": "The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. Driven by upstream water diversions and a shifting climate, the largest saline lake in the Western Hemisphere has experienced a severe, decades-long decline. This time series captures the transformation of the Great Salt Lake, watching it plummet from historic highs in the 1980s to record low water levels in the 2020s.", "hits": 1780 }, { "id": 3821, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3821/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-02-10T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Flat Map Ocean Current Flows with Sea Surface Temperatures (SST)", "description": "This visualization shows ocean current flows on a flat map of the world. This simple flat map (cylindrical equidistant projection) is designed to be easily wrapped to a sphere. The flows are colored by sea surface temperatures with blues being cooler waters and yellows/reds warmer waters. The time period for this visualization is 10 January 2005 through 2006. For each second the passes in the visualization, about 2.5 days pass.This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project: Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2.. ECCO2 uses the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) to synthesize satellite and in-situ data of the global ocean and sea-ice at resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow current systems, which transport heat and carbon in the oceans.This visualization was created in support of the 2011 UNESCO conference in Paris, France. || ", "hits": 1730 }, { "id": 11084, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11084/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-10-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Origin Of Light", "description": "An elegant interaction powers the sun, producing the light and energy that makes life possible. That interaction is called fusion, and it naturally occurs when two atoms are heated and compressed so intensely that their nuclei merge into a new element. This process often leads to the creation of a photon, the particles of light that are released from the sun. However, before exiting our star, each photon must first undergo a long journey. Over the course of 40,000 years it will be absorbed by other atoms and emitted repeatedly until reaching the sun's surface. Once there, the photons stream out, illuminating Earth, the solar system and beyond. The number released from the surface every second is so vast that it is more than a billion billion times greater than the number of grains of sand on our planet. Watch the animation to see how atoms deep inside the sun's core melt together and generate light. || ", "hits": 1729 }, { "id": 30133, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30133/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2013-10-17T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Oldest Light in the Universe", "description": "The European Space Agency’s Planck space telescope has obtained the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, just 370,000 years after the Big Bang! The map suggests that the universe is expanding more slowly than scientists thought and is 13.8 billion years old—100 million years older than previous estimates. The data also show that there is less dark energy and more matter in the universe than was previously known. The resulting map, which is based on the mission's first 15.5 months of all-sky observations, reveals tiny temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The CMB is remarkably uniform over the entire sky, but tiny variations reveal the imprints of sound waves triggered by quantum fluctuations in the universe just moments after it was born. These imprints, appearing as orange or blue splotches in the Planck map, are the seeds from which matter grew, forming stars, then galaxies, and then clusters of galaxies. NASA contributed mission-enabling technology for both of Planck's science instruments; U.S., European, and Canadian scientists work together to analyze data from Planck. || ", "hits": 1704 }, { "id": 14335, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14335/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-05-01T10:45:00-04:00", "title": "NASA Animation Sizes Up the Universe’s Biggest Black Holes", "description": "All monster black holes are not equal. Watch this video to see how they compare to each other and to our solar system. The black holes shown, which range from 100,000 to more than 60 billion times our Sun’s mass, are scaled according to the sizes of their shadows – a circular zone about twice the size of their event horizons. Only one of these colossal objects resides in our own galaxy, and it lies 26,000 light-years away. Smaller black holes are shown in bluish colors because their gas is expected to be hotter than that orbiting larger ones. Scientists think all of these objects shine most intensely in ultraviolet light. 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Accretion disks of hot material encircle many black holes, and this material emits X-rays and other forms of energy. Gas closer to the black hole is hotter and emits more energetic radiation. Gas at the innermost stable orbit tells astronomers whether the black hole is spinning because a rotating black hole can host material in stable orbits much closer to its event horizon. Oppositely directed jets of gas often form in the innermost zone of black hole accretion disks. || ", "hits": 1670 }, { "id": 14935, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14935/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2025-12-18T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Milky Way Anatomy", "description": "This infographic with artist’s concept views of our Milky Way galaxy highlights its main components: the disk, bulge, stellar halo, and dark matter halo. Scientists have a pretty good idea of the Milky Way’s overall structure, but since we’re nestled inside it, fine details are hard to see. Astronomers have used observations from different telescopes to piece together our galaxy's anatomy, and future observatories like NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will make the picture even clearer. || Milky_Way_Anatomy_Infographic_Simple_Final_print.jpg (1024x512) [118.4 KB] || Milky_Way_Anatomy_Infographic_Simple_Final.jpg (4320x2160) [1.2 MB] || Milky_Way_Anatomy_Infographic_Simple_Final.png (4320x2160) [6.5 MB] || Milky_Way_Anatomy_Infographic_Simple_Final_searchweb.png (320x180) [68.0 KB] || Milky_Way_Anatomy_Infographic_Simple_Final_thm.png (80x40) [5.1 KB] || ", "hits": 1659 }, { "id": 10766, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10766/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-05-04T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "HD Earth Views from Space", "description": "NASA presents images of Earth captured by cameras aboard the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Traveling at an approximate speed of 17,500 miles per hour, the space station orbits Earth every 90 minutes from an altitude of approximately 220 miles, and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye. Its crew experiences 16 sunrises and sunsets each day.Get more information about the \"Home Frontier Earth Day Video Contest\".Footage is in Apple ProRes 422 format, 1280x720 aspect ratio, 59.94 fps. || ", "hits": 1656 }, { "id": 20114, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20114/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2007-09-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Greenhouse Gases Effect on Global Warming", "description": "The 'greenhouse effect' is the warming of climate that results when the atmosphere traps heat radiating from Earth toward space. Certain gases in the atmosphere resemble glass in a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to pass into the 'greenhouse,' but blocking Earth's heat from escaping into space. The gases that contribute to the greenhouse effect include water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane, nitrous oxides, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).On Earth, human activities are changing the natural greenhouse. Over the last century the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric CO2. This happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon (C) with oxygen (O2) in the air to make CO2. To a lesser extent, the clearing of land for agriculture, industry, and other human activities have increased the concentrations of other greenhouse gases like methane (CH4), and further increased (CO2).The consequences of changing the natural atmospheric greenhouse are difficult to predict, but certain effects seem likely: - On average, Earth will become warmer. Some regions may welcome warmer temperatures, but others may not. - Warmer conditions will probably lead to more evaporation and precipitation overall, but individual regions will vary, some becoming wetter and others dryer. - A stronger greenhouse effect will probably warm the oceans and partially melt glaciers and other ice, increasing sea level. Ocean water also will expand if it warms, contributing to further sea level rise. - Meanwhile, some crops and other plants may respond favorably to increased atmospheric CO2, growing more vigorously and using water more efficiently. At the same time, higher temperatures and shifting climate patterns may change the areas where crops grow best and affect the makeup of natural plant communities. || ", "hits": 1655 }, { "id": 14959, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14959/", "result_type": "Interactive", "release_date": "2026-01-29T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Moon 3D Models for Web, AR, and Animation", "description": "These models of the Moon are made with imagery and topographic data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which has been studying and mapping the lunar surface since 2009. 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Leveraging NASA’s satellite data, advanced models, visualization capacity and computing power, we analyze fire events, monitor how weather conditions impact fires and how regional air quality affects communities. Through this webpage we offer daily updated visualizations of the two largest active wildfires events in the continental United States throughout fire season.", "hits": 1538 }, { "id": 85, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/85/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "1995-03-24T12:00:00-05:00", "title": "Simulations of the Breakup of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Employing a Swarm Model: Dynamical Evolution", "description": "The breakup of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 due to its gravitational interaction with Jupiter in July, 1994 is simulated using a swarm model. In this simulation, the comet is modeled as an initially spherical distribution of 16,384 particles. The particles interact with the tidal field of Jupiter and with each other through inter-particle gravitation and collisions. All simulations were performed on the Maspar MP-2 at NASA/GSFC. || ", "hits": 1535 }, { "id": 3487, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3487/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Draining the Oceans", "description": "Three fifths of the Earth's surface is under the ocean, and the ocean floor is as rich in detail as the land surface with which we are familiar. This animation simulates a drop in sea level that gradually reveals this detail. As the sea level drops, the continental shelves appear immediately. They are mostly visible by a depth of 140 meters, except for the Arctic and Antarctic regions, where the shelves are deeper. The mid-ocean ridges start to appear at a depth of 2000 to 3000 meters. By 6000 meters, most of the ocean is drained except for the deep ocean trenches, the deepest of which is the Marianas Trench at a depth of 10,911 meters. || ", "hits": 1514 }, { "id": 5570, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5570/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-21T08:00:00-04:00", "title": "Spinning Earth with clouds, atmosphere, and night lights", "description": "**Please give credit for this item to:**\r\nNASA's Scientific Visualization Studio", "hits": 1494 }, { "id": 3827, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/3827/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2011-08-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Perpetual Ocean", "description": "This visualization shows ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The visualization does not include a narration or annotations; the goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience.This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project: Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean, Phase II or ECCO2. ECCO2 uses the MIT general circulation model (MITgcm) to synthesize satellite and in-situ data of the global ocean and sea-ice at resolutions that begin to resolve ocean eddies and other narrow current systems, which transport heat and carbon in the oceans. ECCO2 provides ocean flows at all depths, but only surface flows are used in this visualization. The dark patterns under the ocean represent the undersea bathymetry. Topographic land exaggeration is 20x and bathymetric exaggeration is 40x. This visualization was shown at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 Computer Animation Festival.Don't miss these related visualizations:Excerpt form Dynamic EarthGulf Stream Sea Surface Currents and TemperaturesOcean Current Flows around the Mediterranean Sea for UNESCOGlobal Sea Surface Currents and TemperatureFlat Map Ocean Current Flows with Sea Surface Temperatures (SST) || ", "hits": 1468 }, { "id": 14619, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14619/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2024-07-17T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Black Hole with Accretion Disk Visualization", "description": "This visualization shows the strange ways that light is gravitationally warped in the region around a black hole surrounded by a rapidly-rotating disk of gas and dust. The distortions seen in this image are due to the physics of general relativity, which informs us how the path of light is deflected in the presence of a gravitational field. The material forming a black hole has been compressed to densities so high that it is hidden within an “event horizon,” beyond which the gravitational field is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Outside of this event horizon light paths will bend sharply, and even loop around the black hole, under the influence of the intense gravitational fields.The speed at which material, in what is known as an accretion disk, orbits the black hole increases with proximity. The orbital speed of material closest to the event horizon approaches the speed of light. This produces an effect known as “relativistic doppler beaming” which enhances the brightness of material moving towards us along our line of sight, and correspondingly dims the brightness of material moving away.The gravitational warping of the light from background stars is strong, creating the effect of a powerful lens. Light from the region directly behind the black hole forms an “Einstein Ring” that encircles the event horizon. Inside this ring we find an inverted view of the entire sky, which is increasingly distorted. The inner black disk is known as the black hole’s “shadow” which appears slightly larger than the actual location of the event horizon due to the distortion of the light paths.The light from the orbiting material is likewise distorted, making the flat accretion disk appear to bend completely around the black hole’s shadow and have the disk behind the black hole appear to be both above and below it. Yet despite these strange visual distortions that change with viewing angle, the accretion disk itself physically remains flat.These illustrations depict what is known as a “Schwarzschild” black hole, made from material that had no overall rotation. A black hole created from rapidly spinning material retains a sense of this rotation and displays additional asymmetries not pictured here; this is known as a “Kerr” black hole.The appearance of a black hole like this is “scale invariant,” meaning that the way light warps around it will appear the same, regardless of the mass of the object. The only thing that changes is the overall size of the distortions and shadow. Thus a black hole ten times as massive as the one shown here, viewed from ten times further away, would look exactly the same.These animations show qualitatively correct depictions of light distortion around a black hole that use a simplified optical model for the effect, rather than full general relativistic ray-tracing code. || ", "hits": 1446 }, { "id": 4139, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4139/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2017-08-31T14:00:00-04:00", "title": "Voyager 1 Trajectory through the Solar System", "description": "This visualization tracks the trajectory of the Voyager 1 spacecraft through the solar system. Launched on September 5, 1977, it was one of two spacecraft sent to visit the giant planets of the outer solar system. Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn before being directed out of the solar system.To fit the 40 year history of the mission into a short visualization, the pacing of time accelerates through most of the movie, starting at about 5 days per second at the beginning and speeding up to about 11 months per second after the planet flybys are past.The termination shock and heliopause are the 'boundaries' created when the plasma between the stars interacts with the plasma flowing outward from the Sun. They are represented with simple grid models and oriented so their 'nose' is pointed in the direction (Right Ascension = 17h 24m, declination = 17 degrees south) represented by more recent measurements from other missions. || ", "hits": 1417 }, { "id": 4790, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4790/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-03-20T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Orbit Views of our Solar System", "description": "A visualization of the inner solar system from a view 25 degrees above the ecliptic. 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