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It is a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hollows can dip below minus 133.6° Fahrenheit (minus 92° Celsius) on a clear winter night - colder than the previous recorded low temperature.Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center made the discovery while analyzing the most detailed global surface temperature maps to date, developed with data from remote sensing satellites including the MODIS sensor on NASA's Aqua satellite, and the TIRS sensor on Landsat 8, a joint project of NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).The researchers analyzed 32 years of data from several satellite instruments that have mapped Antarctica's surface temperature. Near a high ridge that runs from Dome Arugs to Dome Fuji, the scientists found clusters of pockets that have plummeted to record low temperatures dozens of times. 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": 7419 }, { "id": 20377, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20377/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2023-06-13T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "Alpha Centauri Stellar System", "description": "At 4.3 light-years away, Alpha Centauri A and B are the nearest Sun-like stars to our solar system. 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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. 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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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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": 2399 }, { "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": 2332 }, { "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. 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So an X is 10 times an M and 100 times a C. Within each letter class, there is a finer scale from 1 to 9. C-class flares are too weak to noticeably affect Earth. M-class flares can cause brief radio blackouts at the poles and minor radiation storms that might endanger astronauts. Although X is the last letter, there are flares more than 10 times the power of an X1, so X-class flares can go higher than 9. The most powerful flare on record was in 2003, during the last solar maximum. It was so powerful that it overloaded the sensors measuring it. They cut-out at X17, and the flare was later estimated to be about X45. A powerful X-class flare like that can create long lasting radiation storms, which can harm satellites and even give airline passengers, flying near the poles, small radiation doses. X flares also have the potential to create global transmission problems and world-wide blackouts. || ", "hits": 2247 }, { "id": 40063, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-reconnaissance-orbiter/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2010-03-04T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter", "description": "The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, is a multipurpose NASA spacecraft launched in 2009 to make a comprehensive atlas of the Moon’s features and resources. 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": 2225 }, { "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": 2190 }, { "id": 5425, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5425/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-02-27T09:45:00-05:00", "title": "Perpetual Ocean 2: Western Boundary Currents", "description": "This is the 'beauty shot version' of Perpetual Ocean 2: Western Boundary Currents. The visualization starts with a rotating globe showing ocean currents. The camera then zooms into the Kuroshio current, moves over the Indian Ocean to the Agulhas Current, then over to the Gulf Stream. The flows from the surface down to 600 meters deep are all white. Flows below 600 meters depth use the blue-cyan-white color table below.", "hits": 2189 }, { "id": 4840, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4840/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-08-17T11:00:00-04:00", "title": "South Atlantic Anomaly: 2015 through 2025", "description": "South Atlantic Anomaly from 2015 through 2025 showing the geomagnetic intensity at the Earth's surface and the core-mantle boundary. 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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": 2109 }, { "id": 4864, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4864/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2020-10-09T06:00:00-04:00", "title": "Halloween Blue Moon", "description": "A still image of the two Full Moons in October of 2020, with labels. || two_moons_2k.jpg (1920x1080) [273.9 KB] || two_moons_2k_print.jpg (1024x576) [141.0 KB] || two_moons.jpg (3840x2160) [732.6 KB] || two_moons_2k_searchweb.png (320x180) [84.6 KB] || two_moons_2k_thm.png (80x40) [19.6 KB] || ", "hits": 2026 }, { "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": 2023 }, { "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": 2002 }, { "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": 1971 }, { "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": 1954 }, { "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": 1900 }, { "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": 1855 }, { "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": 1853 }, { "id": 40539, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/artemis-iiscience/", "result_type": "Gallery", "release_date": "2025-08-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Moon Visualizations, Animations, Videos - Artemis II Lunar Science", "description": "While the Artemis II crew will be the first humans to test NASA’s Orion spacecraft in space, they will also conduct science investigations that will inform future deep space missions. During the 10-day past the Moon and back, the Orion capsule will fly by the far side of the Moon — the side that always faces away from Earth. During this three-hour period, astronauts will analyze and photograph geologic features, such as impact craters and ancient lava flows. They will rely on the extensive geology training they received in the classroom and in Moon-like places on Earth to describe nuances in shapes, textures, and colors — the type of information that reveals the geologic history of an area. These skills will be critical to exploring the Moon’s South Pole region through future missions.\n\nLearn more about Artemis II lunar science.\nLearn more about all Artemis II science experiments\nLearn more about the Moon at science.nasa.gov/moon.\n\n**Note: This page will be continually updated through the Artemis II mission. **\n\nMedia Contact: Lonnie Shekhtman NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.", "hits": 1823 }, { "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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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": 1810 }, { "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": 1798 }, { "id": 31052, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/31052/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2019-08-27T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Revisiting Apollo Landing Sites", "description": "The six Apollo landing sites as imager by LROC || revisiting_apollo_landing_sites_LROC_print.jpg (1024x576) [174.3 KB] || revisiting_apollo_landing_sites_LROC.png (3840x2160) [6.2 MB] || revisiting_apollo_landing_sites_LROC_searchweb.png (320x180) [51.2 KB] || revisiting_apollo_landing_sites_LROC_thm.png (80x40) [3.6 KB] || revisiting_apollo_landing_sites_LROC.hwshow [121 bytes] || ", "hits": 1777 }, { "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": 1751 }, { "id": 14985, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14985/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-05-13T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "TESS Reveals Dazzling Night Sky", "description": "This view of the whole sky was constructed from 96 TESS sectors. By the end of September 2025, when the last image of this mosaic was captured, TESS had discovered 679 exoplanets (blue dots) and 5,165 candidates (orange dots). The glowing arc running through the center is the plane of the Milky Way. The Large Magellanic Cloud can be seen along the bottom edge just left of center. Black areas within the oval indicate regions TESS has not yet imaged.Credit: NASA/MIT/TESS and Veselin Kostov (University of Maryland College Park)Alt text: Oval projection of the TESS night sky with exoplanet markersImage description: This oval view of the night sky features a U-shaped band of greyish white running downward from top left to bottom center and then upward to top right. The left side of the U is brighter than the right. Blue and orange dots speckle the image, representing confirmed and candidate exoplanets, respectively. Along the oval’s equator, there are a few black lines and blocks of the sky that are a slightly different shade than the rest of the image. 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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": 1701 }, { "id": 20381, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20381/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2023-08-30T16:30:00-04:00", "title": "OSIRIS-REx Sample Return: Animations", "description": "Ride along with OSIRIS-REx on the thrilling finale of its journey to Bennu and back.Universal Production Music: “Rise to the Challenge” by Daniel Marantz and Michael James Burns, Raydia Music library [PRS]; “Fragments of Time” by Timothy Robert Shortell, Scores of Hypersonic Music [BMI]Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel. || Shot11_DivertBurn_Thumbnail_print.jpg (1024x576) [63.3 KB] || Shot11_DivertBurn_Thumbnail.jpg (3840x2160) [1.1 MB] || Shot11_DivertBurn_Thumbnail.png (3840x2160) [9.9 MB] || 20381_OSIRIS-REx_RETURN_MONTAGE_720.mp4 (1280x720) [42.8 MB] || 20381_OSIRIS-REx_RETURN_MONTAGE_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [298.0 MB] || 20381_OSIRIS-REx_RETURN_MONTAGE_4K.mp4 (3840x2160) [2.9 GB] || 20381_OSIRIS-REx_RETURN_MONTAGE_ProRes.mov (3840x2160) [20.4 GB] || ", "hits": 1685 }, { "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": 1649 }, { "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": 1640 }, { "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": 1639 }, { "id": 10818, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10818/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2011-09-06T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "New LRO Images Offer Sharper Views of Apollo 12, 14, and 17 Sites", "description": "NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 sites, revealing the twists and turns of the paths made when the astronauts explored these areas. || ", "hits": 1639 }, { "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": 1630 }, { "id": 14217, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14217/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-11-15T13:00:00-05:00", "title": "Creating Black Hole Jets With a NASA Supercomputer", "description": "New simulations carried out on the NASA Center for Climate Simulation’s Discover supercomputer show how weaker, low-luminosity jets produced by a galaxy's monster black hole interact with their galactic environment. Because these jets are more difficult to detect, the simulations help astronomers link these interactions to features they can observe, such as various gas motions and optical and X-ray emissions.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight CenterMusic credit: \"Lost Time;\" \"Ascension;\" \"Flowing Cityscape;\" \"Jupiter's Eye;\" \"Pizzicato Piece;\" \"Facts;\" \"Final Words\" all from Universal Production MusicVideo Descriptive Text available.Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel.Complete transcript available. || 14217_AGN_OUtflow_Still.jpg (1920x1080) [1.0 MB] || 14217_AGN_OUtflow_Still_searchweb.png (320x180) [92.9 KB] || 14217_AGN_OUtflow_Still_thm.png (80x40) [6.7 KB] || 14217_AGN_Outflow_FINAL_1080.webm (1920x1080) [67.5 MB] || AGN_Outflow_SRT_Captions.en_US.srt [11.4 KB] || 14217_AGN_Outflow_FINAL_1080.mp4 (1920x1080) [632.4 MB] || 14217_AGN_Outflow_FINAL_1080_Best.mp4 (1920x1080) [1.5 GB] || 14217_AGN_Outflow_FINAL_ProRes_1920x1080_24.mov (1920x1080) [6.4 GB] || ", "hits": 1627 }, { "id": 4731, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4731/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2019-03-29T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Apollo Landing Sites with Moon Phases", "description": "The six Apollo landing sites are revealed chronologically as the phase and libration of the Moon is shown throughout the Apollo era. 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To reach this eye-opening conclusion, researchers ground up and analyzed a set of twelve meteorites collected from Antarctica and Australia. Within them, the scientists found a treasure trove of molecules that may have played a key role in allowing early forms of life to form. Adenine, which helps make up the rungs of DNA's spiraling, ladder-like structure, turned up in eleven of the meteorites. Guanine, another key building block of DNA, was present in eight. Two of the twelve meteorites also contained something extraordinary—exotic molecules that are so rare on Earth that they prove the DNA building blocks must have formed in outer space. The discovery lends support to the theory that a kit of pre-made parts from meteorites or a comet might have kick-started life on Earth. Learn more about the breakthrough in the video below. || ", "hits": 1623 }, { "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. 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The media on this page show the region of the Earth where this event is visible.", "hits": 1620 }, { "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": 1597 }, { "id": 20369, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20369/", "result_type": "Animation", "release_date": "2022-10-26T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "LRO Beauty Shots", "description": "LRO Beauty Shot || LRO_cam2_4k_30fps_ProRes.00450_print.jpg (1024x432) [53.8 KB] || LRO_cam2_1080p_30fps_h264.mov (1920x812) [23.6 MB] || LRO_cam2_1080pwide_30fps_h264.mov (1920x812) [22.9 MB] || LRO_cam2_4k_30fps_ProRes.mov (5120x2160) [1.3 GB] || LRO_cam2_4k_30fps_h264.mp4 (5120x2160) [24.5 MB] || LRO_cam2_wide_30fps_ProRes.mov (5120x2160) [1.8 GB] || LRO_cam2_wide_30fps_h264.mp4 (5120x2160) [24.6 MB] || LRO_cam2_4k (3840x2160) [32.0 KB] || LRO_cam2_Wide (5120x2160) [32.0 KB] || LRO_cam2_4k_30fps_ProRes.webm (3840x2160) [5.2 MB] || ", "hits": 1592 }, { "id": 14202, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14202/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2022-09-01T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "A Week Filled with Flares, August 2022", "description": "The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spotted 11 significant flares on the Sun from August 12-18, 2022. Here's what that looked like at 171 angstroms, one of the wavelengths of light that SDO captures.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDOMusic: \"Rhombus\" from Geometric Shapes. 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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": 1529 }, { "id": 4310, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4310/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2015-05-01T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Moon Phases Loop", "description": "A looping animation showing a complete cycle of average lunar phases. || moon.0060_print.jpg (1024x576) [57.1 KB] || moon.0060_searchweb.png (320x180) [33.1 KB] || moon.0060_thm.png (80x40) [3.1 KB] || moon_720p30.mp4 (1280x720) [1.5 MB] || moon_1080p30.mp4 (1920x1080) [3.4 MB] || 1920x1080_16x9_30p (1920x1080) [16.0 KB] || moon_720p30.webm (1280x720) [873.0 KB] || moon_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [11.6 MB] || moon_360p30.mp4 (640x360) [401.5 KB] || 5760x3240_16x9_30p (5760x3240) [16.0 KB] || moon_1080p30_4310.pptx [3.9 MB] || moon_1080p30_4310.key [6.3 MB] || ", "hits": 1505 }, { "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": 1501 }, { "id": 5196, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5196/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2024-07-22T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "DYAMOND Global Carbon Dioxide", "description": "Global CO2 ppm for January-March of 2020. This camera move orbits the Earth from a distance. || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_3x3Hyperwall.00200_print.jpg (1024x576) [46.2 KB] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_3x3Hyperwall.00200_searchweb.png (320x180) [31.3 KB] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_3x3Hyperwall.00200_web.png (320x180) [31.3 KB] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_3x3Hyperwall.00200_thm.png (80x40) [3.0 KB] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_1080p30_h265.mp4 (1920x1080) [6.9 MB] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_3x3Hyperwall (5760x3240) [0 Item(s)] || dyamondPointCloud_12-1-2023b_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_orbit_2160p30.mp4 (3840x2160) [68.4 MB] || ", "hits": 1497 }, { "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": 1480 }, { "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": 1464 }, { "id": 5502, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5502/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-04-07T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solar Storm Excites Martian Magnetosphere", "description": "On September 13, 2017, a coronal mass ejection from the Sun arrived at Mars. This data visualization shows how solar-wind-induced currents (green colors) and magnetic fields (pink lines) combine with Mars' relatively weak and irregular native crustal magnetic fields to contribute to Mars’ \"hybrid\" magnetosphere.", "hits": 1459 }, { "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": 1457 }, { "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": 1455 }, { "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": 1444 }, { "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": 1429 }, { "id": 5571, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5571/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-07-22T17:00:00-04:00", "title": "NASA's Fleet of Active Satellites (July 2025)", "description": "This visualization shows the orbits of NASA satellites considered operational as of July 2025. It includes both NASA-managed missions and those operated by partner organizations.", "hits": 1428 }, { "id": 14524, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14524/", "result_type": "Infographic", "release_date": "2024-05-07T10:00:00-04:00", "title": "Primordial Black Holes", "description": "This artist's concept takes a fanciful approach to imagining small primordial black holes. In reality, such tiny black holes would have a difficult time forming the accretion disks that make them visible here.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_1080.jpg (1920x1080) [275.1 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_print.jpg (1024x576) [51.1 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k.jpg (3840x2160) [2.5 MB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k.png (3840x2160) [7.3 MB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_searchweb.png (320x180) [61.5 KB] || Primordial_Black_Hole_Still_4k_thm.png (80x40) [5.6 KB] || ", "hits": 1426 }, { "id": 5447, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5447/", "result_type": "Visualization", "release_date": "2025-01-02T15:09:00-05:00", "title": "Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Concentrations", "description": "A plot of global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from the Mauna Loa Observatory and Antarctic Ice Cores. The visualization starts by showing the Mauna Loa data which begins in 1958. There is a seasonal variation (maximum in May and minimum in September) and a steady year over year rise. The graph transforms from the monthly view to a line plot (The Keeling Curve). Finally the graph zooms out to show the full 800,000 year record from the Antarcic Ice Cores.", "hits": 1414 }, { "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": 1414 }, { "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": 1394 }, { "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": 1378 }, { "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": 1372 }, { "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": 1370 }, { "id": 10545, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10545/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2010-01-26T00:00:00-05:00", "title": "Black Hole Accretion Disc Energies", "description": "A black hole is a massive object whose gravitational field is so intense that nothing - not even light (electromagnetic radiation) — can escape from within its so-called event horizon. 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": 1363 }, { "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": 1357 }, { "id": 30955, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30955/", "result_type": "Hyperwall Visual", "release_date": "2018-05-23T15:00:00-04:00", "title": "Crash of the Titans: Milky Way & Andromeda Collision", "description": "This scientific visualization of a computer simulation depicts the joint evolution of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies over the next several billion years and features the inevitable massive collision. || mw_m31_m33_a-example_frame2-1920x1080.png (1920x1080) [224.3 KB] || mw_m31_m33_a-example_frame2-1920x1080_print.jpg (1024x576) [40.3 KB] || mw_m31_m33_a-example_frame2-1920x1080_searchweb.png (320x180) [22.9 KB] || mw_m31_m33_a-example_frame2-1920x1080_thm.png (80x40) [2.0 KB] || mw_m31_m33_a-b-1920x1080.m4v (1920x1080) [59.1 MB] || mw_m31_m33_a-b-1920x1080.wmv (1920x1080) [60.1 MB] || mw_m31_m33_a-b-1920x1080.webm (1920x1080) [59.4 MB] || mw_m31_m33_a-b-3840x2160.mp4 (3840x2160) [369.1 MB] || crash-of-the-titans-milky-way-andromeda-collision.hwshow [319 bytes] || crash-of-the-titans-milky-way-andromeda-collision-hd.hwshow [322 bytes] || ", "hits": 1353 }, { "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": 1344 }, { "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": 1332 }, { "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": 1317 }, { "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. The models are intended for use in web interactives, augmented reality (AR) applications, and animations. ||", "hits": 1314 }, { "id": 15043, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/15043/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-05-22T12:00:00-04:00", "title": "STORIE Launch and Install on the Space Station", "description": "NASA’s STORIE (Storm Time O+ Ring current Imaging Evolution) mission launched at 6:05 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 15, 2026, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-storie-mission-to-tell-tale-of-earths-ring-current/ || ", "hits": 1305 }, { "id": 10973, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10973/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2012-05-15T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Crop Circles", "description": "In the fields of the dry Texas panhandle, near the town of Dalhart, the traditional patchwork of working farms has been replaced by polka dots. This geometric transformation was sparked by a farming method called center-pivot irrigation, which pumps water through an extended sprinkler system that rotates like the hand of a clock, necessitating circular fields. Farmers around Dalhart have gradually adopted center-pivot irrigation since its introduction in 1949; it is ideal for the region's rolling, sandy terrain and delivers water with minimal loss to evaporation. The false-color, time-lapse images below show the square-to-circle revolution, as captured by four USGS-NASA Landsat satellites from 1972 to 2011. Red areas show healthy crops, while plots ranging in color from white to green represent bare soils and sparsely vegetated grasslands. || ", "hits": 1304 }, { "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": 1299 }, { "id": 15044, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/15044/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2026-05-27T09:00:00-04:00", "title": "Testing for the Katalyst-NASA Swift Boost Mission", "description": "Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, stand next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., on April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. During testing in the SES, LINK fired its three ion thrusters, deployed one of its three arms, and experienced space-like hot and cold temperatures. Credit: NASA/Sophia RobertsAlt text: Two people stand next to a spacecraft inside a large black chamber.Image description: Downward-looking view of two people in white clean suits standing next to a spacecraft at the bottom of a large black circular chamber. The spacecraft lies at center on a black circular plate crisscrossed with white lines. Around the perimeter of the chamber are ladders and various stands. Several small lamps near the chamber’s floor create pools of light. There is a door open to the outside of the chamber at about 1 o’clock. || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half.jpg (4752x2672) [3.8 MB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5.jpg (9504x5344) [33.7 MB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_searchweb.png (320x180) [77.6 KB] || Testing_Link_-_Thermal_Vacuum_Testing-5-half_thm.png (80x40) [8.6 KB] || ", "hits": 1296 }, { "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": 1292 }, { "id": 11349, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11349/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2013-09-12T00:00:00-04:00", "title": "Supersonic Wind", "description": "Neptune, the eighth and farthest planet from the sun, has the strongest winds in the solar system. At high altitudes speeds can exceed 1,100 mph. That is 1.5 times faster than the speed of sound. In 1989, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the first and only close-up observations of Neptune. Detailed images taken by the spacecraft revealed bright, white clouds and two colossal storms whipping around the planet's atmosphere. Neptune is a gas giant composed primarily of hydrogen and helium. Methane gas makes up only one or two percent of the atmosphere but absorbs longer wavelengths of sunlight in the red part of the spectrum, giving the planet its brilliant blue color. Watch the video to see a composite time-lapse assembled from Voyager 2 images of Neptune. || ", "hits": 1276 }, { "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": 1263 }, { "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": 1250 }, { "id": 14366, "url": "https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14366/", "result_type": "Produced Video", "release_date": "2023-06-20T22:00:00-04:00", "title": "Solstice Animations", "description": "Earth orbits at an angle, so half the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun — this is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, and winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The other half of the year, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun, creating winter in the north and summer in the south.Solstices happen twice per year, at the points in Earth’s orbit where this tilt is most pronounced. These days are the longest (in the summer hemisphere) and shortest (in the winter hemisphere) of the year, and mark the change of seasons to summer and winter, respectively. || ", "hits": 1249 }, { "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": 1245 } ] }