In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...

NASA has taken images of an incredible phytoplankton display around the Chatham Islands where warm and colder water converge ...

NASA scientists are beginning to examine ocean trash from a new perspective, not from ships or beaches, but from orbit. The ...

Captured by NASA satellite on January 10, 2026, the bloom appeared as swirls of green and blue, an unmistakable sign of a thriving marine ecosystem in motion. Located roughly 800 kilometers east of ...

One of the lead scientists, NASA intern Ashley Ohall, built a newly published reference library with nearly 25,000 molecular “fingerprints,” according to NASA. Some of the items included with the ...

Far off the New England coast, one of Earth’s rarest mammals is surviving on a food source so small it usually slips past human eyes. By zooming in from orbit, NASA has now turned that invisible ...

This image of the Atlantic Ocean around Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba was taken from the International Space Station in 2024 ...

NASA satellites captured huge green-blue ocean rings near New Zealand’s Chatham Islands which was caused by seasonal phytoplankton blooms. This attracts wildlife and reveal the ocean’s hidden ...

The International Space Station is an incredible spacefaring achievement that has been in orbit longer than any other outpost of its kind. In fact, on Nov. 2, the orbital laboratory marked 25 years ...

NASA’s EMIT sensor uses imaging spectroscopy and spectral libraries to support large-scale tracking of plastic and other marine debris from space.

NASA’s Cassini mission has revealed surprising heat flow at Enceladus’ north pole, showing the moon releases energy from both ends. This balance of heat could allow its subsurface ocean to remain ...