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Tool Uses NASA Data to Take Temperature of Rivers from Space

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NASA Turbulence Modeling Resource

Turbulence Modeling NASA researchers play a key role in the development, validation, and communication of turbulence models to the CFD community. This page provides access to key turbulence modeling reference materials and updates on recent workshops and activities. Links to…

Helio Highlight: Comets, the Sun, and You

Explore This Section Science Science Activation Helio Highlight: Comets, the… Home Framework for Heliophysics Education About Helio Big Idea 1.1 Helio Big Idea 1.2 Helio Big Idea 1.3 Helio Big Idea 2.1 Helio Big Idea 2.2 Helio Big Idea 2.3…

Waxing Gibbous Moon

NASA The waxing gibbous moon rises above Earth’s blue atmosphere in this photograph taken from the International Space Station on Oct. 3, 2025, as it orbited 263 miles above a cloudy Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Quebec, Canada. In…

NASA’s PUNCH Tracks Comet Discovered by SOHO Spacecraft

From August to October, NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission tracked comet 2025 R2 (SWAN) — one of the thousands of comets discovered in images from the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft, a joint mission between NASA…

NASA, ESA Sun Observatory Marks 30 Years

As ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) turns 30 on Tuesday, a lot has changed in how we understand our Sun and the space weather it creates since the mission’s launch.  When the SOHO mission began on Dec.…

Brazil votes to allow most projects & farms to skip environmental licensing

Brazil’s lawmakers have voted, by an overwhelming majority, to weaken the nation’s environmental licensing system, overturning key protections that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had vetoed earlier this year. Congress first passed the law, commonly called the “devastation…