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A rare right whale spotted off Ireland resurfaces near Boston

In a rare sighting, a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, first photographed in 2024 off the coast of Ireland, was recently reidentified near Boston, U.S., on Nov. 19. This is the first time a North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena…

History of NOAA Satellites

History of NOAA Satellites Graphic of early GOES satellite in orbit, circa 1975. Download Image December 17, 2025 History of NOAA Satellites 0 Off

History: Timeline: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research

History: Timeline: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research Alexis Putney, a student in the scientific diving course at the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, attains her American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS) dive certification. With funding from DEIA Ocean Exploration…

AOS Timeline

AOS Home Mission Mission Overview Spaceborne Architecture Suborbital Program Meet the Team Mission Timeline Science Science Overview Objectives and Goals Science Measurements AOS Stories Applications Applications Overview Get Involved Resources Gallery Document Library AOS Stories Acronyms Glossary Mission Timeline A…

OAR Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory: Our History

OAR Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory: Our History Nicholas Johnson, a 2018 NOAA Hollings scholar, stands in front of the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories sign in Miami, Florida. (Image credit: Courtesy of Haley Capone) Download Image December 17, 2025…

Chander Sujan

Chander Sujan Technical Area Manager Affiliation– NASA Ames Research Center Division– Human Systems Integration Division (TH) Phone– 650-604-0303 Email– chander.s.sujan@nasa.gov Mail Stop– 262-103 The post Chander Sujan appeared first on NASA Science.

Episode 165: Sailing the Solar System

Andres Almeida (Host): Wouldn’t it be nice if your spacecraft could simply unfurl a sail like a sailboat and let nature do the rest? No expensive fuel, no risk of engine problems. Well, NASA is demonstrating a technology that could…

Massive Stars Make Their Mark in Hubble Image

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in all shapes and sizes. Some of these distant galaxies even shine through the diffuse edges of Mrk 178.…