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NOAA Satellites Monitor Cut Off Low Over Eastern U.S.
From May 2 to 5, 2025, water vapor imagery from NOAA’s GOES East satellite helped track a swirling low pressure system over the eastern United States.
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NOAA Satellites Track Large New Jersey Wildfire
NOAA satellites have been closely monitoring the Jones Road Fire, which erupted on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in a region of eastern New Jersey known as the Pine Barrens. Fueled by strong, gusty winds, low humidity, and dry undergrowth, the blaze has…
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Auroras: Nature’s Light Show Captured From Low Earth Orbit
The JPSS VIIRS Day/Night Band, with its low-light sensitivity, captures auroras and shows how solar particles interact with Earth’s atmosphere.
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Happy Earth Day from NOAA Satellites
NOAA satellites have been monitoring Earth’s weather and environment since 1970, which also happened to be the year the first official Earth Day took place!
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NOAA Satellites Capture Heavy Sediment Runoff Due to Mississippi River Flooding
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) satellites captured striking imagery of sediment runoff due to flooding in the Mississippi River delta from April 8–13, 2025.
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Nation's First Space Weather Simulation Exercise Examines U.S. Preparedness
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) has released the results of the nation’s first end-to-end Space Weather (SWx) Tabletop Exercise (TTX), which was held on May 8-9, 2024. The After Action Report is now available to the public.
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Five Historically Huge Solar Events
Here is a list of some of the most memorable solar events that have affected us here on Earth.
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NOAA Satellites Help Show Historic Flooding Along Ohio River
NOAA's JPSS Program satellites captured flooding along the Ohio River on April 7, 2025.
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