NASA

Launching a telescope to explore the Big Bang

Infographics / Los Angeles Times, NASA, space, telescope

NASA is launching the James Webb Space Telescope on December 22, 2021 with…
NASA solar probe touched the sun

Infographics / NASA, Parker, sun

NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe in 2018 in an effort to explore closer to the sun.
Animated map of microplastics in the ocean

Maps / NASA, ocean, pollution

Using estimates based on satellite data, Joshua Stevens for NASA Earth Observatory mapped…
A view from the Moon’s south pole

Infographics / moon, NASA, space, time-lapse

NASA Goddard visualized the point of view from the south pole of the…
New Orleans power outage seen via satellite imagery

Maps / Hurricane Ida, lights, NASA, outage

After Hurricane Ida, New Orleans experienced power outages. The NASA Earth Observatory show…
Decade-long time-lapse of the sun

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has been taking a picture of the sun every…
Map shows how NASA satellites collect global rain data

Maps / collection, NASA, precipitation, satellites

We can download data as a single snapshot in a single file, but…
Arctic ice melting

Maps / Arctic, climate, ice, NASA

One way to gauge the amount of ice in the Arctic is to…
Map shows long-term record of fires around the world

Maps / fire, NASA

For the NASA Earth Observatory, Adam Voiland describes about two decades of fires:…
Opportunity rover’s path on Mars

Maps / Jonathan Corum, Mars, NASA, New York Times, opportunity

After a most unforgiving dust storm on Mars, NASA ended the 14-year mission…
Real-time speed of light from Earth to Mars

Infographics / light, NASA, scale, speed

Hurry up, light. We’re gonna be late:
By James O’Donoghue, the animation shows…
Inside Hurricane Maria, a 3-D perspective

Statistical Visualization / 3-d, hurricane, NASA, VR

This 3-D view inside Hurricane Maria, from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio and NASA’s…
World map shows aerosol billowing in the wind

Maps / aerosol, environment, NASA

Using a mathematical model based on satellite data, NASA shows an estimate of…
A transforming river seen from above

Maps / environment, NASA, satellite imagery, water

The Padma River in Bangladesh is constantly shifting its 75-mile path. Joshua Stevens…
Maps show spring arriving earlier

Maps / first leaf, global warming, NASA

From Joshua Stevens at the NASA Earth Observatory:
But over the longer term,…
The Moon in 4k resolution

Maps / high resolution, moon, NASA, space

Based on data gathered by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA pieced together this…
World population estimator and gridded data from NASA

Data Sources / NASA, population

Population data typically comes in the context of boundaries. City data. County data.…
Simulation shows swirling of smoke, sea salt, and dust around the world

Maps / environment, NASA, simulation

NASA. Data. Good.
Tracking the aerosols carried on the winds let scientists see…
Thermal structure of Hurricane Maria

Maps / hurricane, NASA, weather

Hurricane Maria touched down in Puerto Rico. This visualization by Joshua Stevens at…
Detailed satellite view of iceberg break

Maps / iceberg, NASA

Using the thermal signature, NASA provides a detailed view of the break:
The…

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