An eruption of a volcanic fissure prompted the evacuation of the town of Grindavik on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula on ...

A Commerce Department requirement to have Secretary Howard Lutnick approve many NOAA contracts or extensions is slowing the ...

A 2014 satellite image captured a rare glimpse of a massive, eerily circular ring of clouds that formed slap-bang in the ...

We often focus on space observatories that peer beyond Earth. But the vast majority of satellites stare right back at us.

Near real-time preliminary data from NOAA's first Compact Coronagraph (CCOR-1), a powerful solar telescope onboard the ...

NOAA's Office of Space Commerce plays a crucial role in the growing space industry and is tasked with helping to manage ...

An early forecast calls for an above-average hurricane season this summer, and the nation's top storm-tracking agency has just been hit with deep staff cuts.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The East Coast of the United States is getting a new watchful eye over its skies as the National Ocean and ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

MIAMI, Fla. (WJW) – A 25,000-acre brush fire in Florida was so large that it was visible in satellite imagery released on ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

Damage from Hurricane Helene, which struck North Carolina and parts of the US south in October 2024. [Getty Images] ...