Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East

Canadian wildfires sent plumes of smoke streaming over Ontario, Quebec, and parts of the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

The third category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026 crossed the U.S. Northern Mariana Islands and Guam before continuing toward Asia.

Satellites observed striking upper-atmosphere phenomena generated by an intensifying tropical cyclone.

A recent analysis revealed where artificial light at night has intensified, as well as where it has diminished.

Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.

Dry, warm, and windy conditions across the U.S. Great Plains led to extreme fire activity in March 2026.

The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times.

A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

A series of nighttime satellite images revealed how moonlight reaching Earth varied throughout a total lunar eclipse.

A vivid display of the aurora lit up skies over the Denmark Strait and eastern Canada during a minor geomagnetic storm in February 2026.