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Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC).

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Aurora Borealis Over North America

Image captured January 21, 2026, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Jan. 22, 2026

Nighttime Lights image of North and Central America from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Nighttime Lights of North and Central America

This image was captured on July 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

July 24, 2025

An illustration of an office with cloud computing.

Harmony Services: Subset, Regrid, and Reproject Data in the Cloud

Join NASA’s LAADS DAAC to learn how new tools available through Harmony services help users work with Level-1 and atmospheric datasets more efficiently.

Webinar

July 16, 2025

True-color corrected reflectance image of wildfires burning in Izmir Province, Turkey was captured on July 3, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Wildfires in Izmir Province, Turkey

Image captured July 3, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

July 3, 2025

True-color corrected reflectance image of smoke emanating from wildfires on the the island of Chios, Greece on 23 June 2025 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 satellite

Wildfires in Chios, Greece

Image captured June 23, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 26, 2025

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China

Image captured June 10, 2025, by the MODIS and AIRS instruments aboard the Aqua platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

June 13, 2025

New Data in Action: Satellite Observations Help Kansas Farmers Track and Manage Prescribed Burns

Annual prescribed burns are crucial for improving and maintaining pasture and crop land health, and remote sensing data provides near real-time information on location and air quality.

News

June 6, 2025

Black-and-white VIIRS day/night bands data visualization

New Data in Action: VIIRS/DNB Imagery May Enhance Space Weather Forecasts

Researchers used VIIRS Day/Night Band imagery to identify and differentiate between nighttime lights signals and light contamination from aurorae.

News

May 30, 2025

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Aurora Borealis Over North America

Nighttime Lights of North and Central America

Harmony Services: Subset, Regrid, and Reproject Data in the Cloud

Wildfires in Izmir Province, Turkey

Wildfires in Chios, Greece

Taklamakan Desert, Xinjiang, China

New Data in Action: Satellite Observations Help Kansas Farmers Track and Manage Prescribed Burns

New Data in Action: VIIRS/DNB Imagery May Enhance Space Weather Forecasts

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