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NOAA’s Compact Coronagraph Observes Stormy Sun
Did you see the auroras? Our satellites certainly had an eyeful as they watched a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the sun on Jan. 18, 2026.
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Satellite Snapshots
NOAA Satellites Watch the Winter Solstice Approach
NOAA’s satellites allow us to see how Earth’s tilt drives changes in sunlight and seasons.
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10 Memorable Images Captured by NOAA’s GOES Satellites
To mark 50 years of GOES in orbit, NOAA is looking back at ten notable events captured by these groundbreaking satellites.
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NOAA Satellites Inform Warning for the Texas Hill Country Floods
In the early hours of July 4, 2025 a devastating flash flood occurred in the Central Texas Hill Country. The Guadalupe River in Kerr County rose over twenty feet in just a few hours, and more than a hundred people lost their lives and thousands of…
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Labor Day Tribute
The Shift Begins Before Sunrise and Continues After Sunset: How NOAA Satellite Operators and Engineers Keep America Safe, Every Day of the Year
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Earth from Orbit
Lightning Safety Awareness Week: Detecting Lightning From Space
Lightning is a dangerous weather hazard that poses a significant threat to life and property. It can strike at any time, but is most common in the summer months.
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Predicting Lightning Before it Strikes with NOAA’s LightningCast
LightningCast uses artificial intelligence (AI) to predict general locations where lightning is most likely to occur.
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NOAA’s GOES-U Satellite: One Year Later
On June 25, 2024, GOES-U, the final satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R Series, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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