NASA launched a lunar orbiter Wednesday night that will trace the Moon's elusive water cycle. Lunar Trailblazer, a collaboration between NASA, Northern Arizona University, and Lockheed Martin Space, ...

The NASA Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, launched in 2015, has over 10 years of global L-band radiometry observations. The low frequency [1.4 GHz frequency or 21 cm (8 in) wavelength] ...

Cracked mud and salt on the valley floor in Death Valley National Park in California can become a reflective pool after rains. In a recently published paper, NASA scientists use nearly 20 years of ...

LOS ANGELES -- A successful launch next month of a nearly $1 billion satellite would mark the fourth spacecraft NASA has sent into orbit recently to follow the global movement of life's most precious ...

Microsoft and NASA say they’re applying artificial intelligence to a challenge that has become increasingly urgent: how to cope with flooding and other disasters driven by extreme weather. The result ...