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Coming in 2015 . . . the same, only better!
Watch a trailer of the new GOES-R, coming to a launch pad near you!
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The mystery of tornadoes
Severe storm researcher Tim Samaras explains how tornadoes form and what we do not yet know about them.
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Space Station view of lightning, lights, and aurorae
All kinds of Earthly (de)lights as seen from the International Space Station.
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GOES captures a rare celestial event
See an x-ray view of Venus crossing in front of the Sun.
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Aurora Australis from the International Space Station
Aurora over the Indian Ocean on September 17, 2011.
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A weather satellite watches the Sun
Power out? GPS broken? Maybe a solar storm is to blame.
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What good are the GOES?
An introduction to these amazing workhorse satellites.
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Getting a GOES ready to go!
Follow a new GOES satellite as it is prepared for launch.
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5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Blast off!
GOES-P goes to space.
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The great Halloween solar storm of 2003
GOES saw 17 huge solar storms over 18 days, one the largest ever recorded!
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Hurricane Katrina from space
Watch this monster storm grow and devour the Gulf Coast.
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Parade of floods
GOES watches three spring storms dump heavy rain, March 21-31, 2010.
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Ask a weatherman
How does a weather forecaster know what to forecast?
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Saved by a weather satellite
His boat capsized in a storm at sea, Dennis thought he was a goner . . .
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Gallery of weather
Never boring, never the same twice, weather keeps it real.
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Gallery of clouds
Clouds in a few of their limitless forms.
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Gallery of oceans
Our watery world, from within and from above.
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Gallery of Earth landforms
Many of these show Earth as art.
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Gallery of glaciers
Seen close up or from space, these strange rivers of ice are beautiful.
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Gallery of volcanoes
Seen from space, volcanoes yield many of their secrets.
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Gallery of Earth-observing satellites
These satellites are helping us to understand our very complex planet.
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Gallery of space weather
This is some really wild weather!