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Tons of promises were made at Jerry Brown’s climate summit, but only one requires rockets

So many big promises, but will they be kept?

Trump’s proposed cuts to weather research could make it much harder to prepare for storms

The cuts would cripple NOAA’s ability to keep afloat its satellites and data-gathering activities, affecting those depending on it when planning for snowstorms and hurricanes.

New satellite sends back its first images — and they’re stunning

NOAA said the images are the start of an age of “high-definition from the heavens.”

That massive methane leak in L.A. was visible from space

You can't sneak a gas leak past NASA.

We just lost another critical climate satellite

These NASA satellites are some of our best tools for understanding climate change, and there's no plan to replace them.

These photos of Earth are so gorgeous they belong in a museum

For 40 years, satellites have been chilling up above the planet, capturing images of the surface for scientific purposes. But it happens that many of these photos look like incredible paintings. Here are a few of our favorites.