On 29 July 2025, a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, generating a Pacific-wide tsunami and providing a rare scientific opportunity for researchers worldwide ...
NASA’s SWOT satellite has done something no satellite has ever done before — it captured a giant Pacific tsunami in stunning ...
The multi-agency mission launches Thursday (Dec. 15). When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The story of water will play out in front ...
Called SWOT, the satellite will perform a comprehensive survey of Earth's water levels—something no satellite has ever attempted before. Reading time 2 minutes A NASA satellite launched on Friday with ...
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...
The American space agency Nasa has launched a satellite that's expected to transform our view of water on Earth. The Swot mission will map the precise height of rivers, reservoirs and lakes, and track ...
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A powerful 2025 Kuril-Kamchatka earthquake generated a Pacific-wide tsunami, captured by NASA's SWOT satellite. These unprecedented high-resolution images reveal complex, braided wave patterns, ...