Unique observations of Earth’s vegetation are coming down from the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite. Scientists from the University of Ari… ...

Roughly 438 miles above the Earth, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite opened its Earth-view door on June 24 and took its first look ...

These visible images from the MODIS instrument onboard NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites showed that Tropical Storm Leslie didn't change much in terms of form or strength from Aug. 31 at 12:55 p.m ...

By June 12, Terra's MODIS instrument saw the volcano's ash plume blowing over the southwestern tip of South Africa on its way around the world, ...

NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites flew over Typhoon Hagupit from Dec. 6 through Dec. 8 and the MODIS instrument that flies aboard both satellites provided images of the storm as it moved through ...

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer or MODIS, is an instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites and provides incredible views of tropical cyclones like Hurricane Igor ...

This visible image of Hurricane Irene from the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite was taken at Aug. 26 at 12:30 p.m. EDT, when Hurricane Irene was off the Carolinas.

This visible image of Tropical Cyclone Dumile over La Reunion Island and Mauritius was captured by the MODIS instrument aboard NASA's Terra satellite on Jan. 3, 2013, at 0650 UTC. Dumile's center ...

This image from NASA's Terra satellite shows Japan's northeastern coastal region near the city of Sendai as it appeared on Feb. 26, 2011, before a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the ...

The data from the MODIS instruments on the TERRA and AQUA satellites is received at DFD in Oberpfaffenhofen around six times a day. The satellites fly over Europe on different orbits so that the ...

instruments on sister satellites in Earth orbit. Like its twin flying aboard NASA’s Terra satellite — launched in 1999 — Aqua MODIS sees almost the entire surface of our planet every day in ...