The United States satellite images displayed are infrared (IR) images. Warmest (lowest) clouds are shown in white; coldest (highest) clouds are displayed in shades of yellow, red, and purple ...

A new satellite, carrying the highest resolution commercial thermal sensor in orbit, has beamed back its first pictures of heat variations across the surface of the Earth.

As Earth’s only natural satellite — and the only other world that mankind has ever explored in person — the moon is one of the most well-understood bodies in our solar system. That being ...

During the peak of the deadly windstorm a.k.a derecho, the skies across Houston became noticeably and eerily dark. But just how dark? An interactive infrared map by NASA shows us.

Two months after its launch, the main imaging instrument on a next-generation weather satellite is experiencing problems with its cooling system.

The brighter white you see the clouds on an infrared satellite view, the colder those cloud tops are and the higher up they are. You might also see an infrared satellite loop showing colors.

As Earth’s only natural satellite — and the only other world that mankind has ever explored in person — the Moon is one of the … ...

The Lockheed Martin-built satellite, the sixth and final SBIRS vehicle to launch to geosynchronous orbit, lifted off the morning of Aug. 4 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

Stunning infrared satellite images help to better distinguish the lava fields and the areas that have been destroyed on Hawaii's Big Island.