Landsat is a fleet of Earth-observing satellites that have been monitoring our planet's climate and land use patterns since 1972.

NASA satellites spotted a mysterious “ghost island” that formed and then disappeared “like an apparition.” Landsat/NASA EO / SWNS Mud volcanos are formed when subsurface pressure amasses ...

The satellite was so effective at imaging Earth that new land masses were discovered. In 1976, a small uninhabited island off the coast of Newfoundland was identified and named Landsat Island.

The NASA-USGS Landsat 9 satellite spotted an eruption at the Home Reef seamount in the Tonga Islands that produced a small island.

This death-defying experience prompted Hall to recommend naming the island "Polar Island," but the spit of land was named for its discoverer, instead: Landsat.

Landsat 9 will soon replace Landsat 7 to orbit Earth and capture images of its natural resources. The NASA and USGS satellite will help keep tabs on climate change.

Landsat is the longest continuously running land-observing satellite program in the world, and has become an invaluable multitool across scientific disciplines.

More As the climate continues to warm and affect urban health, the Landsat satellites’ sensors are among our best tools for monitoring the thermal variations of the urban heat island.

This natural color image of Eleuthera Island, the Bahamas, was taken by Landsat 9 on January 18, 2022. Between Landsat 8 and Landsat 9, the Landsat program delivers complete coverage of the Earth ...

In 1976, scientists combing through Landsat images found a tiny scrap of land never seen before. To verify the island's existence, Canadian Hydrographic Service hydrologist Frank Hall took a ...

NASA/USGS Landsat The atmospheric urban heat island, the phenomenon described by Howard, is simply the warmer air in urban areas relative to cooler air in outlying locations.