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On July 5, 2016, the moon passed between NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite and Earth. NASA’s EPIC camera aboard DSCOVR snapped these images over a period of about four hours. In this set, the far side of the moon, which is never seen from Earth, passes by. In the backdrop, Earth rotates, starting with the Australia and Pacific and gradually revealing Asia and Africa. Credit: NASA/NOAA

For only the second time in a year, a NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth. Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center said. “The project recorded this event on July 5 with the same cadence and spatial resolution as the first ‘lunar photobomb’ of last year.”

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Penn State researchers found a better way to use satellite data in hurricane prediction models, which could revolutionize future hurricane predictions. Pictured is satellite imagery of Hurricane Karl, which was the focus of the researchers’ proof-of-concept study. Credit: NOAA

The launch of the GOES-R geostationary satellite in October 2016 could herald a new era for predicting hurricanes. The wealth of information from this new satellite, at time and space scales not previously possible, combined with advanced statistical hurricane prediction models, could enable more accurate predictions in the future.

“For decades, geostationary satellites such as the GOES series have been the primary tool to monitor severe weather like storms and hurricanes in real time,” said Fuqing Zhang, professor o...