NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Satellite view of grey smoke plumes streaming across the Amazon River and rainforest from fires near Manaus and Santarem on October 12, 2026

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Smoke from Amazon fires closed schools in Manaus on October 12, and INPE's data show October detections nearly triple last year's. NASA scientists call it the second domino of an El Niño

October 15, 2026

Climate·News·Science

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center carrying NASA's Roman Space Telescope

Roman Telescope’s Camera Beats Its Optics Target by Nearly 30%

NASA says the Roman Space Telescope's Wide Field Instrument optics measure 63 nanometers RMS against a requirement of about 90, after a mirror nudge of one-sixteenth of a hair's width. The coronagraph's

October 14, 2026