Living Planet

Life. It's the one thing that, so far, makes Earth different from the thousands of other planets we've discovered. This fall marks 20 years since NASA began continuous, global measurements of Earth’s life from space. NASA satellites measure all the plant life on land and at the surface of the ocean, every day. A new visualization, to be released Monday, captures the entirety of this record, compressing a decades-long view of life on Earth into a captivating few minutes. Join us this week on social media for an in-depth look at how NASA studies our living planet, how it’s changing, and how studying Earth from space is helping lead the way in the quest to find life elsewhere. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center