Sensing the Poles’ Hidden Heat – NASA Science0

• CubeSats, Earth Observatory, Earth Visualization & Mapping, Energy Balance, Heat & Radiation, Ice & Glaciers, SCIENCE, Science / Health, Science Mission Directorate, scientists, Space, Space Communications & Navigation Program, Space Launch System (SLS), Space Telescope, space-x-ipo, SpaceX
• August 7, 2026

At the top and bottom of the planet, the seasons arrive on a schedule all their own. Satellite data from a mission measuring infrared energy reveal just how differently—and how dramatically—surface temperatures swing across two full years at the poles. In this animation, surface temperatures across the Arctic and Antarctic pulse between cold (dark blue)