The satellite that has been tracking Earth’s wildfires for 24 years is running out of fuel to dodge debris — and when it finally can’t, the climate record it spent two decades building goes with it

On the morning of 8 January 2025, a red dot appeared on NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System. It was the first sign of what would become one of California’s most destructive wildfires, ultimately claiming a dozen lives and burning thousands of homes in the Palisades. Overhead, NASA’s Aqua satellite was already passing, scanning [...] The post The satellite that has been tracking Earth’s wildfires for 24 years is running out of fuel to dodge debris — and when it finally can’t, t