Sky's no limit in high-flying goose chase
Jessica Meir turns around and looks at the gaggle of geese behind her and asks "Are you guys ready?"
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2011
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News tagged with altitude
Solo Russian climber dies on fourth highest mountain
A Russian climber died just below the summit of Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak, in at least the third fatality of the spring climbing season in the Nepali Himalaya, officials said Friday.
Environment
May 18, 2018
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Successful launch of rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to microsatellites
A startup that plans to use high-altitude balloons to deploy rockets has successfully fired a test launch, moving closer to its goal of helping end the backlog of microsatellites that wait months or longer to "hitch" a ride ...
Engineering
Feb 13, 2019
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Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss, finds modeling study
One of the many effects of global warming is sea-level rise due to the melting and retreat of the Earth's ice sheets and glaciers. As the sea level rises, large areas of densely populated coastal land could ultimately become ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 30, 2024
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Steam balloon to facilitate satellite launches
Steam balloons could be used to lift space rockets to higher altitude for launch. Launching from high altitude reduces air drag and thus improves efficiency. The researchers present the method in an article published in The ...
Space Exploration
Aug 21, 2019
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Hawaii or Spain? Telescope experts say it may not matter
When starlight from billions of years ago zips across the universe and finally comes into focus on Earth, astronomers want their telescopes to be in the best locations possible to see what's out there.
Astronomy
Aug 25, 2019
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Researchers further explain unique high altitude snow formations
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the Institute of Industrial Physics and Chemistry in France, has modified an explanation for the formation and spacing of high altitude snow formations known as penitents. In their ...
Team suggests sublimating ice to propel CubeSats
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers affiliated with Delft University in The Netherlands, has come up with a new way to provide propulsion for CubSats—use frozen water as fuel. In their paper published in Acta Astronautica, ...
Unfavorable weather delays final Ariane 5 launch
The farewell flight of Europe's workhorse Ariane 5 rocket, scheduled for Tuesday, has been postponed for 24 hours due to bad weather, operator Arianespace said.
Space Exploration
Jul 4, 2023
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New Denisovan DNA expands diversity, history of species
While the continents of Africa and Europe have been obvious and fruitful treasure troves for exploration and discovery of our modern human origins, Asia has been somewhat overlooked. Scientists have thought that modern humans ...
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2020
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