A series of atmospheric rivers drenched California in February, with record amounts of rainfall and hurricane-force winds sweeping across parts of the state. At one point, weather agencies posted flood watches for nearly ...
Earth Sciences
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The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite is sending down tantalizing views of Earth's water, including a global composite of sea surface heights. The satellite collected the data visualized above during SWOT's ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2023
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Earth's ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station.
Earth Sciences
Oct 6, 2023
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The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission is able to measure ocean features, like El Niño, closer to a coastline than previous space-based missions.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 19, 2023
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover captured this doughnut-shaped rock in Jezero Crater from about 328 feet (100 meters) away using its Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI), part of the SuperCam instrument, on June 22, 2023, the 832nd ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 3, 2023
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Reusable launch vehicles have been a boon for the commercial space industry. By recovering and refurbishing the first stages of rockets, launch providers have dramatically reduced the cost of sending payloads and even crew ...
Space Exploration
Jun 28, 2023
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A new NASA mission to Saturn's giant moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives in the mid-2030s, it will begin a journey of discovery that could bring about a new understanding of the development of life in the ...
Astrobiology
Mar 17, 2023
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The European Space Agency's director general says it's crucial to rebuild Europe's access to space following the botched launch of a European rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites last year and the delayed introduction ...
Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2023
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Researchers have pioneered the use of a tool that can track the loss of groundwater in California's Central Valley by measuring how much the Earth is sinking.
Environment
Jan 4, 2023
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A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday.
Planetary Sciences
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