Europe's latest Galileo satellites in space have joined the operational constellation, transmitting navigation signals to three billion users across planet Earth as well as relaying distress calls to rescuers. Their entry ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2022
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While the world eagerly awaits the launch of a spacecraft to the Moon, a robot quietly reaches yet another milestone in space. The newest robotic arm outside the International Space Station woke up, stretched and moved a ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2022
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A vision of a future moon settlement is assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. Sited beside the lunar poles in regions of near-perpetual solar illumination, mirrors positioned above each habitat would reflect sunlight ...
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2022
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While much of Europe is on drought alert, Pakistan is awash. Data captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-1 on 30 August was used to map the extent of flooding that is currently devastating Pakistan. Heavy monsoon rainfall—ten ...
Environment
Sep 1, 2022
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The Artemis I mission, set to launch on 29 August, will mark a significant step in humankind's return to the moon.
Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2022
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Next Monday's Artemis launch will be an uncrewed first flight, headed into orbit around the moon. Yet technology previously worn by ESA astronauts on the International Space Station has also been hard-mounted aboard the NASA-ESA ...
Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2022
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A new map of Mars is changing the way we think about the planet's watery past, and showing where we should land in the future.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 23, 2022
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Water levels on the Rhine River, Europe's second-largest river, have continued to drop owing to soaring temperatures and lack of rainfall, preventing many vessels from navigating through the waters at full capacity. The Copernicus ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2022
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We all wish sometimes that we could see into the future. Now, thanks to the very latest data from ESA's star mapping Gaia mission, astronomers can do just that for the sun. By accurately identifying stars of similar mass ...
Astronomy
Aug 11, 2022
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A fireball spotted over Madrid has had its astronomical ancestry unearthed. While it ended its days burning up in Earth's atmosphere on 31 July this year, the fragment began its life as part of Comet 169P/NEAT, responsible ...
Astronomy
Aug 10, 2022
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