Glaciers are one of the largest reservoirs of freshwater on our planet, and their melting or growing is one of the best indicators of climate change. However, knowledge of glacier change has been hampered by lack of data, ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2012
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Scientists with NASA's longest-running airborne mission to map polar ice, Operation IceBridge, completed a successful science flight on Oct. 29, inaugurating their 2017 survey of Antarctic sea and land ice. For the first ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 31, 2017
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Michael Daly, a York University researcher, is the lead scientist on a laser altimeter that will map the surface and create a 3D model of the asteroid Bennu during a NASA mission launching in 2016.
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2015
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A view of ESA's smallest future asteroid mission mapping its target body by laser.
Space Exploration
Jul 1, 2020
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In 43 hours across five science flights in late November 2013, NASA's P-3 research aircraft collected more than 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles) worth of science data. Instruments gathered information about the thickness ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2014
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