Using radar data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, recently published research presents a new scenario to explain why some methane-filled lakes on Saturn's moon Titan are surrounded by steep rims that reach hundreds of feet ...
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2019
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Using observations from the international Cassini spacecraft, scientists have explored the ring-like mounds that wrap around some of the pools found at the poles of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. The study reveals more about ...
Space Exploration
Jul 18, 2019
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Even before Tropical Storm Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July 13, it had already dropped a lot of rain on the state. Using satellite data, NASA created a map that shows areas that are likely flooded.
Environment
Jul 15, 2019
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China is an example of a country that suffers severe damage caused by high-impact weather and accompanying floods and mudslides. Dual-polarization (dual-pol) radars, first developed in the United States in the late 1970s, ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 8, 2019
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The monitoring of land subsidence is of vital importance for low-lying countries, but also areas which are prone to peculiar ground instability.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2019
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On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere are surprisingly deep, perched atop hills and filled ...
Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2019
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Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, this image shows the narrow strait that connects eastern Europe to western Asia: the Bosphorus in northwest Turkey. The image contains satellite data stitched together from three ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 29, 2019
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Christine Chiu of Colorado State University investigates clouds. She calls them "complicated 3-D objects that evolve fast."
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2019
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When Mount Agung in Indonesia erupted in 2017, the search was on to find out why it had stirred. Thanks to information on ground deformation from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, scientists now have more insight into the ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2019
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Planes flying over rain or snow can intensify the precipitation by as much as 10-fold, according to a new study.
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2019
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