An unlikely pair of satellites
Space research and exploration reaches across Earth's borders and boundaries, relying on collaboration between nations, disciplines and institutions.
Space research and exploration reaches across Earth's borders and boundaries, relying on collaboration between nations, disciplines and institutions.
Space Exploration
Dec 17, 2015
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Science fiction has always been a tool for processing life on Earth. Norwegian sci-fi expert Karl Kristian Swane Bambini has said that the space-bound genre is well placed to "interrogate and reimagine real-world economic ...
Social Sciences
Jun 6, 2023
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Perhaps when you think of scientific research in Africa you think of the continent's amazing natural resources, buried out of sight under soil or rocks. Or maybe your mind goes to its ancient history of human evolution.
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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Satellites continuously peer down from orbit to take measurements of Earth, and this week a group of scientists set sail to verify some of those data points.
Environment
Jun 6, 2024
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Weirdly organic in appearance, this prototype is the first outcome of an ESA project to develop, manufacture and demonstrate an optical instrument for space with 3D printing.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2017
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Will it rain tomorrow or will it be sunny? Better data and more computing power have made weather forecasts more accurate.
Environment
May 22, 2024
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During the early summer, corals simultaneously release tiny balls composed of sperms and eggs, known as bundles, that float to the ocean surface. Here the bundles open, allowing the sperm to fertilize the eggs where they ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 23, 2020
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(Phys.org) -- Wildlife researchers say they are making the cassowary conservation dollar go further by tracking the birds with satellite tags.
Ecology
Apr 24, 2012
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Many African regions are prone to droughts. Advances in forecasting and early warning for these phenomena are now becoming available to help mitigate their consequences on vulnerable societies. The Dewfora project, funded ...
Environment
Apr 24, 2013
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In October, UTSA College of Sciences faculty members Stephen Ackley and Blake Weissling wlll travel to the Arctic as a part of a project funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to study the diminishing ice cover. The ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2015
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