If you want to track changes in the Amazon rainforest, see the full expanse of a hurricane or figure out where people need help after a disaster, it's much easier to do with the view from a satellite orbiting a few hundred ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2023
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American scientists working on an island far above the Arctic Circle have been launching unmanned aircraft and digging snow samples to measure how soot helps melt Arctic snow and ice.
Earth Sciences
May 11, 2011
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Data assimilation is the combination of the latest observations with a short-range forecast to obtain the best possible estimate of the current state of the Earth system. Machine learning can contribute to it by optimizing ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 7, 2023
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In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, ESA, NASA and JAXA worked closely together to create an open-source platform, based on the Euro Data Cube, that used a wealth of data from Earth-observing satellites to document ...
Planetary Sciences
May 20, 2022
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Satellite data provider Planet announced Tuesday that it plans to launch a new fleet of orbiting eyes so powerful they can distinguish road markings on the ground.
Space Exploration
Oct 12, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Proba-2, one of the smallest satellites ESA has ever built for space, is about to leave its Belgian homeland. Its development and testing complete, the satellite is being packed up for the first leg of its ...
Space Exploration
Jul 6, 2009
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Suddenly, everyone from the U.S. government, commercial satellite companies, universities and even high school students needs to have a small satellite.
Space Exploration
Jun 3, 2016
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(AP)—India's national space organization has marked its 100th mission by launching French and Japanese satellites.
Space Exploration
Sep 9, 2012
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On Tuesday, Aug. 30, NASA's next earth-observing research satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to begin preparations for an October launch.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2011
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The first detailed, high-resolution 3-D maps of Antarctic sea ice have been developed using an underwater robot. Scientists from the UK, USA and Australia say the new technology provides accurate ice thickness measurements ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2014
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