Science news articles about 'satellite observations'Ocean-Observing Satellites Help Break Current Records
Two different teams of ocean adventurers set records this winter crossing the Tasman Sea. Both used maps of ocean currents made possible by ocean-observing satellites.NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other Earth observing satellites offer
important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice,
global rainfall patterns and the effects of ... GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed
... Space Agency and Astrium today signed a €195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of ... Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions
Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite, scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide – the most important ... NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... frequency in 4U 1636-53 measured by Altamirano and his colleagues using extensive RXTE observations.
But the team also found that the QPO frequency decreased over time from about 12 Millihertz to 8 ... Satellite communications by laser
... instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump ... for instance to send image data from Earth observation satellites to a ground station. That has not been possible until ... Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
... he documented important archeological sites and selected candidates for excavation.
Imagery from Earth Observing 1 and Landsat satellites obtained over three years will help Middleton identify the ... NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.Italian Satellites Monitor Earthquake Damages In Sichuan
COSMO-SkyMed, the Italian satellite system for Earth observation, is being used to help the Chinese areas hit by the devastating earthquake of May 12. By request of the Chinese Government, the ASI ... Observations from space: NASA environmental data and lung disease
... Space Flight Center. “We can get data on temperature, clouds, rainfall and air quality from satellites, all of which can be added to health data to explore possible linkages,” he said.
NASA is also ... A scientific first: A supernova explosion is observed in real time
... with NASA’s Swift research satellite recently led to the first real-time sighting of a star ... USA, were using the satellite, which measures gamma rays, X rays and ultraviolet light, to observe another ... Satellites illuminate pollution's influence on clouds
Clouds have typically posed a problem to scientists using satellites to observe the lowest part of the atmosphere, where humans live and breathe, because they block the satellite's ability to capture ... Earth Observation highlights at ILA Space Pavilion
... 's Space Pavilion hosted a contract signing for ESA's EarthCARE satellite, highlighting the benefits stemming from the Agency's Earth observation programme.
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PRINCETON, N.J., May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists using the Swift X-ray satellite and the Gemini North telescope say they have, for the first time, observed a star dying in real time.New Satellite Remote Sensing Tool For Improving Agricultural Land Use Observation
... . The results obtained showed the numerous potential functions high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery offers. They should, in the long term, lead to improved management of water and ...
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Ocean-Observing Satellites Help Break Current Records
Two different teams of ocean adventurers set records this winter crossing the Tasman Sea. Both used maps of ocean currents made possible by ocean-observing satellites.NASA Satellites Help Lift Cloud of Uncertainty on Climate Change
New findings from NASA's CloudSat and other Earth observing satellites offer important insights into this year's record reduction of Arctic sea ice, global rainfall patterns and the effects of ...GMES Sentinel-2 satellite contract signed
... Space Agency and Astrium today signed a €195 million contract to provide the first Sentinel-2 earth observation satellite, devoted to monitoring the land environment, as part of ...Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions
Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat environmental satellite, scientists have for the first time detected regionally elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide – the most important ...NASA satellite pins down timer in stellar ticking time bomb
... frequency in 4U 1636-53 measured by Altamirano and his colleagues using extensive RXTE observations. But the team also found that the QPO frequency decreased over time from about 12 Millihertz to 8 ...Satellite communications by laser
... instead of radio signals. Two test satellites each carried a diode laser pump ... for instance to send image data from Earth observation satellites to a ground station. That has not been possible until ...Archaeologist uses satellite imagery to explore ancient Mexico
... he documented important archeological sites and selected candidates for excavation. Imagery from Earth Observing 1 and Landsat satellites obtained over three years will help Middleton identify the ...NASA Satellite Finds Interior of Mars Is Colder
New observations from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter indicate that the crust and upper mantle of Mars are stiffer and colder than previously thought.Italian Satellites Monitor Earthquake Damages In Sichuan
COSMO-SkyMed, the Italian satellite system for Earth observation, is being used to help the Chinese areas hit by the devastating earthquake of May 12. By request of the Chinese Government, the ASI ...Observations from space: NASA environmental data and lung disease
... Space Flight Center. “We can get data on temperature, clouds, rainfall and air quality from satellites, all of which can be added to health data to explore possible linkages,” he said. NASA is also ...A scientific first: A supernova explosion is observed in real time
... with NASA’s Swift research satellite recently led to the first real-time sighting of a star ... USA, were using the satellite, which measures gamma rays, X rays and ultraviolet light, to observe another ...Satellites illuminate pollution's influence on clouds
Clouds have typically posed a problem to scientists using satellites to observe the lowest part of the atmosphere, where humans live and breathe, because they block the satellite's ability to capture ...Earth Observation highlights at ILA Space Pavilion
... 's Space Pavilion hosted a contract signing for ESA's EarthCARE satellite, highlighting the benefits stemming from the Agency's Earth observation programme. Vodcast Play now | DownloadScientists observe star dying in real time
PRINCETON, N.J., May 29 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists using the Swift X-ray satellite and the Gemini North telescope say they have, for the first time, observed a star dying in real time.New Satellite Remote Sensing Tool For Improving Agricultural Land Use Observation
... . The results obtained showed the numerous potential functions high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery offers. They should, in the long term, lead to improved management of water and ...