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Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests
The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venus-might-host-life-new-discovery-suggests/
Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests
The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology ...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venus-might-host-life-new-discovery-suggests/
Scientific American
Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests
The unexpected atmospheric detection of phosphine, a smelly gas made by microbes on Earth, could spark a revolution in astrobiology
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The flying observatory SOFIA discovers water molecules on the Moon
* The SOFIA flying observatory makes the first detection of water molecules outside the permanent shadow at the Moon's poles
* The molecules were detected with the FORCAST instrument in the vicinity of Clavius Crater in the Moon’s southern hemisphere
* The results of the research were published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy on 26 October 2020.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has provided the first direct and unambiguous evidence of water molecules on the Moon outside the permanent shadow at the lunar poles. The infrared observatory, which is operated by US space agency NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) was able to detect the molecules in the Moon’s southern hemisphere using SOFIA’s FORCAST instrument (Faint Object InfraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope). The findings from the scientific research were published on 26 October, 2020 in the journal Nature Astronomy
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The flying observatory SOFIA discovers water molecules on the Moon
* The SOFIA flying observatory makes the first detection of water molecules outside the permanent shadow at the Moon's poles
* The molecules were detected with the FORCAST instrument in the vicinity of Clavius Crater in the Moon’s southern hemisphere
* The results of the research were published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy on 26 October 2020.
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has provided the first direct and unambiguous evidence of water molecules on the Moon outside the permanent shadow at the lunar poles. The infrared observatory, which is operated by US space agency NASA and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) was able to detect the molecules in the Moon’s southern hemisphere using SOFIA’s FORCAST instrument (Faint Object InfraRed CAmera for the SOFIA Telescope). The findings from the scientific research were published on 26 October, 2020 in the journal Nature Astronomy
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https://www.dlr.de/content/en/articles/news/2020/04/20201026_sofia-discovers-water-molecules-on-the-moon.html
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DLR – SOFIA discovers water molecules on the Moon
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has provided the first direct and unambiguous evidence of water molecules on the Moon outside the permanent shadow at the lunar poles.
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Copernicus Sentinel-6 is ready for launch!
The mission is a collaboration between ESA, the European Commission, EUMETSAT, NASA and NOAA, with support from the French space agency CNES. Scheduled for launch on 21 November on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast, the satellite is named Michael Freilich after NASA’s former Director of Earth Science ...
https://youtu.be/EFceA88Hujw
Copernicus Sentinel-6 is ready for launch!
The mission is a collaboration between ESA, the European Commission, EUMETSAT, NASA and NOAA, with support from the French space agency CNES. Scheduled for launch on 21 November on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California coast, the satellite is named Michael Freilich after NASA’s former Director of Earth Science ...
https://youtu.be/EFceA88Hujw
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Copernicus Sentinel-6 ready for launch
Final preparations are underway in California for the launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint European and US satellite designed to take precise measurements of sea-level change. The satellite forms part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation…
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Sentinel-6: monitoring the oceans
This ESA-EUMETSAT scribble animation highlights the Copernicus Sentinel6 mission and the importance of Earth observation satellites for measuring global sea level. Long-term, reliable data are crucial for climate monitoring ...
https://youtu.be/HEBRASuULUg
Sentinel-6: monitoring the oceans
This ESA-EUMETSAT scribble animation highlights the Copernicus Sentinel6 mission and the importance of Earth observation satellites for measuring global sea level. Long-term, reliable data are crucial for climate monitoring ...
https://youtu.be/HEBRASuULUg
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Copernicus Sentinel-6: monitoring the oceans
This ESA-EUMETSAT scribble animation highlights the Copernicus #Sentinel6 mission and the importance of Earth observation satellites, such as Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, for measuring global sea level. Long-term, reliable data are crucial for climate monitoring.
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Falcon 9 launches Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-6 to orbit and the first stage rocket booster returns to Earth, completing SpaceX’s third West Coast land landing!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH379b1FGJu
Falcon 9 launches Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-6 to orbit and the first stage rocket booster returns to Earth, completing SpaceX’s third West Coast land landing!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CH379b1FGJu
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The Arecibo Radio Telescope’s Massive Platform Has Collapsed
The hanging structure crashed through Arecibo's dish after major cable failures
More: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arecibo-radio-telescopes-massive-platform-has-collapsed/
The Arecibo Radio Telescope’s Massive Platform Has Collapsed
The hanging structure crashed through Arecibo's dish after major cable failures
More: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arecibo-radio-telescopes-massive-platform-has-collapsed/
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The Arecibo Radio Telescope’s Massive Platform Has Collapsed
The hanging structure crashed through Arecibo’s dish after major cable failures
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Footprint of the solar wind
Solar Orbiter: turning pictures into physics
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_turning_pictures_into_physics
Footprint of the solar wind
Solar Orbiter: turning pictures into physics
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Solar_Orbiter/Solar_Orbiter_turning_pictures_into_physics
ESA
Solar Orbiter: turning pictures into physics
Solar Orbiter’s latest results show that the mission is making the first direct connections between events at the solar surface and what’s happening in interplanetary space around the spacecraft. It is also giving us new insights into solar ‘campfires’, space…
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Cloud-free crop maps foster sustainable farming
The rapidly rising global population, sustainability and climate change are among the challenges the agriculture sector faces in the business of producing food. Fortunately, information from satellites can help. A new commercial service – the first in the world – cleverly combines radar data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and optical data from Copernicus Sentinel-2 to offer daily maps of field-scale crop biomass. Importantly, these maps are completely unimpeded by cloud cover. This new service allows farmers to better monitor and assess the growth of their produce, and, ultimately, make more effective decisions ...
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Cloud-free_crop_maps_foster_sustainable_farming
Cloud-free crop maps foster sustainable farming
The rapidly rising global population, sustainability and climate change are among the challenges the agriculture sector faces in the business of producing food. Fortunately, information from satellites can help. A new commercial service – the first in the world – cleverly combines radar data from Copernicus Sentinel-1 and optical data from Copernicus Sentinel-2 to offer daily maps of field-scale crop biomass. Importantly, these maps are completely unimpeded by cloud cover. This new service allows farmers to better monitor and assess the growth of their produce, and, ultimately, make more effective decisions ...
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/Copernicus/Sentinel-1/Cloud-free_crop_maps_foster_sustainable_farming
New Instagram page for our Telegram channel "Space Science, Technology and Techniques":
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Why Monitoring Space Weather and Space Environment is Important
Space weather is a branch of Space physics and aeronomy (the science of the upper region of the earth) or heliophysics (the science of the sun) which is concerned with the conditions on the sun, in the solar wind, and within the Earth’s atmosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger human life or health.
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https://spaceinafrica.com/2020/10/05/why-monitoring-space-weather-and-space-environment-is-important/
Space weather is a branch of Space physics and aeronomy (the science of the upper region of the earth) or heliophysics (the science of the sun) which is concerned with the conditions on the sun, in the solar wind, and within the Earth’s atmosphere that can influence the performance and reliability of space-borne and ground-based technological systems and can endanger human life or health.
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https://spaceinafrica.com/2020/10/05/why-monitoring-space-weather-and-space-environment-is-important/
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Why Monitoring Space Weather and Space Environment is Important
Space weather is a branch of Space physics and aeronomy (the science of the upper region of the earth) or […]
NISAR launched today!
The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on an Earth observation satellite (EOS). It will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies. It will be used for remote sensing, to observe and understand natural processes on Earth. For example, its left-facing instruments will study the Antarctic cryosphere (Wikipedia).
Information: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nisar/
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The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual-frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) on an Earth observation satellite (EOS). It will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequencies. It will be used for remote sensing, to observe and understand natural processes on Earth. For example, its left-facing instruments will study the Antarctic cryosphere (Wikipedia).
Information: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/nisar/
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