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Satellites confirm sinking of San Francisco tower
Nov 29, 2016 (ESA)
The Sentinel-1 satellites have shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking by a few centimetres a year. Studying the ci...
Major space cooperation agreement signed by Italy-Japan Business Group
Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)
An important agreement on Space cooperation was signed in Milan during the XXVIII General Assembly meeting of the Italy-Japan Business Group (IJBG). The meeting...
Marine sediments record variations in the Earth's magnetic field
Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)
Past variations in the strength of the Earth's magnetic field are reflected by the production of isotopes in the atmosphere. Researchers from the CNRS, Aix Mars...
Early warning from space of homes on the slide
Nov 25, 2016 (ESA)
It was a literal property crash: multiple homes in the Carmenes del Mar resort on the south coast of Spain were engulfed in a landslide, leaving families homele...
NASA Selects Launch Services for Global Surface Water Survey Mission
Nov 25, 2016 (JPL)
NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the agency's Surface Water and Ocean Topograp...
Researchers targeting mysteries of deep Earth
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
A mineral far below the Earth's surface may hold the key to how much water is stored in the planet, a Florida State University researcher says. In a paper publi...
Who knew? Ammonia-rich bird poop cools the atmosphere
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
It turns out bird poop helps cool the Arctic. That's according to new research from Colorado State University atmospheric scientists, who are working to better ...
NASA launches Advanced Geostationary Weather Satellite for NOAA
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
NASA successfully launched for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the first in a series of highly advanced geostationary weather satelli...
Farewell to Sentinel-2B
Nov 17, 2016 (ESA)
Just weeks before Sentinel-2B is packed up and sent to French Guiana for its launch next March, media representatives and specialists got one last look at the s...
How lightning strikes can improve storm forecasts
Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)
Humans have always been frightened and fascinated by lightning. This month, NASA is scheduled to launch a new satellite that will provide the first nonstop, hig...
NASA finds unusual origins of high-energy electrons
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
High above the surface, Earth's magnetic field constantly deflects incoming supersonic particles from the sun. These particles are disturbed in regions just out...
Spaceflight Industries Reveals First Images from BlackSky Pathfinder-1
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
Spaceflight Industries, a next-generation space company enabling access to space and redefining global intelligence, has revealed some of the first photos captu...
ULA launches latest DigitalGlobe commercial earth observation satellite WorldView-4
Nov 14, 2016 (SPX)
DigitalGlobe reports that the company's newest high-accuracy, high-resolution commercial imaging satellite - WorldView-4, was successfully launched by a United ...
Successful calculation of human and natural influence on cloud formation
Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)
When new particles develop in the atmosphere, this influences cloud formation and with that the climate too. Since a few years, these complex processes have bee...
Extreme weather warnings at UN climate meeting
Nov 08, 2016 (AFP)
Many of the deadly heatwaves and hurricanes, droughts and floods this decade have borne the imprint of man-made global warming, said a series of reports Tuesday...
GRAPES-3 indicates a crack in Earth's magnetic shield
Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)
The GRAPES-3 muon telescope located at TIFR's Cosmic Ray Laboratory in Ooty recorded a burst of galactic cosmic rays of about 20 GeV, on 22 June 2015 lasting fo...
Don't see ISRO's Bhuvan as competition: Google India
Nov 08, 2016 (IANS)
Google does not perceive ISRO's geo-portal app Bhuvan as competition, a senior Google India official said here on Thursday, stressing that such data sharing pla...
Study reveals how particles that seed clouds in the Amazon are produced
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
A study published in the journal Nature solves a mystery that has puzzled scientists for over a decade: the origin of the atmospheric aerosols that contribute t...
Japan launches advanced weather satellite Himawari-9
Nov 04, 2016 (XNA)
Japan on Wednesday launched a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite "Himawari-9," aiming to further improve meteorological services in the Asia...
Satellites help scientists see forests for the trees amid climate change
Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have found a way to use satellites to track photosynthesis in evergreens - a discovery that could improve our ability to assess the health of norther...
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