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NASA and NOAA Celebrate Five-Year Anniversary of Suomi NPP Launch
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
After five years in space, the NASA/NOAA Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) mission continues to contribute significant advances in severe we...
Hosted Payloads Offers Remedy for Looming Air Force Weather Forecasting Gap
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
The importance of accurate weather forecasting to the Air Force can't be overstated. "Weather can be our greatest ally or our strongest adversary," the service ...
It's what underneath that counts
Oct 31, 2016 (SPX)
To the naked eye, ancient rocks may look completely inhospitable, but in reality, they can sustain an entire ecosystem of microbial communities in their fractur...
Studies offer new glimpse of melting under Antarctic glaciers
Oct 27, 2016 (JPL)
Two new studies by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine (UCI), detect the fastest ongoing rates of glacier retreat ever observed in West...
NASA satellite sees sulfur dioxide diffuse across northern Iraq
Oct 25, 2016 (UPI)
Sulfur dioxide is emanating from a fire at a mine in northern Iraq. As new satellite images show, the noxious gas is diffusing across the region's lower atmosph...
The future of radar - scientific benefits and potential of TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X
Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)
The German satellite duo TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X have consistently delivered one-of-a-kind Earth observation data since 2007 and 2010, hence shaping the interna...
FSU geologist explores minerals below Earth's surface
Oct 17, 2016 (SPX)
A Florida State University geology researcher is going deep below the Earth's surface to understand how some of the most abundant minerals that comprise the Ear...
Airbus Defence and Space-built PeruSAT-1 delivers first images
Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)
The PeruSAT-1 satellite, designed and built by Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has delivered its first images after its succ...
Data improves hurricane forecasts, but uncertainties remain
Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)
With modern technology, people can watch hurricanes churn in real time and forecasts are on-target up to seven days in advance -- but experts say some puzzling ...
NASA maps help gauge Italy earthquake damage
Oct 06, 2016 (JPL)
A NASA-funded program provided valuable information for responders and groups supporting the recovery efforts for the Aug. 24, 2016, magnitude 6.2 earthquake th...
Magnetic oceans and electric Earth
Oct 04, 2016 (ESA)
Oceans might not be thought of as magnetic, but they make a tiny contribution to our planet's protective magnetic shield. Remarkably, ESA's Swarm satellites hav...
DG's Basemap expanded to include 250M square kilometers at 30cm
Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)
DigitalGlobe reports that its online Basemap Suite has reached a significant milestone, with the availability of more than 250 million square kilometers of the ...
Van Allen probes spot electron rainfall in atmosphere
Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)
Our planet is nestled in the center of two doughnut-shaped regions of powerful, dynamic radiation: the Van Allen belts, where high-energy particles are trapped ...
New partnership with DigitalGlobe advances research innovation locally, worldwide
Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)
CU Boulder and DigitalGlobe Inc. this week announced a partnership to provide access to DigitalGlobe's industry-leading high-resolution satellite imagery, data ...
METimage: New Weather Data Every 1.7 seconds
Sep 21, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space has been commissioned by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to develop and build three flight units of the innovative METimage weather i...
Earth Observation Manufacturing, Data Markets Continue Expansion
Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)
According to the 9th edition of Euroconsult's report, Satellite-Based Earth Observation, Market Prospects to 2025, due to be published in the coming weeks, 163 ...
Rezatec to develop the use of satellite data in evaluating plant health in UK
Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)
Rezatec, leading geospatial data analysts, has recently been awarded Phase II funding for the development of geo-spatial big data analytics products that can id...
THEMIS sees Auroras move to the rhythm of Earth's magnetic field
Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)
The majestic auroras have captivated humans for thousands of years, but their nature - the fact that the lights are electromagnetic and respond to solar activit...
NASA satellite spots dozens of Russian wildfires
Sep 15, 2016 (UPI)
NASA's Terra satellite recently spotted a cluster of wildfires burning in Siberia. The image was captured by Terra's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiomet...
Scientists expect to calculate amount of fuel inside Earth by 2025
Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)
Earth requires fuel to drive plate tectonics, volcanoes and its magnetic field. Like a hybrid car, Earth taps two sources of energy to run its engine: primordia...
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