Rocket Lab launches sharp-eyed Earth-observation satellite toward orbit
Rocket Lab launched a high-resolution imaging satellite for the company Blacksky toward low Earth orbit this evening (Feb. 18 ...
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NASA satellites catch Earth's magnetic field making music
Earth's magnetic field occasionally bursts into song — but these compositions are written with electromagnetic radiation, not ...
NASA: 1.6% chance newly discovered asteroid will impact Earth in 2032
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has declared a 1.6% chance that a large asteroid would strike the Earth when on Dec. 22, ...
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Earth-Size Planet Found In TOI 700 System's Habitable Zone
NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has been used to discover Earth-size planet TOI 700 e. It is "orbiting within the habitable zone of its star – the range of distances where liquid ...
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Watch the sun erupt in new images from NOAA's weather satellite
Launched into Earth's orbit last June, GOES-19 is the newest addition to NOAA's fleet, equipped with a sensor called the ...
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Changes in Earth’s biodiversity can be tracked from space
Scientists used aircraft and satellites to track biodiversity, helping improve conservation and space research.
BioSCape shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
New studies co-led by UB show how 160 scientists mapped South Africa’s biodiversity using NASA aircraft and fieldwork.
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NASA picks SpaceX to launch Pandora exoplanet mission
The agency announced on Monday afternoon (Feb. 10) that it has picked SpaceX to launch Pandora, a 716-pound (325-kilogram) ...
N.J. students chat with NASA astronaut circling 250 miles above the Earth
Students had questions. The answers came from an astronaut in the International Space Station in an out of this world school ...
NASA's stranded astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore to get earlier homecoming
Two NASA astronauts, stranded at the International Space Station since June, could return to Earth weeks earlier than ...
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Scientists taking 'active measures' for asteroid with slight chance of hitting earth.
NASA and the Europeans Space Agency are among ... which is closer than telecommunications satellites, will mark the closest any large asteroid has ever come to Earth, according to the ESA.
That Huge 2024 Solar Storm Didn’t Just Light Up the Skies—It Reshaped Space Near Earth
A NASA satellite that suddenly reappeared after going silent gets credit for the remarkable discovery—a pair of temporary ...