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A 2015 satellite photo captured a series of stunning "von Kármán vortices" swirling off Madeira and the Canary Islands. The giant swirls are collectively one of the best examples of this ...
"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or long-distance transport in the early solar system." ...
Moon-Rice project develops super-dwarf, protein-rich rice varieties for space missions and extreme Earth environments.
Climate scientists in the United States are to be cut off from satellite data measuring the amount of sea ice — a sensitive ...
The future of sustained space habitation depends on our ability to grow fresh food away from Earth. The revolutionary new collaborative Moon-Rice project is using cutting-edge experimental biology to ...
The annual competition for professional and amateur astrophotographers released its shortlisted images, which capture the ...
GPS systems, planes and military equipment track the magnetic field and rely on accurate models of magnetic north to function ...
New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon through our planet’s most precious and remote ecosystems ...
The Earth's surface is ready for its closeup.When the NASA-ISRO SAR satellite launches into orbit on July 30, it will ping nearly all of the planet's ...
Owolabi Salis is a man of many parts and is evidently intent on living his life to the fullest. The New York-based lawyer, ...
Two small spaceports in the far north of Sweden and Norway are racing to launch the first satellites from mainland Europe ...