October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
... tracking and providing updated estimates. As the object passed on the other side of the Sun, as viewed from Earth, it became unobservable. (A satellite or spacecraft is needed to conduct observations when the asteroid passes on the other side of the...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... for worldwide Internet access are completed. As David Galadí-Enríquez explains, the intensive use of low Earth orbit by these new satellite networks is already proving detrimental - whether from an aesthetic, cultural or scientific point of view...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... also motivated by the sustainability argument and protecting our planet by working to better understand climate and the Earth system. Ultimately, science is always the driver of our activities, to better understand the values and complexities of our...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
...humanity’s future. To search. To learn. To acquire new resources and conduct research. The second is the demand to stay on Earth, to conserve, to repair, to care, to maintain and to sustain. This alternative vision of the future flows from the mouths...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... video Europe’s new Sentinel satellites are generating a mass of free high to medium resolution data every day Earth-i plans to operate the world’s first commercial constellation of satellites to provide full-colour video capabilities. Each satellite...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... biosignatures – indications of some form of life. From Earth’s example, it’s clear that not all biosignatures signal the ...diameter, will be able to characterise even oxygen in several Earth-like worlds. However, atmospheric noise is a limiting factor...
