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...
01 November 2016
New twist on Moon formation helps explain its weird orbit
... very distinct. "Every other body in the solar system has different chemistry," said Sarah Stewart, professor of earth and planetary sciences at the University of California, Davis and senior author on a paper recently submitted to Nature on this...
20 August 2018
Galaxy should be teeming with water-worlds say researchers
...radii. The rocky ones, the team say, would be Earths and super-Earth type planets made up of material similar to our own ... about 35 percent of all known exoplanets that are bigger than Earth should be water-rich, that likely formed in similar ways to...
May 2018
Satellite data helps combat illegal shark fishing
... monitoring and surveillance to ensure adequate enforcement. Satellite technology is really paving the way for monitoring the Earth and its oceans. Satellites play a key role in supporting maritime operations as no other technology can provide...
15 April 2020
Successful test clears the way for Virgin Orbit's first-ever launch
... fired into space where it can deliver up to 330 kilograms (660 pounds) of payload into a variety of destinations in low-Earth orbit. On a real flight, LauncherOne is released during the pull-up manoeuvre, but Sunday’s demonstration was about the...
