satellites

ESA CHEOPS Mission Launches to Study Evolution of Planets Orbiting Nearby Suns

By Deutsche Welle / December 18, 2019

By Matthias Klaus The CHEOPS mission blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana atop a Russian Soyuz rocket on Wednesday. The launch came 24 hours after a first attempt was delayed shortly before liftoff because of a software problem in the upper stage of the rocket. Scientists have long theorized with near certainty that there are […]

New Satellite Data Reveals One of the Largest Methane Leaks in U.S. History

By Olivia Rosane / December 17, 2019

Brazil’s Satellite Agency is Back Online: Fire Hotspots have Doubled

By Mongabay / 19 hours ago

Himalayan Glacier Melt Has Doubled Since 2000, Satellites Show

By Olivia Rosane / June 20, 2019

Satellite Reveals Troubling Retreat of Patagonian Glaciers

By EcoWatch / May 4, 2018

NASA Launches Satellite to Watch Earth Breathe From Space

By Cassie Kelly / April 14, 2017

In an effort to understand how climate change is altering the carbon cycle, a project between the University of Oklahoma and NASA is headed to space. Orbiting 22,000 miles above Earth’s surface, this host of instruments will track carbon as it flows through the Earth delivering real-time data and helping scientists quantify just how much […]