Why Does the Moon Look Larger at the Horizon?
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Ever noticed how the Moon seems HUGE when it’s near the horizon but smaller when it’s overhead? Trick of the eye or something more? Scientists have debated this for 2,000+ years, and we still don’t have a definitive a...
Podcast with Piers Dormeyer, CEO of EagleView
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Todd Danielson, Informed Infrastructure’s editorial director, interviewed Piers Dormeyer, CEO of EagleView, via webcam. They discussed uses for several types of imagery as well as how EagleView's Disaster Response Pro...
2024 Is the Warmest Year on Record
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Earth's average surface temperature in 2024 was the warmest on record, according to an analysis led by NASA scientists. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Grace Weikert (GSFC AMA): Lead Producer Mark ...
ESA 2025: A 50-Years Legacy of Building the Future
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In 1975, 10 European countries came together with a vision to collaborate on key space activities: science and astronomy, launch capabilities and space applications: the European Space Agency, ESA, was born. In 202...
Copernicus Sentinel-1: Radar Vision for Copernicus
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Meet Copernicus Sentinel-1. This ground-breaking mission delivers continuous, all-weather, day-and-night imaging for land, ice and maritime monitoring. Equipped with state-of-the-art C-band synthetic aperture radar...
NASA Expert Describes Agency’s Tiny Solar Array With Super Power
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NASA teams are testing a key technology demonstration known as LISA-T, short for the Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and anTenna. It’s a super compact, stowable, thin-film solar array that when fully deployed in sp...
Arctic Sea Ice Near Historic Low; Antarctic Ice Continues Decline
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This summer, Arctic sea ice decreased to a its minimum extent on Sept. 11, 2024. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center this is the 7th lowest in the satellite record. The decline continues the long-term t...
ESA’s Hera Mission Launch Highlight
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ESA’s Hera mission lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on 7 Oct. 7, 2024. Hera is ESA’s first planetary defence mission. It will fly to a unique target among the 1.3 ...