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Toward the Next Generation of Air-Quality Monitoring
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Air pollution is the largest environmental health risk in Europe and significantly impacts the health of the European population, particularly in urban areas. Following on from the Sentinel-5P satellite – the first...
How Solar Flares Affect Earth
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A team of scientists led by Laura Hayes–a solar physicist who splits her time between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland–investigated a connection between solar flares and Earth's atmosphere.
NASA 2020: Are You Ready?
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Launching Americans from U.S. soil, sending a new rover to Mars and continuing to prepare for human missions to the Moon are just a few of the things NASA has planned for 2020.
NASA NIMBUS: Recovering the Past
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50 years ago, NASA launched Nimbus to study Earth from space. Now, experts at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (part of CIRES), are recovering valuable data and images from old, long-lost film, and expanding their understanding of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic. Learn more from CIRES on the 1-year anniversary of Nimbus' first image:
48 Years of Alaska’s Glaciers
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New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space–spanning nearly 50 years–are providing scientists with new insights into how the planet’s frozen regions are changing.
Crossrail Tunnelling: Drone’s Eye View of Crossrail’s Completed Rail Tunnels
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The Prime Minister and Mayor of London Boris Johnson celebrated the completion of Crossrail’s tunnels by going 40 metres below the capital to thank the men and women who are constructing the new £14.8 billion east-west railway.
Meet the Team Behind EarthCARE
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As we approach the launch of ESA’s EarthCARE mission, we caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission. With the climate crisis increasingly tightening its grip, ESA’s Earth Cloud Aer...
Fly Your Satellite!
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Fly Your Satellite! is an educational program for university students, created by ESA after the launch of seven university CubeSats on the 2012 Vega maiden flight.
The Polar Vortex Explained in 2 Minutes
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Mission Possible: Women of the Hubble Space Telescope
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When they were growing up, six women couldn’t have imagined that their lives would take them on a journey to NASA to work with the Hubble Space Telescope.
