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Small satellite could transform weather forecasting
ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite produces detailed data that could soon boost forecasts - especially in remote regions like the ...
Tracking the world’s forests; how the ESA’s Biomass mission will work
The satellite is scheduled to lift off on April 29 aboard a Vega C rocket from the ESA’s Korou spaceport in French Guiana ...
Earth’s space junk problem got even worse in 2024, ESA reports
A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.
Uranus has a longer day than astronomers thought
The team used more than a decade’s worth of observations of Uranus’ unique aurorae taken with Hubble and refined the planet’s ...
The Earth is safe from asteroid 2024 YR4. The moon? Not so much, Webb telescope finds
An asteroid known as 2024 YR4 won't be crashing into Earth, but the James Webb Space Telescope went to get a look at it ...
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses
The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to ...
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A new perspective: How Earth observation helps tackle global challenges | Euronews Tech Talks
What is Earth observation? What challenges can it ... On top of methane, ESA is working on its mission to monitor and track carbon dioxide with the project CO2M. CO2M is planned as a three ...
Hubble helps determine Uranus' rotation rate with unprecedented precision
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have made new measurements of Uranus' interior ...