The idea of flying satellites in "very" low-Earth orbit is not new. Dating back to the dawn of the space age in the late 1950s, the first US spy satellites, as part of the Corona program, orbited the ...
Uranus radiates more energy than it gets from the sun, two new studies find — just as Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune do.
Rising temperatures are fueled, in part, by declining cloud cover — which could be a potential climate feedback loop.
A study led by researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has used a novel approach to unravel the ...
The albedo of the asteroid not only tells us about the composition ... the window for sending a spacecraft to try and divert it away from our planet, as successfully demonstrated by NASA’s Dart ...
On decadal timescales, the loss of Arctic ice favors the climate of the south-west of the United States -- and California in particular -- becoming drier on average, especially in winter. This ...
In December 2024, astronomers in Chile spotted a new asteroid streaking through the sky, which they named 2024 YR4. Whats ...
Experts warn this is a clear signal of accelerating climate change and underscores the urgent need for emissions reductions ...
The disappearance of sea ice changes the surface albedo, i.e. the reflectivity of ... "Despite all the different influences on our planet's climate system, it is interesting to note that the ...
Luna skims by Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter as it grows from a thin crescent to just past First Quarter in the ...
Climate scientists thought stronger atmospheric rivers would accelerate Greenland's ice loss—but it might actually be slowing ...