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A satellite’s very tiny camera took a very blurry picture of Earth — and it’s perfect

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A satellite’s very tiny camera took a very blurry picture of Earth — and it’s perfect

Space.com November 9, 2023

In a time when humanity has the means to procure almost unnaturally crisp images of the cosmos...

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Over the past six years, governments proposed launching more than 1 million satellites, but where will they all go?

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Over the past six years, governments proposed launching more than 1 million satellites, but where will they all go?

Phys.org November 9, 2023

Starlink satellites passing over New Mexico. Credit: NOIRLab/M. Lewinsky, CC BY In September 2021, Rwanda announced that...

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New AI system can map giant icebergs from satellite images 10,000 times faster than humans

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New AI system can map giant icebergs from satellite images 10,000 times faster than humans

Phys.org November 9, 2023

Image 1 shows the U-net algorithm correctly identifying the iceberg, which is highlighted in red. In comparison,...

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Terran Orbital Releases Enhanced Versions of Enterprise Bus

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Terran Orbital Releases Enhanced Versions of Enterprise Bus

Terran Orbital November 9, 2023

Continuing to set the standards for small satellites   BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 9, 2023 – Terran...

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Data show Greenland’s ice shelves have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978

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Data show Greenland’s ice shelves have lost more than a third of their volume since 1978

Phys.org November 8, 2023

The Zachariæ Isstrøm glacier in 2016, discharging several kilometer-long icebergs into the ocean. The melting of platforms...

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How machine learning can support data assimilation for Earth system models

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How machine learning can support data assimilation for Earth system models

Phys.org November 8, 2023

This picture of the globe shows observed brightness temperatures from 12 hours of microwave imager overpasses of...

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New database unifies the information on damage to European forests over the last 60 years

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New database unifies the information on damage to European forests over the last 60 years

Phys.org November 8, 2023

Examples of insect disturbances recorded in the DEFID2 database. (a, b) Forest area in the Făgăraș Mountains,...

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Melting ice, falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica

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Melting ice, falling snow: Sea ice declines enhance snowfall over West Antarctica

Phys.org November 8, 2023

Penn State researchers report that reduced sea ice around West Antarctica leads to increased atmospheric moisture and...

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The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward

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The world’s boreal forests may be shrinking as climate change pushes them northward

Phys.org November 6, 2023

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Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem

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Sci-fi inspired tractor beams are real, and could solve a major space junk problem

Space.com November 5, 2023

In science fiction films, nothing raises tension quite like the good guys’ spaceship getting caught in an...

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