Win Customized Satellite Views of Changing Local Landscapes
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the United States’ Landsat Earth-observing program, NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) are holding a contest that will offer…
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End of Mission for ESA’s Envisat Satellite
Just weeks after celebrating its tenth year in orbit, communication with the Envisat satellite was suddenly lost on 8 April. Following rigorous attempts to re-establish contact…
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NASA Researchers Conclude Giant Asteroids Hit Earth Billions of Years Ago
Research by NASA and international scientists concludes giant asteroids, similar or larger than the one believed to have killed the dinosaurs, hit Earth billions of years…
Read the articleWhy Has Envisat Gone Silent?
Optical, radar and laser observations of the Envisat satellite show that it is still in a stable orbit. Efforts to regain contact with the satellite have…
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Students Launch a Rubber Chicken Into Space
Last month, when the sun unleashed the most intense radiation storm since 2003, peppering satellites with charged particles and igniting strong auroras around both poles, a…
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NASA Marks Earth Day 2012 With Public Events and Online Activities
NASA will celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day this week with several live and online activities to engage the public about the agency’s mission to…
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Photographing Cities at Night From the Space Station
ESA astronaut André Kuipers has installed ‘NightPod’ on the International Space Station, an aid for taking night-time pictures of Earth. The first batch of pictures offer…
Read the articleESA’s Envisat Sees Rapid Ice Shelf Disintegration in Antarctic
As ESA’s Envisat satellite marks ten years in orbit, it continues to observe the rapid retreat of one of Antarctica’s ice shelves due to climate warming.…
Read the articleESA Astronaut André Kuipers’ Earth Hour Images
Our Earth is itself a fragile ‘spaceship’, but we tend to forget this in our everyday lives. Sometimes distance is required from a subject to appreciate…
Read the articleThe Vital Protection Provided by Earth’s Magnetic Shield
A chance alignment of planets during a passing gust of the solar wind has allowed scientists to compare the protective effects of Earth’s magnetic field with…
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