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Jupiter: A Cloudy Mirror For The Sun?
March 10, 2005 Astronomers using the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton telescope have discovered that observing the giant planet Jupiter may actually give them an insight in to solar activity on the far side ... > full story -
NASA/French Satellite Data Reveal New Details Of Tsunami
January 12, 2005 For the first time, orbiting satellites have observed and measured a major tsunami event in open ocean, the Indian Ocean tsunami that resulted from the magnitude 9 earthquake southwest of Sumatra on ... > full story -
Global Space Cooperation For Disaster Relief
January 11, 2005 The recent tragedy striking the coastlines of the Indian Ocean has highlighted the benefits of international cooperation in Earth Observation for the management of disaster relief, while ... > full story -
NASA's Aura Satellite Sheds New Light On Air Quality And Ozone Hole
December 17, 2004 NASA scientists announced the agency's Aura spacecraft is providing the first daily, direct global measurements of low-level ozone and many other pollutants affecting air ... > full story -
Stratosphere Temperature Data Support Scientists' Proof For Global Warming
November 29, 2004 A new interpretation for temperature data from satellites, published earlier this year, raised controversy when its authors claimed it eliminated doubt that, on average, the lower atmosphere is ... > full story -
Elephants In Space
November 23, 2004 Scientists with the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have recently been counting their zoo animals from a lofty perch: namely, outer space. Using high-tech cameras fixed to an ... > full story -
As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time
October 22, 2004 An international team of NASA and university researchers has found direct evidence confirming earlier findings that the Earth is dragging space and time around itself as it ... > full story -
Protecting Our Planet's Ozone Layer
October 5, 2004 Monitoring our planet's atmosphere has become an international priority. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) is using instruments on several satellites to follow the evolution ... > full story -
Improving Wine With Satellites
September 20, 2004 The wine harvest has begun in many regions of Europe. Will it be a vintage year, what will quantities be like? Every vineyard owner has their own idea. But specialist engineers and administrations ... > full story -
Watery Load For Ariane 5 ECA
September 20, 2004 When the Ariane 5 ECA qualification flight lifts off in October, one of the ‘passengers’ will be 33.5 litres of water. Onboard will be the experimental Sloshsat-FLEVO satellite, designed ... > full story
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