Tiny, inexpensive satellites can monitor harmful gases from space
Santa Fe New Mexican· 1 day agoThe Earth’s atmosphere is mostly composed of nitrogen and oxygen, but dilute trace gases, both from...
Novel NASA Instrument Sets Sights on Earth-bound Solar Radiation
SpaceRef· 13 hours agoTotal solar irradiance is a major component of the Earth radiation budget, which tracks the balance between incoming and outgoing solar energy. Increased amounts of greenhouse gases emitted ...
Geomagnetic storm caused by 'cyclops hole in Sun' could affect power grids
The US Sun· 13 hours agoA GEOMAGNETIC storm is expected to hit Earth's magnetic field on July 6, experts say. Earth earlier...
NASA explains the mission to bring samples of Mars soil, rock and atmosphere back to Earth
Phys.org· 12 hours agoNASA's Mars Sample Return Mission aims to bring 30 samples of rock, soil and atmosphere now being...
Bacteria could make super-efficient rocket fuel
SPACE.com· 23 hours agoA newly developed biofuel — based on an antifungal molecule made by Streptomyces bacteria — could be used in future rocket launches, researchers say....
Spaceflight Will Warm Earth’s Stratosphere 4 Degrees, Study Finds
Men's Health via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe results show that planned spaceflight over the next few decades could raise Earth’s temperature,...
What are solar flares?
LiveScience· 6 days agoThe vast amounts of energy released by a typical solar flare are mostly radiated away in the ultraviolet and X-ray part of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum, at shorter wavelengths with higher ...
Feast Your Eyes on These Soothing Pics Shortlisted For Astro Photographer of The Year
MSN News· 1 hour agoThere's a big, wide, wonderful, breathtaking Universe out there, beyond the bubble of life on Earth...
Strange cloud in satellite data catches interest of scientists
SPACE.com· 7 days agoA "peculiar" cloud, as NASA terms it, was found over the Caspian Sea on May 28. The cloud offers an...
What happened to the hole in the ozone?
MSN News· 4 days agoAround the turn of the 21st century, much of the environmental conversation was about the hole in the ozone layer. There was an understandable panic...