February 2022
Building space-qualified detector chips
...the concentrations of these gases from sensors stationed on Earth, such an approach suffers from several significant drawbacks.... for monitoring a number of important gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, the leading material that possesses this capability ...
02 August 2019
Newly found exoplanet may be suitable for life
... of around (254 degrees Celsius (490 degrees Fahrenheit). Its companion, GJ 357 c, which although more Earth-sized – it has at least 3.4 times Earth’s mass – is also a sizzler. This hot-body is as hot as 126 degrees Celsius (260 degrees Fahrenheit...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... for worldwide Internet access are completed. As David Galadí-Enríquez explains, the intensive use of low Earth orbit by these new satellite networks is already proving detrimental - whether from an aesthetic, cultural or scientific point of view...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... procured docking module to the ISS was announced as a key step to expanding the permanent human presence in low Earth orbit. Dr Igor Ashurbeyli, General Designer, provides a technical overview of the project and the industrial partnership arranged...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... also motivated by the sustainability argument and protecting our planet by working to better understand climate and the Earth system. Ultimately, science is always the driver of our activities, to better understand the values and complexities of our...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... III is China’s first high-resolution civilian stereoscopic Earth observation programme and has the overall goal of creating...the satellite based part of CHEOS. Gaofen high resolution Earth observation satellite (GF) For the CHEOS programme, more than...
