New weather satellite will help save lives in Mid-Michigan
The new GOES-U satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, and has recently begun sending back high-resolution images and ...
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'Bomb cyclone' bringing high winds to West Coast seen from space in stunning timelapse
Bomb cyclones form when warm and cold air masses collide head-on, causing pressures to drop and storms to rapidly intensify. These low-pressure zones also pull tropical moisture northward via ...
A man scouring Google Earth found a mysterious scar in the Australian outback – and now scientists know what caused it
An 11-kilometre long tornado scar was discovered on the Nullarbor Plain. Without the power of technology, it would have gone ...
AI-enhanced model could improve space weather forecasting
"Killer electrons" that travel at nearly light speed inside Earth's Van Allen belts—the zone that surrounds the planet and ...
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Geostationary VS Polar Orbiting Satellites
GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites. These satellites require a station on Earth to keep their ...
Earth-bound space exploration
Though not widely known, UCalgary has a long legacy of space discovery. From capturing the first-ever global image of the aurora from above, UCalgary researchers have set the global standard for ...
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Right now, the Sun is far more active than predicted - and small satellites are paying the price
Low Earth orbit also contains many university satellites, such as the Binar CubeSats. Cube satellites are rarely equipped ...
Europe's Weather Satellite Delivers Stunning Earth Views
The Meteosat third generation imager has delivered its first imagery of Europe and Africa from 36,000 kilometers away (22,369 ...