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Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate

Arctic sea ice thinning at record rate

   The thickness of sea ice in large parts of the Arctic declined by as much as 19% last winter compared to the previous five winters, according to data from ESA’s Envisat satellite.

Posted : Wed, Oct 29, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist

Faint gamma-ray bursts do actually exist

   Gamma-ray bursts, powerful glares of high-energy that wash through the Universe once every day or so are, for a brief time, the brightest objects in the gamma-ray sky.

Posted : Wed, Oct 15, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

Space sensor perks up medical analysis and environmental protection

Space sensor perks up medical analysis and environmental protection

   Miniaturised ceramic gas sensors, originally developed for measuring oxygen levels for spacecraft re-entry vehicles, enables improved human breath measurement apparatus, better control of heater combustion thereby reducing pollution, and higher safety in fuel cell manufacturing.

Posted : Thu, Aug 14, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

NASA Confirms Liquid Lake on Saturn Moon

   NASA scientists have concluded that at least one of the large lakes observed on Saturn's moon Titan contains liquid hydrocarbons, and have positively identified the presence of ethane.

Posted : Wed, Jul 30, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA and ESA Complete Comparative Exploration Architecture Study

NASA and ESA Complete Comparative Exploration Architecture Study

   Over the last 6 months, representatives from NASA and the European Space Agency, or ESA, have been engaged in a detailed assessment of potential programs and technologies that when conducted cooperatively could one day support a human outpost on the moon.

Posted : Wed, Jul 09, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Begins Mission to the Space Station

NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Begins Mission to the Space Station

   Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew lifted off at 2:45 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 7 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center to begin the STS-122 mission to the International Space Station.

Posted : Fri, Feb 08, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

ESA's new scientific heart inaugurated by Spanish royalty

ESA's new scientific heart inaugurated by Spanish royalty

   Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Asturias inaugurated this afternoon ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), located on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain.

Posted : Fri, Feb 08, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

New radar satellite technique sheds light on ocean current dynamics

New radar satellite technique sheds light on ocean current dynamics

   Ocean surface currents have long been the focus of research due to the role they play in weather, climate and transportation of pollutants, yet essential aspects of these currents remain unknown.

Posted : Fri, Jan 25, 2008

Category : Science / Environment News

Ariane 5 - sixth and final launch of 2007

Ariane 5 - sixth and final launch of 2007

   Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two satellites into geostationary transfer orbits.

Posted : Sun, Dec 23, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Mars Express - 5000 orbits and counting

Mars Express - 5000 orbits and counting

   Mars Express continues to rewrite the text books as its instruments send back a stream of images and other data.

Posted : Mon, Nov 26, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Satellite Multimedia For Mobile Phones

Satellite Multimedia For Mobile Phones

   ESA's Telecommunications Department is supporting the development of technology needed for satellite systems to broadcast digital multimedia content such as video, television programmes, radio, and data to mobile telephones and vehicle-borne receivers.

Posted : Sat, Aug 04, 2007

Category : Science / Space News

Satellite multimedia for mobile phones

Satellite multimedia for mobile phones

   ESA Telecommunications Department is supporting the development of technology needed for satellite systems to broadcast digital multimedia content such as video, television programmes, radio, and data to mobile telephones and vehicle-borne receivers.

Posted : Sat, Jul 28, 2007

Category : Technology / Industry News
 
 
 
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