Tag Archives: Remote sensing

Hitting the Books: Searching for ancient cities from space

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Welcome to Hitting the Books. With less than one in five Americans reading just for fun these days, we've done the hard work for you by scouring the internet for the most interesting, thought provoking books on science and technology we can find and...

Changing the World through Rebecca Moore’s Google Outreach Earth

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Google Earth Outreach is Rebecca Moore's brainchild.Since 2005, Moore has helped communities across the planet find every day uses for satellite data. She began the project when Google Earth was in...

More than 1,000 Satellites are in Orbit Today

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NEW YORK (AP) — The spotting of ocean debris by satellites during the search for the lost Malaysian airliner has drawn attention to those orbiting platforms. A primer on what's in orbit, with help...

Malaysia Airlines Debris May Have Sunk

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Yesterday the big news of spotted debris in the Indian ocean has raised hopes that the fate of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 will be solved. The search with airplanes for the 24m long objects has...

Satellite Falling to Earth may Cause Damage

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The unpredictable has always been a source of apprehension and anxiety. Take the Gravity Field and Steady State Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) which was a product of the ESA. It is hurtling...

NASA smartphone satellites capture photos of earth in space

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For nearly one week, NASA engineers at the Ames Research Center collaborated with amateur radio operators from around the world to piece together a photo taken by three smartphones in orbit. The...