GOES-19, like its sister satellite GOES-18, carries an upgraded magnetometer instrument that provides improved measurements of Earth’s magnetic field over the magnetometers on earlier GOES-R series satellites.
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NASA-Designed Greenhouse Gas-Detection Instrument Launches
Tanager-1, the Carbon Mapper Coalition’s first satellite, which carries a state-of-the-art, NASA-designed greenhouse-gas-tracking instrument, is in Earth orbit after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, Aug. 16.
Solar Energy Breakthrough Could Reduce Need for Solar Farms
Their new light-absorbing material is, for the first time, thin and flexible enough to apply to the surface of almost any building or common object.
Chilcotin River’s Landslide Lake Begins Draining
The threat of flash flooding on the Chilcotin River in British Columbia has subsided following a large landslide on July 30, 2024, that dammed the river.
As Arctic Thaws, New Evidence of Looming ‘Mercury Bomb’
Scientists have found new evidence that melting Arctic permafrost could unleash large sums of mercury, a dangerous toxin.
Mission to Map the Elevation of Earth
Kevin Kregel had his lucky fishing hat firmly in place, complete with an array of fishing tackle above the floppy brim and a chinstrap cinched up tight.
