Earth Observation
2012: No Geomagnetic Reversal
[/caption]Apparently, on December 21st 2012, our planet will experience a powerful event. This time we're not talking about Planet X,…
Satellite, ISS Images of Hurricane Ike
Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the US gulf coast, and even before landfall, is causing problems. Nearly 1 million…
GOCE Launch Delayed
[/caption] The launch of ESA's GOCE satellite (the 'sexy' spacecraft) will be delayed. During launch preparations yesterday (Sunday, Sept. 7)…
Explore Earth’s Satellites with Google Earth
[/caption] OK, I've just wasted an hour in simulated space, checking out some of the active and junked satellites orbiting…
Sleek, Sexy Spacecraft to Launch Next Week
[/caption] This has to be the sexiest looking spacecraft ever built by humankind. No, it's not a starship or battle…
Satellite Images Show Arctic Ice At Another Low
[/caption] Envisat satellite observations from mid-August show that a new record of low polar sea-ice coverage in the Arctic could…
Earth’s Atmosphere is Leaking into Space
[/caption] Oxygen is constantly leaking out of Earth’s atmosphere and into space. Measurements taken by satellites during the 1980s and…
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Changing How Scientists – and the Public – Do Astronomy
Recently we've had articles on Universe Today that have discussed the outer Milky Way Galaxy, dark matter, and the discovery…
An Alien View of the Moon Transiting Earth
[/caption] Ever wonder what an approaching alien spacecraft would see as it comes within tracking range of our Earth/Moon system?…
Wind Power From the Ocean (With Help from Space)
I drive regularly through Iowa and southern Minnesota in the US, and over the past few years wind farms have…