For the first time, potential signs of the rainbow-like ‘glory effect’ have been detected on a planet outside our Solar System. Glory are colourful concentric rings of light that occur only under peculiar conditions.
Data from ESA’s sensitive Characterising ExOplanet Satellite, Cheops, along with several other ESA and NASA missions, suggest this delicate phenomenon is beaming straight at Earth from the hellish atmosphere of ultra-hot gas giant WASP-76b, 637 light-years away.
Extreme weather, including flooding, is becoming more frequent as climate change takes its toll on the planet. One of the many regions to be hit by floods in recent years is the south of France, with heavy rainfalls caused in part by humidity above the Mediterranean Sea.
The Robusta-3A satellite, launching on Ariane 6’s first mission, is set to fly 580 km over our planet to help quantify the accumulation of water vapour over the Mediterranean Sea and improve the forecast of severe rain leading to flooding.
It turns out I did have imaging for the find location. Likely here. Would have been tough as you have to do an A/B Google Earth 3D view to see any difference in the scene. Definitely would have required a ground search/confirmation of possible signatures. #SearchAndRescue#SAR#satellite#remoteimaging
📷 Hidden in this deep sky image (left) is a truly miniscule group of stars (right), bound together by their own gravity (and maybe even dark matter!), in orbit around the Milky Way Credit: CFHT/S. Gwyn (right) / S. Smith (left).
Android's #satellite#messaging support has been in the works for about a year now, and it sounds like #Android 15 is going to launch the feature for apps.
The new OS is including notifications and better status bar indicators for when you're connected to space.
A "NonTerrestrialNetwork" API will let apps know when they're limited to barely there satellite connectivity.
Google says Android 15 will let third-party SMS and MMS applications tap into the satellite connectivity APIs,
but enhanced messaging with RCS support will be limited to "preloaded" applications only.
Spacex is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a #classified contract w/a US intelligence agency, 5 sources familiar w/the program said, demonstrating deepening ties between billionaire entrepreneur #ElonMusk's space company & #NationalSecurity agencies.
The network is being built by #SpaceX's #Starshield business unit under a $1.8B contract signed in 2021 w/the National Reconnaissance Office (#NRO), an #intelligence agency that manages #SpySatellites, the sources said.
The plans show the extent of SpaceX's involvement in #UnitedStates intelligence & #military projects & illustrate a deeper #Pentagon investment into vast, low-Earth orbiting #satellite systems aimed at supporting ground forces.
If successful, the sources said the program would significantly advance the ability of the #UnitedStates government & #military to quickly spot potential targets almost anywhere on the globe.
The contract signals growing trust by the #intelligence establishment of a company whose owner has clashed w/the #Biden admin and sparked controversy over the use of #Starlink#satellite connectivity in the Ukraine war, the sources said.
"We find that the CMIP6 simulations in the central Arctic, with generally thicker ice and snow, align well with satellite observations ... By contrast, climate reanalyses like ERA5 exhibit widespread warm biases exceeding 2 °C in the same region."
Elon Musk shared on X:
“SpaceX just achieved peak download speed of 17Mb/s from satellite direct to unmodified Samsung Android phone”
Ofcourse it’s all in pilot/experimental stage but the future is clear, internet access, anywhere through Low Orbit Satelites using ordinary smartphones (future models probably). National governments will have less control over mobile networks. Although my guess is it only works outside. #elonmusk#spaceX#satellite#internet
As an "independent source" it was used by politicians, students, and many everyday people alike.
It was used for #publications & #documentaries, and triggered some inquires where I assisted in shaping national & international political statements. It's been fun & fulfilling 🙂
In today's siloed internet its usefulness is gone. No more days with 5.000 unique visitors & multiple email inquires.
Overfishing.org contained both an introduction to the issue of #overfishing, and #teaching resources. See attached some evergreens (low resolution, DM me for high res).
Il #satellite ERS-2 dell'Agenzia Spaziale Europea, grande quanto un autobus scolastico, rientrerà nell'atmosfera terrestre questa settimana dopo aver concluso la sua missione di osservazione della Terra oltre un decennio fa.
Il satellite 'probabilmente' brucerà nell'atmosfera terrestre mercoledì mattina, con un margine di errore di circa 18 ore.
L'ESA ha affermato che a circa 80 km dalla Terra, il grande satellite si romperà in piccoli pezzI.🙏