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- Hubble goes hunting for small main-belt asteroidson April 18, 2024
Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt required pursuing 37 000 Hubble images spanning 19 years. The payoff was finding 1701 asteroid trails, with 1031 of those asteroids uncatalogued. About 400 of these uncatalogued asteroids are about below a km in size.
- Dubai floods seen from spaceon April 18, 2024
Image: Dubai floods seen from space
- ESA selects four new Earth Explorer mission ideason April 17, 2024
As humans exert greater pressure on natural processes, understanding the intricate workings of our Earth system is increasingly vital for effective action on mitigation and adaption strategies. ESA’s Earth Explorer missions yield a wealth of astonishing findings, serving as the bedrock of scientific research in this field. Now, four new concepts have been selected to undergo assessment study, one of which is destined to be the twelfth in this family of world-leading satellite missions.
- Ariane 6 launches: is it a plane? Aircraft spotting with ISTSaton April 16, 2024