Satellites Tackle Pollution Problem
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When it comes to air pollution, the smallest size can do the most harm. More than a decade ago, a pioneering study by Harvard's School of Public Health showed that one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution is particulate matter 10 microns (about 0.0004 inch) or less in size.
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WASHINGTON - Flight controllers at NASA&#39;s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., had to maneuver the Terra environmental spacecraft in late June to avoid orbital debris created by the Jan. 11 test of a  Chinese anti-satellite (A-Sat) weapon.
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PARIS-- Scientists piecing together  data from Europe's Huygens probe to  Saturn's moon Titan described the  hazy satellite&nbsp;today as an environment in which a frequent rain of liquid methane  falls through a thick smog onto hills  made of water  ice.
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A Hampton University professor is shedding new light on night-shining clouds that might be affected by climate change. Jim Russell is the lead scientist for the NASA-funded AIM satellite, the first to study the wispy "noctilucent" clouds, which only appear above Earth's poles.
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New twin spacecraft are helping  scientists track pesky solar storms from the sun to Earth,  where they can disrupt satellites, communications and sometimes  the electricity supply, the U.S. space agency said on Thursday.
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The European polar satellite MetOp-A, launched last year, is already improving weather predictions and will soon help global environmental and security monitoring, scientists said here Monday.
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Fifty years after the launch of the first satellite, key players in the global space industry were to meet here from Monday to seek new ways to benefit humanity through space exploration.
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BEIJING -- When the opening lyrics of ''Dark Side of the Moon&quot; floated through the air at a Beijing bar on a recent evening, patrons sang along to the Pink Floyd classic. ''Breathe, breathe in the air,&quot; they chanted in chorus. They seemed oblivious to the irony, in a city that is fast becoming one of the world's most polluted.
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Science & environment: Innovative study suggests scientific solutions to global transport problems within the next 50 years.
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Telescopes aboard the Hinode satellite have been returning some of their first results.
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Official pens seeing plenty of action It's all go this week for the European Space Agency, ESA. The agency has ordered the first satellites for its Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme, and finalised details of how it will work with NASA on two massive projects: the James Webb Space Telescope and the LISA Pathfinder mission.â¦
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ORLANDO, Florida -- Replanting boot prints on the Moon. Hurling expeditionary crews to distant and dusty Mars and other destinations. Executing a 21st century outreach campaign to faraway worlds demands a safe, sustainable, and affordable transport vehicle system.
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By AJ HOSTETLER A Hampton University-led satellite launched in April to study mysterious icy clouds has spotted them over northern Europe.
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NASA launched a 24-hour global pollution monitoring service yesterday that will eventually allow scientists to give daily âchemical forecastsâ from space.
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A satellite, aiming to provide a television signal to every household in China, has encountered problems with its solar panels and will not function as planned.
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Based on 18 months of Envisat observations, this high-resolution global atmospheric map of nitrogen dioxide pollution makes clear just how human activities impact air quality.
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The Chinese government is implementing a wide series of measures to reduce the amount of debris left in orbit by Chinese rockets and satellites, and to develop a space-surveillance tool to determine what is in orbit, Chinese space-debris experts said.