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A New Satellite Will Map the Carbon Content of Rainforests From Space, and It’s Set to Launch This Month
Smithsonian Magazine
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Sara Hashemi - Daily Correspondent April 11, 2025 12:03 p.m. Biomass will monitor the Earth's tropical forests over the next five years. ESA / ATG medialab under CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO After more than ten years of development, the European Space Agency...
Mapped: How China Overtook the U.S. in Global Trade (2000–2024)
Visual Capitalist
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April 9, 2025
Visualizing the Rise of China in Global Trade (2000–2024) This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The imposition of...
OPINION: Tariffs are quack medicine — and they’ll poison Nevada’s economy first
The Nevada Independent
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April 8, 2025
I have a trade deficit with my neighborhood grocery store. Every week, I drive to the grocery store. I fill my cart. I pay for my groceries. Does the grocery store ever buy anything from me? Absolutely not. They’ve never even asked. This is...
No man’s airspace: Why our skies aren’t ready for the space boom
SpaceNews
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April 14, 2025
On a clear evening this January, flights out of Miami, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale suddenly ground to a halt. The culprit wasn’t weather or a software glitch — it was a rocket launch. SpaceX’s Starship, the largest spacecraft ever built, had...
Marking A Major Milestone In Preparation Of ESA’s Biomass Satellite
Renewable Energy Magazine
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Once launched and commissioned for its working life in orbit around Earth, this new ESA Earth Explorer mission will demonstrate how new technology can deliver crucial information about the state of our forests and how they are changing and,...
Earth Observation Just Got a Major Upgrade With Sentinel-1C
SciTechDaily
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December 14, 2024
The third Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite, Sentinel-1C, has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket, flight VV25, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on December 5, 2024, at 22:20 CET (18:20 local time). Credit: ESA–S. Corvaja...
The beneficial side of cockroaches and moths
BBC
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Zaria Gorvett, Sophie Hardach, Katherine Latham, Matthew Ponsford and Jocelyn Timperley ShareSave The white-lined sphinx moth, sometimes known as a "hummingbird moth", is a widespread pollinator (Credit: Alamy)New research is showing just how much...
PLD Space secures euro 11 million loan to advance MIURA 5 launch site
Space Travel
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PLD Space secures euro 11 million loan to advance MIURA 5 launch site by Hugo Ritmico Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 10, 2024 PLD Space, the Spanish aerospace company specializing in reusable space launchers, has obtained euro 11 million in financing...
Waving goodbye to 2024 with another successful Copernicus Launch: Sentinel-1C now in orbit
EU Reporter
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December 9, 2024
A brand-new Copernicus Sentinel satellite was successfully launched last night from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, on board a Vega C rocket operated by Arianespace on December 5, 2024, from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at...
"Kamikaze" Insects With "Explosive Backpacks" Blow Themselves Up: Scientists Have Just Discovered How
The Travel
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December 15, 2024
There are animals and insects around the world that are unique and fascinating in their own way. From creatures that look like actual aliens to invisible ones that are dangerous to humans, or even creatures that are older than when the US was...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, January 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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March 6, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Trump’s Latest Worldwide Reciprocal Tariff Officially Takes Effect — Here are the Countries Affected
The Gateway Pundit
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April 9, 2025
Credit: The White House President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariff package has officially gone into effect today, delivering a powerful blow to nations that have long exploited unfair trade practices at the expense of U.S. jobs. Last...
VEGA-C rocket launch bears first fruit with SAR radar images of Earth
Electronics Weekly
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December 11, 2024
The European Space Agency spaceport is located in French Guiana, and the launch took place on 5 December. The satellite – featuring state-of-the-art C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) instrument – will orbit 700km above the Earth’s surface. It...
Best New Crypto Casinos in 2025: Your Complete Guide
Insider Monkey
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Best New Crypto Casinos in 2025 Back in 2023, crypto gamblers had few options to choose from. Fast forward to today, and the landscape of new crypto casino sites has transformed entirely. My personal journey into reviewing these platforms began...
PLD Space secures an €11 million loan from COFIDES to accelerate the development of the MIURA 5 launch site
Space Explored
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December 4, 2024
Image: PLD Space This is a press released shared to or found by Space Explored but written by the company/agency in question, not the Space Explored team. It has been slightly edited for better reading. Madrid (Spain), 2 December 2024. PLD Space,...
Watch Europe’s Vega-C rocket return to flight after two years
Digital Trends
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December 3, 2024
A European Vega-C rocket will launch tomorrow carrying the Sentinel-1C mission into orbit, in the first return to flight for the rocket since it failed in 2022. The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching this Earth-monitoring satellite from...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : Science and Technology MCQs on average temperatures of planets, deficiency of magnesium and more (Week 105)
The Indian Express
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April 9, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on Science and Technology to...
PLD Space secures loan for Miura 5 launch facility
SpaceNews
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December 3, 2024
WASHINGTON — Spanish launch vehicle startup PLD Space has secured a loan to help fund development of the launch site of its Miura 5 rocket in French Guiana. PLD Space announced Dec. 2 that it obtained a 11 million euro ($11.6 million) loan from...
Double success for Europe as Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take flight
Space Travel
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Double success for Europe as Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take flight by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Dec 06, 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) has successfully launched the Sentinel-1C satellite aboard the Vega-C rocket, signifying a major...
Vega-C Set to Launch Sentinel-1C Satellite
Space Travel
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Vega-C Set to Launch Sentinel-1C Satellite by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Nov 30, 2024 The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for an important launch as the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is set to soar into orbit aboard the Vega-C...