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A New Satellite Material Comes Out of the Woodwork

by Grace van Deelen 7 July 20257 July 2025

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.

Satellite image of the southeastern U.S. shows some cloud and a glowing spot labeled as a bolide.
Posted inResearch & Developments

Fireball Passes Over Southeastern United States

by Emily Dieckman 26 June 202527 June 2025

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a bolide!

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Coverage Factors Affect Urban CO2 Monitoring from Space

by Donald Wuebbles 12 June 202512 June 2025

Orbital mechanics and environmental factors limiting the ability of Orbiting Carbon Observatory missions to collect data in space and time affect city-level monitoring, reporting, and verification goals. 

A group of scientists sampling and monitoring soil.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Keeping Soil Healthy: Why It Matters and How Science Can Help

by Yijian Zeng and Bob Su 29 May 202529 May 2025

Healthy soil is the foundation of our food, clean water, and a stable climate, and cutting-edge science helps us to protect it.

A river delta seen from a satellite. A narrow path of green spreads out to a larger area with branching rivers before giving way to a coastline.
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New Global River Map Is the First to Include River Bifurcations and Canals

by Rebecca Owen 15 May 202514 May 2025

GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood forecasting, and water management efforts.

Four images showing the simulation presented in the paper at different timestamps.
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Tonga’s Volcanic Fury Ripples to the Netherworld

by Binzheng Zhang 24 April 202523 April 2025

Secondary gravity waves emerge as the hidden architects of global-scale thermospheric upheaval following the Tonga eruption in 2022.

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“Transformational” Satellite Will Monitor Earth’s Surface Changes

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 17 April 202522 April 2025

The mission, jointly operated by the United States and India, will measure minute changes to land, ice, and ecosystems around the globe.

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Posted inResearch & Developments

NASA Science Faces an “Extinction-Level Event” with Trump Draft Budget Proposal

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 11 April 20255 May 2025

The initial draft of President Donald Trump’s budget request proposes devastating cuts to NASA’s science research, future space missions, and field centers.

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2024年5月超级地磁暴冲击后的电离层变化

by Alberto Montanari 3 April 20253 April 2025

一项新研究发现,2024 年 5 月超级地磁暴影响下,地球高层大气与电离层发生了独特的变化。

Satellite image of clouds.
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Machine Learning Provides a New Perspective of Low-level Clouds

by Doris Folini 28 March 202527 March 2025

Low-level clouds over the oceans, extensively studied for their role in climate change, are re-examined from a new perspective that applies machine learning to radar observations.

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