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Posted inScience Updates

The Swarm Satellite Trio Studies Earth and Its Environment

by J. Bouffard, R. Floberghagen and N. Olsen 10 May 20192 February 2022

8th Swarm Data Quality Workshop; Frascati, Italy, 8–12 October 2018

Satellite image of a fire in Northern California
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New Eyes on Wildfires

Jon Kelvey, Science Writer by Jon Kelvey 30 April 20192 July 2025

Onboard machine learning and compact thermal imaging could turn satellites into real-time fire management tools to help officials on the ground.

Thóra Árnadóttir setting up GPS instrument in Iceland
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Way of Visualizing Iceland’s Crustal Deformation

by Terri Cook 24 April 20196 October 2021

A novel method of calculating strain rates from GPS data shows the South Iceland Seismic Zone is experiencing rapid deformation, including inflation near the island’s most active volcano.

An up-close look at the new antenna design
Posted inResearch Spotlights

New Antenna Design Could Improve Satellite Communications

by David Shultz 14 March 201910 March 2022

A novel antenna design promises to improve bandwidth and allow for better communication between Earth stations and satellites.

Artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface height observations, even through clouds.
Posted inScience Updates

Scientists Invited to Collaborate in Satellite Mission’s Debut

by R. Morrow, L.-L. Fu, F. D’Ovidio and J. T. Farrar 2 January 201922 July 2022

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will begin by scanning Earth’s surface once a day. We invite ocean scientists to contribute ground-based measurements to compare with the satellite data.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

First Multi-Decade Simulation of the Earth’s Radiation Belt

by P. O’Brien 19 December 201827 March 2023

A new simulation of the Earth’s electron radiation belts captures large-scale variations over nearly three solar cycles, and replicates primary cyclical features and extreme behaviors.

Mars and WALL-E’s (MarCO-B) solar panel during flyby
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Hello, Goodbye: First Interplanetary CubeSats Zip Past Mars

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 4 December 20182 July 2025

The InSight lander safely arrived on Mars early last week. Two tiny spacecraft made up part of its communications array and transmitted landing data back to Earth.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Seeing Waves: GNSS Tracking of Waves in the Upper Atmosphere

by Michael A. Hapgood 8 October 201813 April 2022

Dense GNSS networks enable scientists to track large-scale waves traveling through the upper atmosphere, away from sources in the auroral zone and the day/night terminator.

Horizontal black lines show weather satellite data loss from radio frequency interference in 2015.
Posted inOpinions

Wireless Frequency Sharing May Impede Weather Satellite Signals

by J. Gerth 8 October 20181 August 2022

The delivery of weather satellite imagery is reliable today, but will it stay that way in the future?

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Double Threat to Solar Panels in Space

by D. J. Knipp 4 October 201813 October 2021

Protons accelerated in solar storms and electrons accelerated in geospace storms can reduce space mission lifetimes. What is the likelihood of extreme events during geospace storms?

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