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Google AI model mines trillions of images to create maps of Earth ‘at any place and time’
The system will save time spent on processing satellite data, researchers say — but they hope the tech firm will share more ...
Google's 'virtual satellite' AI model can provide a near real-time view of Earth
Google has introduced a new AI model called AlphaEarth Foundations that it says can function like a "virtual satellite." ...
Scientists Are Turning the Earth Beneath Our Feet Into a Giant Battery
A new technology known as Geochemical Energy Storage (GES) could provide months-long storage for renewable energy, increasing ...
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Powerful satellite will map changes on Earth in stunning detail — down to a centimetre
NISAR — which stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar — will use two radar instruments operating at different ...
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Collaboration or collapse: Why Earth observation must be a global mission
At this year's symposium, ESA celebrated 50 years of space science and cooperation. But behind the celebration was a warning: ...
Simulations prove early Earth's liquid core generated protective magnetic field
Earth is fortunate in having a magnetic field: it protects the planet and its life from harmful cosmic radiation. Other ...
When Earth’s Surface Shifts, a New Satellite Will See It
NISAR, built jointly by NASA and India’s space agency and launched on Wednesday, will use radar to monitor tiny changes ...
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Lightning on Earth is sparked by a powerful chain reaction from outer space, simulations show
Scientists already knew that lightning is an electrical discharge between thunderclouds and Earth's surface, but exactly how ...