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PICS: NASA's satellite clicks UNSEEN events on earth

Aqua, Latin for water, is a NASA Earth Science satellite mission named for the large amount of information that the mission is collecting about the Earth's water cycle, including evaporation from......

AMAZING VIEWS: Himalayas, Ganga, more from space!

Launched in 2002, European Space Agency's Envisat is the largest Earth observation spacecraft ever built. It carries ten sophisticated optical and radar instruments to provide continuous......

DAZZLING! Nasa's first 360-degree image of Sun

NASA has released the first-ever 360-degree panoramic images of the Sun. Two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory satellites, launched in 2006, have gradually been drifting apart -- one in front......

Saturn to appear brightest on January 13

Stargazers will have a rare opportunity on January 13 and 14 to observe the 'brightest' Saturn when Earth passes between Sun and the ringed planet.This year's 'Opposition of Saturn' is considered......

Mining scam tainted Janardhana Reddy to fight election

Jailed former Karnataka minister GJanardhana Reddy'sis likely to contest the elections in Karnataka on a BSR Congress ticket, reports Vicky Nanjappa The Bellary mining scam, estimated to be around......

Space tourism a good scope for insurance firms

As space tourism matures, it holds tremendous opportunity for insurance companies to offer risk coverage to those on-board, similar to what they do for passengers of airlines, industry officials......

Japan aims at green leadership

World is gearing up for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference scheduled in Copenhagen from November 30 to December 11. A Copenhagen Protocol is expected to evolve as......

Homes for the mobile

Ram Charan's wheeled suitcase functions as a virtual home. The 67-year-old management consultant and writer of business books sleeps in five-star hotels every night of the week, every week of the......

Mall monument to India's consumer class

What in a few years will be India's largest shopping mall today is a kilometre-long, three-storey deep hole in the earth marked with a billboard the size of a tennis court.By 2010, the "Mall of......

China plans to be a software giant

China has announced a five-year blueprint for the development of high-tech industries, including basic software as well as large applied software and integrated systems. During the 11th Five-Year......

Shah Rukh shines in Swades

So the big question is: Is Swades IT?Here's a look at the baggage it carries:Director Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan was one of the biggest hits in 2001. Lagaan also won an Oscar nomination in the......

Solar storm could disrupt London Olympics

Despite all preparations almost complete for the 2012 London Olympics, the organisers of the 9.3 billion mega event are now faced with some genuine problem as London could suffer a solar storm......

People speak for earth observation satellites

QNA

Q. can u distinguish between sun and earth synchronous satellites?
AMISHA AGARWAL: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-u-distinguish-between-sun-and-earth-synchronous-satellit/22697855/answers/

Q. difference between a geo satellite and a non-geo satellite
Pradip Roy: A. Satellite Orbits One possibility to distinguish between all earth observation satellite systems is to look at their orbits....... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/difference-between-a-geo-satellite-and-a-non-geo-satellite/21991554/answers/22697905

Q. which is the first weather satelllite?
Pradip Roy: A. The first weather satellite, Vanguard 2, was launched on February 17, 1959. It was designed to measure cloud cover and resistance, but a poor axis...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-is-the-first-weather-satelllite/21991554/answers/20246896

Q. state law of conservation of mass and energy ?
Octopus: A. The law of conservation of massThe crucial transformation of chemistry from a collection of vain hopes and alchemical meddlings to a corpus of...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/state-law-of-conservation-of-mass-and-energy-/20246843/answers/16846623

Q. How the comets are formed??
Rekha V: A. any of a class of small celestial objects orbiting the Sun and developing diffuse gaseous envelopes and often long luminous tails when near the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-the-comets-are-formed/16846427/answers/16821153

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Scientists Expect Sun to be at its Peak Solar Activity Now

Geoff Chester, a Spokesman for the U. S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D. C., said though it was hard to predict about the flaring activity of... ...

http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1318153-scientists-expect-sun-be-its-peak-solar-activity-now

Inauguration of ESA's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre at ESRIN

Media representatives are invited to the inauguration of ESA's Near-Earth Object Coordination Centre at ESRIN (Frascati, Italy). This is the second... ...

http://www.presstrust.com/node/1601320

Satellite data help pinpoint glaciers' role in sea level rise

Washington, May 17 : A new study of glaciers worldwide using observations from two NASA satellites has helped resolve differences in estimates of... ...

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/21153/.html

Stanford professor and former NASA official explains how NASA might revive the Kepler space telescope

By Bjorn Carey Scott Hubbard, a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics, helped guide the Kepler mission when he served as director... ...

http://www.universitiesnews.com/2013/05/17/stanford-professor-and-former-nasa-official-explains-how-nasa-might-revive-the-kepler-space-telescope/

NASA satellite data reveals glaciers` role in sea level rise

Washington: Observations from two NASA satellites have helped scientists resolve differences in estimates of how fast glaciers worldwide are... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/nasa-satellite-data-reveals-glaciers-role-in-sea-level-rise_849104.html

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Earth Observation Satellites

News for Earth Observation Satellites

PICS: NASA's satellite clicks UNSEEN events on earth

AMAZING VIEWS: Himalayas, Ganga, more from space!

DAZZLING! Nasa's first 360-degree image of Sun

Saturn to appear brightest on January 13

Mining scam tainted Janardhana Reddy to fight election

Space tourism a good scope for insurance firms

Japan aims at green leadership

Homes for the mobile

Mall monument to India's consumer class

China plans to be a software giant

Shah Rukh shines in Swades

Solar storm could disrupt London Olympics

People speak for earth observation satellites

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