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Flight 370: The Tech Behind the Hunt for Missing Malaysian Plane
By Mike Wall published
Mesopotamia's Green | Space Wallpaper
By Space.com Staff published
The recently launched Proba-V miniaturised satellite captured this space wallpaper over the border region of northern Syria, southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq on May 28, 2013.
Arctic Connections: Broadband Coming to Top of the World
By Tanya Lewis published
Norwegian project to bring broadband to the far north would aid industry and shipping.
Big Earthquakes Create Global-Scale GPS Errors
By Becky Oskin published
Even GPS sites thousands of miles from faults were shifted by big earthquakes.
As Weather Changes, Forecasts Lag
By Nancy Colleton published
How can we reverse the lag in U.S. weather forecasting?
Europe Takes Aim at Space Junk Menace
By Clara Moskowitz published
A new proposal would establish a European space junk-surveillance program.
'Sling-Sat' Could Remove Space Junk on the Cheap
By Leonard David published
The proposed spacecraft could hop from one piece of junk to the next without burning much fuel.
Arms-Control Systems Could Monitor the Environment
By Julian Taub published
Sensors that track nuclear blasts could also track pollutants.
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