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Swarm is ESA’s first constellation of Earth observation satellites designed to measure the magnetic signals from Earth’s core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere, providing data that ...

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Rare-earth metals company MP Materials' share price surged by nearly 250% this year, but the next great opportunity in this space may come from a competitor. Returns for USA Rare Earth significantly ...

Earth is not a still point in space, but a planet hurtling through the cosmos at incredible speeds. This video breaks down the complex layers of our motion: the 66,000 mph orbit around the sun, the ...

SQUIRE aims to detect exotic spin-dependent interactions using quantum sensors deployed in space, where speed and environmental conditions vastly improve sensitivity. Orbiting sensors tap into Earth’s ...

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On Feb. 22, 2020, "Mad" Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal? To view the flatness of Earth from space. This was his third attempt, and ...

The flow of the Earth’s mantle creates tectonic stresses beneath the lithosphere, the Earth’s rigid outer shell. The stress inside the lithosphere causes its shattering, forming fault-and-fracture ...

Low earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellations, characterized by dense satellite coverage and low transmission latency, have substantial advantages in global communications, earth observation, and disaster ...