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Sudan: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 27 November 2015 - Categories: Earth from space, Earth observation, Image of the week
The capital of Sudan, as captured by Sentinel-2A. Credit: Copernicus Sentinel data (2015)/ESA

Taken merely 5 days after it arrived in orbit (28 June 2015), Sentinel-2A took this false-colour image of Sudan’s capital and second largest city, Khartoum. Khartoum sits between the Blue Nile River (which can be seen on the upper right …

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Swift: image of the week

Posted by: Tatiana, Posted on: 20 November 2015 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration, Space science
A gamma-ray burst, depicted in green.

Today marks the anniversary of NASA's Swift satellite, which rode to orbit aboard a Delta II rocket on November 20, 2004. Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most powerful explosions in the universe. These bursts are thought to be connected to …

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LISA: image of the week

Posted by: guest, Posted on: 13 November 2015 - Categories: Image of the week, Space exploration, Space science

The countdown is on for the launch of Europe’s LISA Pathfinder (LPF) spacecraft.

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