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The EU Proposes New Rules to Govern the European Space Race
The Space Act, which would apply to local and foreign companies, aims to simplify procedures, protect assets in orbit, level ...
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What NASA's Galileo Spacecraft Saw As It Plunged Into Jupiter
"Eight minutes later, the orbiter started receiving data from the descent probe, which slammed into the top of the Jovian atmosphere at a comet-like speed of 170,000 kilometers per hour," NASA ...
A Jupiter-size planet as delicate as cotton candy provokes its star
Exoplanet HIP 67522 b, fluffed up to the size of Jupiter, circles so close to its star that it’s triggering violent flares — ...
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Jeff Bezos-backed $88m methane satellite missing in space
An $88m (£65m) satellite designed to detect releases of the planet-warming gas methane from oil and gas production has been lost in space in a major setback for climate efforts. The MethaneSat ...
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Rising surface salinity and declining sea ice: A new Southern Ocean state revealed by satellites - PNAS
Open in Viewer (A) Satellite-derived SSS in red (dimensionless, pss) and Antarctic sea ice extent in black (millions of km 2). SSS is spatially averaged over the ice-free polar Southern Ocean (south ...
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Materials and IPython notebooks for "Python for Data Analysis" by Wes McKinney, published by O'Reilly Media - GitHub
Materials and IPython notebooks for "Python for Data Analysis, 3rd Edition" by Wes McKinney, published by O'Reilly Media. Book content including updates and errata fixes can be found for free on my ...