Tag: planetary
NASA extends these 8 planetary exploration missions
The American Space Agency decided on Monday April 25 to extend the life of seven planetary probes and a rover, following a new evaluation. It is traditional to extend the…
The triple planetary crisis that humanity must address as a priority
The UN is trying to mobilize the governments and citizens of the world on the triple threat that currently weighs on the Planet: climate change, air pollution and the disappearance…
Live evening on planetary defense, our last bastion against the threat of asteroids!
The most dangerous events are not necessarily the riskiest. The probability of an asteroid falling large enough to cause planetary-wide consequences is very low, but not zero. This is why…
Earth will send a message to aliens from a nearby planetary system
In 1962, Humanity launched Telstar 1, the first telecommunications satellite, making the first live television broadcast in mondovision. Among the first ground telecommunications stations exploiting this kind of satellite, there…
“Singular events on a planetary scale” in a world with +2°C warming
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The water cycle modified by global warming On our planet, monitoring the water cycle is essential to understanding global warming. The Cnes talks…
Three future planetary systems around a double star!
When astronomers talk about a double star, they are actually talking about two stars that revolve around each other. And it is therefore around two stars engaged in a rather…
Three different planetary systems for this double star!
When astronomers talk about a double star, they are actually talking about two stars that revolve around each other. And it is therefore around two stars engaged in a rather…
Chemical pollution: what is the “5th planetary limit” crossed by humanity?
Day after day, month after month, alerts are multiplying on the environmental front. “The rate at which societies produce and release new chemicals and other new entities into the environment…
Tardigrades can survive a violent planetary impact!
The list of amazing features of tardigrades seems to be steadily growing. This time, researchers loaded it into a gun. And they survived. Up to a certain limit. What give…
A new planetary boundary has just been crossed
A few years ago, researchers set some planetary limits. Thresholds not to be exceeded if we hope to maintain the good conditions in which life has developed on Earth. Some…