Blogs
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How are Exoplanets found?
Exoplanets are planets outside our Solar System and the search for them is a very young one, since the first ever discovery of an exoplanet made in 1995, when Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz discovered 51 Pegasi b. But how are exoplanets found? Almost every light spot we see on the night sky is, mainly,…
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SpaceIsNature : The importance of managing Space Debris
Satellites are quite likely one of biggest inventions in modern history. We benefit from them every day. TV broadcasting, GPS navigation, remotely geographical Internet services, weather forecast and even space exploration! All these incredible technologies would definitely not be possible without the invention of satellites. So yes, satellites’ usage is present in daily life, and…
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GPS works in Space? Yes!
GPS is widely extended, there are no doubts about it, we use it every time. From all kind of transportation vehicles for positioning and navigating through their way to destination, to smartphones and other personal use devices whose apps rely on location based services; even agriculture, smart electrical grids, atmospheric weather prediction and measurement systems…
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Telescopes: a window to space
Since the telescope invention by Galileo, these instruments have been our most accessible and easiest mean of transport to the stars. Throughout the decades, science and technology have advanced in enormous steps and measurement instruments have become every time more and more sophisticated. Nowadays, professional telescopes utilized in astronomy are extremely large in comparison with…
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GPS & Meteorology
Meteorology has been for hundreds of years a key case of study for science and therefore, numerous measurement instruments have been utilized for weather forecasting purposes. Nowadays, with the so called remote sensing, which relays on the exploitation of different kind of signals for sensing physical characteristics of an area, GPS has become a key element…
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The Hohmann orbits: Earth to Mars Journey
During decades humanity has dreamed about making journeys to our, sometimes, closer planetary friend: Mars. But, how such a journey would be like? And how much time could it take?Well, the most common answer for many questions in science and engineering is “it depends”, and this time it will not be the exception. This article addresses an…
