greenhouse gases
An Alternative Theory of Inertia will Get Tested in Space
This summer, the first all-electric thruster will be tested in orbit. This technology could revolutionize commercial space as know it!
How did Earth go From Molten Hellscape to Habitable Planet?
Earth formed from the Sun's protoplanetary disk about 4.6 billion years ago. In the beginning, it was a molten spheroid…
A new Assessment of the World’s Climate is out. The News Isn’t Good
According to the recently released IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, climate change is going to get significantly worse if we don't…
Even If We Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tomorrow, it Would Take Decades for the Earth to Start Cooling Again
If—or hopefully when—we cut our Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, we won't notice much difference in the climate. The Earth's natural…
Blankets of Silica Aerogel Could Make Parts of Mars Habitable
The idea of somehow terra-forming Mars to make it more habitable is a visionary, sci-fi dream. But though global terra-forming…
Uh oh, Mars Doesn’t Have Enough Carbon Dioxide to be Terraformed
According to a new NASA-supported study, Mars does not have enough carbon dioxide to undergo the terraforming process
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NASA’s Carbon Observatory Blasts off on Workhorse Delta II to Measure Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas and Watch Earth Breathe
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, NASA's first mission dedicated to studying carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, lifts off from Vandenberg Air…
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NASA Set to Launch OCO-2 Observatory on July 1 – Sniffer of Carbon Dioxide Greenhouse Gas
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) at the Launch Pad This black-and-white infrared view shows the launch gantry, surrounding the United…
“Star Wars” Laser Methods Tracks Greenhouse Gases
[/caption] It may have looked like a futuristic scene from Star Wars, but ESA's latest technique for aiding space exploration…
Gases In The Atmosphere
[/caption]There are different gases in the atmosphere. There's nitrogen (the most abundant of them all), oxygen, and argon. There are…