Annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations make adjustments amid current political climate

Each year during Hispanic Heritage Month, huge celebrations can be expected across the U.S. to showcase the diversity and culture of Hispanic people. This year, the Trump administration's immigration crackdowns, a federally led English-only...

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

The fourth satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1D, has arrived at Félix Eboué airport, the main airport in French Guiana. From there the spacecraft, safely stored in its protective casing, will be transported to launch...

Story Applications Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign 11/09/2025 2496 views 27 likes Read

Applications 11/09/2025 2490 views 27 likes The fourth satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1D, has arrived at Félix Eboué airport, the main airport in French Guiana. From there the spacecraft, safely stored in its protective...

The Manufacturing Leader Setting New Standards in the Space Industry

Photo Courtesy of Loft Orbital Julien Bouillant, age 43, brings nearly two decades of experience in spacecraft production and operations management, now leading assembly, integration, and testing processes at Loft Orbital. His professional path...

First data from Beyond Gravity’s new radio occultation instrument for Europe’s weather satellite

The first weather data from Beyond Gravity’s next generation radio occultation instrument for a new European weather satellite reveal how the instrument enhances future weather forecasts. Mid-of August, the first of a new generation of...

Climate change: Brazil and France researchers gather in Amazon

The global challenge of tackling climate change has strengthened ties between Brazil and France in scientific efforts focused on the Amazon. Researchers from both countries are meeting in Belém, Pará state, to launch a new season of projects...

Story Applications New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first… 02/09/2025 6479 views 54 likes Read

Applications 02/09/2025 6458 views 54 likes Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its...

Amazon Indigenous Forests Reduce Disease Risk Across Eight Countries

Indigenous-managed forests across the Amazon Basin significantly reduce the incidence of 27 diseases affecting the region’s 33 million residents, according to new research published in Communications Earth and Environment. The study examined...

First five Flight Ticket Initiative missions confirmed with Avio and Isar Aerospace

First five Flight Ticket Initiative missions confirmed with Avio and Isar Aerospace by Erica Marchand Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission have confirmed the first five missions of the Flight...

Brazilian and French scientists tackle climate change in Amazon

Thursday, August 28th 2025 - 10:10 UTC Tackling climate change has strengthened ties between Brazil and France Researchers from France and Brazil are meeting this week in Belém, in the State of Pará, to launch a new season of the Amazon...

UK-French satellite launches to transform climate monitoring

RAL Space has played a key role in the development of critical components for Europe’s first dedicated carbon dioxide (CO2) monitoring satellite. The world is set to benefit from more accurate climate data as the groundbreaking MicroCarb satellite...

DNA from rainwater provides a window into tropical canopy biodiversity

Tropical rainforests still represent a treasure trove of undiscovered species. While many species of plants, animals, and insects have been identified over the years, some parts of these tropical ecosystems are difficult to access and pose...

Across eight Amazon countries, forests on Indigenous lands…

New research published today in Communications Earth and Environment, a Nature Group journal, finds that municipalities in the Amazon region closest to healthy forests on Indigenous lands face less risk from rising cases of two categories of...

Satellite project could save lives, give extreme weather warnings

LONDON: A series of satellites are set to be launched into space over the next 15 years to help “save lives” and give early warning of increasingly extreme weather, British experts have said. The Metop Second Generation project aims to make...

The forest that connects 8 countries and houses billions of species

Forests are mostly large, natural ecosystems that are naturally dominated by trees. Much of the land area is covered with a variety of plant and animal species, which are essential for the planet’s health. Now, imagine a forest so vast that it...

Rainwater reveals the hidden life of rainforest canopies, study shows

Researchers developed a cost-effective way to collect DNA from species high in the rainforest canopy: they hung umbrellas to collect rainwater that washed through the trees. The method revealed 562 species across French Guiana’s Amazonian forests,...

New Research Reveals Indigenous Amazon Forests Help Curb Spread of 27 Diseases Across Eight Countries

Belém, Brazil – Gland, Switzerland (11 September 2025) — Recent groundbreaking research published in Communications Earth and Environment, a renowned Nature Group journal, sheds new light on the critical role Indigenous territories play in...

Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find

Indigenous territories are a crucial bulwark against the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. A new peer-reviewed study shows they also safeguard the health of millions living there. The study, published Thursday in the journal Communications...

Across eight Amazon countries, forests on Indigenous lands reduce spread of 27 diseases - Peer-reviewed study

Baku, September 12, AZERTAC The first study of its kind, led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), gathered data from 1,733 municipalities representing more than 74% of the Amazon to find that forests on Indigenous lands...

From Seed to Empire: Coffee and the Making of an Imperial Atlantic World

Illustration created by Brewminate with AI, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license The eighteenth century was the crucible of coffee’s New World history. What began with a few transplanted seedlings...