NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission aboard the International Space Station has produced its first mineral maps, providing detailed images that show the composition of ...

A new way to study 3D maps of galaxies in the cosmos without compressing the data is revealing new information about the dark universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

One of the challenges of sending human explorers to Mars is that, due to the logistics of the journey, they will have to be on the planet’s surface for considerably longer than the missions of a few ...

The Space Information Map (SIM) is a resource that brings together building, geographic, and spatial data into one map interface for campus stakeholders. It is a map that has our updated floor plans ...

The EMIT instrument will map 25% of the planet's surface in one year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the ...

A space observatory designed to map the entire sky over a period of two years to further our understanding of the early universe has started snapping images. SPHEREx, which launched in early March, ...

Installed on the space station in July 2022, EMIT orbits Earth about once every 90 minutes, to map the world’s mineral-dust sources. This includes the Sahara, where it recently gathered data on three ...