How NASA's New Carbon Observatory Will Help Us Understand Alien Worlds
Moffet Field CA (SPX) Sep 08, 2014 - On July 2, NASA successfully launched the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2), a remote sensing satellite on a mission to precisely measure carbon dioxide levels in our planet's atmosphere. As a bonus OCO-2 will also help prepare us for eventually probing the atmospheres of alien worlds in sharper detail. Why study carbon dioxide? This gas essentially serves as Earth's thermostat. As a " ... more
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