How NASA's new Orbiting Carbon Observatory will help us understand alien worlds
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 07:31
in Astronomy & Space
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.