Discovery of a Giant Cave on Venus
An RSLab study published in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 demonstrates— for the first time — the…
First Echoes of the Moon for RIME
During the first in history gravity assist flyby of the Earth-Moon system, which took place successfully between August 19 and 20, the Radar for Icy Moon Exploration (RIME) was activated and performed a wide range of tests.…
Nature July’s Best Science Images
Nature has selected one of the images of the recent paper on lunar cave discovery published on Nature Astronomy under the coordination of RSLab in the ‘Images of the Month’ for July 2024. This…
New accessible conduit detected on the subsurface of the Moon
A study, under the leadership of RSLab, has proven for the first time the existance of an accessible conduit at the bottom of a lunar Pit in the Tranbquility Sea. This has been possible by re-analayzing a synthetic aperture radar image acquired in 2010 by the Lunar…
Marmolada winter campaign with GPR
Alpine glaciers are suffering the climate change. RSLab in collaboration with the Risk Prevention and Cue Service and the Geological Service of the Province of Trento and thanks to the support of the Helicopter Unit of the Permanent Fire Brigade of Trento, is…
EnVision and RSLab on the Media
The EnVision mission to Venus and the activities of RSLab in planetary exploration and Earth observation have been recently the focus of some national and regional media insights.…
EnVision mission gets green light for the phase of development
Today the European Space Agency has officially approved the adoption of EnVision that thus will proceed to the next stage of development. Being adopted means that the study phase is complete and ESA commits to implementing the mission. This important milestone paves…
New radar test on Marmolada glacier with high temperatures
A second campaign of data acquisition on the Marmolada glacier with a ground penetrating radar mounted on an helicopter was conducted on Friday August 25th by RSLab in cooperation with the Civil Protection of the Provincia Autonoma di Trento in one of the hottest day…
Marmolada glacier tests on TV news
RSLab is conducting a series of tests on the Marmolada glacier with a ground penetrating radar (GPR) mounted on an helicopter to study the feasibility to estimate the properties of ice as well as the possible presence of water in the subsurface.…