This is a good-looking satellite, don't you agree❔ ⠀⠀⠀ Like students all over the world currently awaiting exam grades, the @copernicus_eu Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has also been put through a series of strenuous tests leaving the eyes of the teams involved in this international mission set firmly on its final results. Happily, Sentinel-6 has passed with flying colours and engineers can now prepare it for shipment to the US for liftoff on a @SpaceX Falcon-9, which is scheduled for 10 November. ⠀⠀⠀ This satellite will assume the critical role of monitoring sea-level change by extending the long-term measurement record of global mean sea level from space. ⠀⠀⠀ With millions of people living in coastal communities around the world, rising seas are at the top of the list of major concerns linked to climate change. Monitoring sea-surface height is critical to understanding the changes taking place so that decision-makers have the evidence to implement appropriate policies to help curb climate change and…

Каждое из наших наблюдений подтверждает вывод о том, что Вселенная расширялась и развивалась именно так, как предсказывает теория Большого взрыва. С этой точки зрения она кажется удивительно понятной. Но как дела обстоят на самом деле?