NASA's Next Target: Earth

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SciShow Space News tells you about NASA's latest launch -- the first mission dedicated to measuring carbon dioxide in the atmosphere -- and gives you a primer on what the June solstice really is! ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.nasa.gov/oco2/#.U55Cv9q9KSN http://oco.jpl.nasa.gov/observatory/spacecraft/# http://www.livescience.com/46303-nasa-carbon-tracking-spacecraft-oco2-launch.html http://www.space.com/26239-nasa-oco2-launch-preparations-climate-change.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory http://co2now.org http://scijinks.jpl.nasa.gov/solstice/ http://earthsky.org/tonight/earliest-sunrises-before-june-solstice-jupiter-venus http://earthsky.org/tonight/solstice-brings-northernmost-sunset

Published 2014-06-19 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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