Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The Libera space instrument, which was designed and built in Colorado, will continue a 26-year, unbroken record of Earth's "energy budget"—or the radiation that flows to Earth from the sun and back into space on a daily basis. This churn of energy shapes processes that sustain life, including wind and weather and ocean currents.

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