Using a high-energy X-ray system, they turned the satellite effectively transparent, revealing fuel and gas tanks, hidden ...

When a powerful earthquake shook the far eastern edge of Russia in late July, it set off more than a huge movement of the ...

A boom in satellites is brightening the night sky and hindering astronomers’ ability to study distant galaxies, sharpening ...

Planned megaconstellations would contaminate the view of the cosmos of four orbiting telescopes Many of the images taken by ...

It just captured a historic image of a tsunami from space. Learn about SWOT, the groundbreaking NASA/CNES satellite mapping ...

Fleets of satellites interfere with snapshots taken by Earth-bound observatories. But a new study suggests these orbiters ...

A rare satellite view captured a major Pacific tsunami in unprecedented detail, revealing wave behaviors scientists did not expect. A satellite designed to track the height of the ocean’s surface ...

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could ...

New images from ESA's Biomass satellite reveal forests, volcanoes, deserts and glaciers in striking detail, hinting at what's still to come. VIENNA, AUSTRIA — An exclamation of awe, excitement and ...

An exponential increase in the number of satellites placed in low-Earth orbit has brought advances in telecommunications ...

Almost every image that will be taken by future space observatories in low-Earth orbit could be tainted due to light contamination from satellites. That is according to a new analysis from researchers ...