Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

While low Earth orbit satellites dominate now, there is still room for geostationary and medium Earth orbit constellations to ...

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically to locate wildfires early and precisely anywhere on the planet has now reached Earth's orbit, and it could forever change how we tackle ...

AI-powered agents need to be connected all the time to be truly effective. Sounds like a job for satellite internet providers ...

The country supports some of the world’s most important satellites. But experts worry about its proximity to Russia.

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

Google has launched FireSat, the first satellite in a constellation of 50+ satellites designed to detect and track wildfires ...

It means the spy camera could potentially be in space aboard a floating satellite while clearly seeing faces of people on Earth's surface. It could also take high-resolution images of foreign ...

For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s ...

People and planes often flag wildfires before satellites do, but satellites can play a critical role when it comes to ...

There are also many computerised maps which any member of the public can use to check for water, soil, archaeological, and ...