This 2012 satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers on Canada's Ellesmere Island. The ice masses help to ...

To date, a total of 17 African countries have put more than 60 satellites into orbit and, along with Senegal, both Djibouti ...

The Shijian-19 satellite carried seeds to orbit, exposing them to the microgravity environment to test plant mutation in ...

China's Long March 4C rocket launched the Gaofen-12 04 Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

China's first reusable satellite returned to Earth on Friday morning and has been recovered at its predetermined landing site ...

Satellite history is littered with "firsts." Many early space launches constituted key moments in the Cold War space race and ...

A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History combines satellite observations and historical data ...

The Earth has got itself a new moon. The new satellite is temporary: it will leave again at the end of November. And it is ...

The non-profit organization Carbon Mapper is leveling up the game in the battle against climate change, using cutting-edge ...

Space-based satellites and their ability to observe real-time changes in the atmosphere, along with mapping seasonal and ...

Satellite data can show evidence of the Earth's changing climate and also reveal a dangerous threat faced by coastal cities ...

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM, pronounced “trim” ) satellite is the most accurate rainfall observing satellite to orbit the Earth. It carries a suite of five instruments that, when ...