There are countless types of satellites orbiting around the globe doing thousands upon thousands of different tasks. There are GPS satellites, space telescopes, military satellites, and, of course, ...

GREENBELT, Md. – An international team of astronomers using NASA’s Swift satellite and the Japanese/U.S. Suzaku X-ray observatory has discovered a new class of active galactic nuclei (AGN). By now, ...

One of the most crucial elements of a forecast is sky conditions. Whether it's sunny, partly cloudy, or storming. Typically, we use radar to detect rain, but when it is not raining, how do we observe ...

Earth's orbiting satellites are commonly regarded as if they were suspended in mid-air. It is a fact that they actually ...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin on Wednesday announced a plan to deploy 5,408 satellites in space for a communications network that will serve ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – One of the payloads aboard the Transporter-11 Mission, the latest Falcon 9 launch on Aug. 16, was Umbra's pair of new Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. The ...

The satellite population in low Earth orbit (LEO) is not an open book. While data on many satellites is public, others are shrouded in secrecy, and information is incomplete for others. New research ...

he film features a presentation by John Fitch from NASA discussing the Nimbus weather satellite, its capabilities, and its advancements over previous satellites like Tyros. It categorizes various ...

Looking up at the sky just after sunset or just before sunrise will reveal a fairly staggering amount of satellites orbiting overhead, from tiny cubesats to the International Space Station. Of course ...