Reporters can now access and download satellite images good enough to see individual buildings at almost every location on Earth — in minutes, with no special skills, and entirely for free. Of course, ...

A new AI model that can map the Earth in "unprecedented detail" will allow scientists to have a more precise and real-time view of our changing planet The system combines huge amounts of observation ...

Just two months after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass satellite is already showing us Earth in a whole new light. On June 23 the ESA released the mission’s first images, which ...

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has selected ‘Biomass’ to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth’s most precious resources.

A new generation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites could transform how we observe our planet. This innovative constellation consists of nearly 900 satellites, organized in teams, capable of covering ...

NASA and India paired up to launch an Earth-mapping satellite on Wednesday capable of tracking even the slightest shifts in land and ice.Watch video of the launch in the player above.The $1.3 billion ...

The Sentinel-6B satellite arrives in California for launch, ready to measure sea level with unprecedented climate accuracy.

GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a leading producer of satellite and aerial imagery and geospatial information, today announced it has contracted with ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT – News) to begin work on ...

The satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere over open ocean; it's unclear if any debris made its way to the surface. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Dig deep on Google Earth and you’ll inevitably find a surprise or two. Maybe you’re looking at far-flung islands in the middle of an ocean or checking in on something closer to home. A few years ago, ...

On April 29, a rocket lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Aboard it was a satellite designed to answer one of the most important questions in climate science: how much carbon ...

The now-defunct satellite ERS-2 disintegrated over the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, returning to Earth after more than ten years in space, between Alaska and Hawaii, according to the European Space ...