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 ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Meteorologists have different types of tools that available to help us to forecast the weather. But one of the most important devices in our arsenal are satellites. Satellites help ...

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 ...