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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASA's latest Earth-observing instruments are redefining society's ability to hold those responsible for pollution accountable. The Plankton, Aerosol,.

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 ...

Swarms of pico-satellites could work together as a single large antenna for direct-to-smartphone communications, as reported by researchers from Japan. Instead of relying on a single large satellite ...