As part of the ongoing effort, a NASA-supported team recently published one of the most detailed maps yet of the seafloor.

A satellite with a 40-foot extendable antenna has launched into space with a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests — ecosystems that are crucial for absorbing carbon and slowing climate ...

A first-of-its-kind satellite has launched to track nearly imperceptible changes on Earth’s surface, an effort that could aid with responses to natural disasters. Called the NASA-ISRO Synthetic ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed. When you purchase through links on ...

CubeSat satellite activates after a powerful solar storm and discovers two new and mysterious radiation belts around Earth.

An Intelsat satellite designed by Boeing has been destroyed in its orbit around the Earth, affecting satellite service worldwide. Named Intelsat 33e or IS-33e, the satellite lost power on October 19 ...

A team of Japanese scientists has finished constructing the world's first wooden satellite, Agence France-Presse reports. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, a collaboration between Kyoto University and ...

NASA and India plan to deploy a satellite that will map the Earth down to a centimeter after a launch on Wednesday from the Asian nation's southeastern coast.

The world's first wooden satellite has been launched into space, in a step toward sustainable space exploration. The project by scientists at Kyoto University is intended to be a potential solution to ...

Earth-observing satellites reveal significant ground shift in central Myanmar following the devastating earthquakes that ravaged the area in March. Earth-observing satellites reveal significant ground ...