Satellites
No Glory: NASA Delays Climate Change Satellite Mission
[/caption] A satellite mission to study climate change on Earth has been delayed due to problems with its solar arrays.…
New Satellite Launches to Track Space Junk
[/caption] The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the Space Based Space Surveillance spacecraft, a first-of-its-kind satellite that can detect and…
Possibility for White Dwarf Pulsars?
[/caption]Some satellites get all the glory. While Hubble, Chandra, and Spitzer frequently make headlines with their stunning images, many other…
Satellite Images Show Hurricane Igor Likely to Make Direct Hit on Bermuda
[/caption] The massive Hurricane Igor is now a Category One storm, with maximum sustained wind speeds of 140 km per…
Students Send ICESat to a Fiery Deorbit Death
[/caption] NASA’s Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation (ICESat) mission is now on ice, so to speak, or perhaps we should…
Two Chinese Satellites Rendezvous in Orbit
[/caption] Data from the US military shows that two Chinese satellites likely performed multiple rendezvous 600 kilometers above Earth this…
Satellite Captures Three Tropical Cyclones in One Image
[/caption] My father had a favorite adage when life was hectic: "There's lots of commotion in the ocean." That saying…
Satellite Data Show Plant Growth is Declining on Earth
[/caption] One idea about climate change suggested that higher temperatures would boost plant growth and food production. That may have…
New Satellite for Monitoring Space Debris To Launch
[/caption] The U.S. Air Force will launch the first-ever satellite dedicated solely to tracking the positions of other satellites and…