Satellites
Not Just Sitting Ducks. Maybe Satellites Could Dodge Almost all Space Junk
Kessler syndrome is becoming more and more of a potential hazard as more and more companies vie to place more…
It’ll Soon be Possible to Make Satellite Phone Calls With Your Regular Phone
Not all who wander are lost - but sometimes their cell phone reception is. That might change soon if a…
Landsat 9 Joins a Fleet of Earth Observation Satellites
Earth has a new eye in orbit to monitor our changing planet. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021…
A Tiny, Inexpensive Satellite Will be Studying the Atmospheres of hot Jupiters
The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (aptly nicknamed CUTE) is a new, NASA-funded mission that aims to study the atmospheres of…
There’s Now a Gas Station… In Space!
A new startup has created the world's first gas station in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), which will extend the lives…
Doomed Satellite was Equipped With a Drag Sail to Deorbit it After its Mission was Complete
A team at Purdue University developed a drag sail to attach to satellites to help them de-orbit to combat space…
NASA has too Many Spacecraft to Communicate With. Time to Build More Dishes
NASA is a sprawling organization that has to talk to everything from politicians in Washington DC to space probes that…
Here’s Lake Mead’s Record Low Water Levels Seen From Space
How bad is the drought in the western United States? A stunning depiction of the record dry spell comes in…
After British Columbia’s Record-Breaking Heatwave, Here Come the Wildfires
NASA just released a series of satellite images that show the wildfires currently raging in British Columbia's interior.
Satellites can Track Microplastics From Space
Sometimes simple and elegant solutions are all that is needed to solve a problem. One problem that was searching for…