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50 years ago, a powerful satellite overcame opposition and changed how we understand Earth forever

Landsat-1 gave us images of Earth like never before.

ByAllie Hutchison
Water watch

NASA's newest satellite could provide the clearest picture ever of all the water on Earth

A new satellite can monitor water level changes almost anywhere on Earth.

ByRobin Bea
Hot spot

NASA satellite images reveal how the frontlines of fires change

ByRobin Bea
Birds-eye view

Hot Earth Summer: 7 satellite images reveal a season of climate change

Wildfires, floods, drought: It's almost like the Earth is trying to tell us something.

ByJennifer Walter
Gear

How to use Emergency SOS via satellite on iPhone 14

We hope you'll never have to use the feature, but it’s still good to know how to in the event you need it.

ByRaymond Wong
1, 2, 3...

A powerful “umbrella” satellite will count every single tree on Earth

Scientists are taking a closer look than ever possible.

ByNathaniel Scharping
HORIZONS

European Countries Are Racing Toward the Continent's First Satellite Launch

Norway, Sweden, and Scotland are entering the space race with their own launch pads. But only one will be first.

ByNathaniel Scharping
Musk Reads

Starlink satellites: SpaceX is becoming the iPhone of low-Earth orbit

Alice Gorman, a space archaeologist, says that Starlink symbolizes a new era in space.

ByMike Brown
I Spy

SpaceX: How a Mars “spy satellite” engineer tracked Musk’s Tesla Roadster

An engineer who helped develop a camera for Mars has built a tool to track the most fascinating car in the Solar System.

ByMike Brown
Science

This could be why Russia blew up its own satellite

There's a range of possible answers. None of them are great.

ByJon Kelvey
Science

New satellite technology may offer the most comprehensive views of hurricane damage yet

A new machine-learning method can zoom in on destruction and offer valuable new insight.

ByZhe Zhu, Su ye and The Conversation
Beep

How amateur radio fanatics launched the world's first private communications satellite

Before the CubeSat, there was OSCAR 1.

ByJon Kelvey
Planet in Peril

Satellite images reveal a climate crisis nightmare in Siberia

Understanding this study’s findings “may make the difference between catastrophe and apocalypse.”

ByTara Yarlagadda
Space

One of the 10 Brightest Objects in the Sky is Now a Satellite — and More Are Coming

BlueWalker 3 is brighter than all but seven stars in the night sky, and it's just the first of a planned constellation of super-bright satellites.

ByKiona Smith
Science

A trio of satellites could take a groundbreaking 360-degree photo of the sun

We still don’t have a clear picture of the Sun’s physics — but the Solar Ring could change that.

ByPAUL M. SUTTER and Universe Today
Science

How giant lasers can boost satellites like SpaceX Starlink

The European Southern Observatory has developed a groundbreaking new laser.

ByAndy Tomaswick
Fill 'er up

A “gas station” for spy satellites will keep government snoops in the know for longer

The first-ever geostationary orbit satellite refueling depot will serve Pentagon assets.

ByJon Kelvey
Science

Trillions of tiny, self-replicating satellites could unlock interstellar travel

Alpha Centauri, here we come.

ByAndy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Why?

Why the Russian anti-satellite test fiasco is a problem we won’t solve soon

The incident that put the ISS at risk that won’t go away anytime soon.

ByJon Kelvey
Science

Space satellite proves a crucial test of Einstein's theories

Gravity as we know it is safe for now.

BySarah Wells
Innovation

SpaceX Starlink: How to see the satellites in New York, London, and Paris

Starlink is set to cross over the night sky soon. Here's how to spot it.

ByMike Brown
Space

Starlink Satellites Are Leaking Radiation — With Consequences for Radio Astronomy

In addition to streaks, SpaceX Starlink satellites might interfere with astronomical observations in another way, new study finds.

ByDoris Elín Urrutia
Climate

NASA Satellite Images Reveal Surprisingly Good News for California

California residents will be glad to know their reservoirs are nearly full again after years of drought.

ByUniverse Today and Nancy Atkinson
space

New NASA Satellite Photo Reveals the Enormity of Canadian Wildfire Smoke

You can see a lot more from low Earth orbit.

ByKiona Smith
Science

A Surprising Satellite Material Could Solve a Major Space Issue

Hint: It’s probably in your kitchen table.

ByAndy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Innovation

NASA’s Newest Mini Satellites Just Launched — and They Could Transform Our Understanding of Hurricanes

The agency will get hourly updates on storm formation.

ByMolly Glick
Science

This New Space Satellite Is Destined To Unlock the Secrets of the "Dark Universe"

The first stage of the Euclid mission is done. Here’s to the future.

ByThe Conversation and Robert Nichol
Blast off!

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Just Launched What May Be the World’s Most Powerful Satellite

But it’s no longer considered the mightiest rocket.

ByMike Brown and Molly Glick
Science

Forget Fuel: Water Could Power Tomorrow’s Satellites

It could offer an affordable option for cosmic travel.

ByAndy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Science

NASA Reveals What Made an Entire Starlink Satellite Fleet Go Down

The company allegedly ignored warnings of bad space weather brewing.

ByUniverse Today and CAROLYN COLLINS PETERSEN