Satellites

In many countries, national well-being is often monitored through on-the-ground household surveys, but new technology could change that.

A hip factory in downtown San Francisco is producing miniature satellites with major implications for climate research and environmental preservation—and also for privacy.

Global Fishing Watch, a non-profit group, is using new technology to fill in a major gap in its monitoring data.

An innovative monitoring system would allow researchers, policymakers, and environmentalists to track reef damaging events across the globe in near-real time.

It's tricky to get a good estimate for how many satellites are in the skies above us, but if you've ever looked up at the night sky you've probably seen one orbiting the Earth.

Satellite images could suddenly make it a lot riskier to perpetrate these crimes.

An influential new survey will help government agencies decide which satellite capabilities to fund.

The rocket helped propel a three-tonne GSAT-19 satellite into orbit, the country's largest to date.

Some of the fires are creating enough heat to compete with major cities at night.

Quakes may offer scientific clues about planets' interiors.

Armed with binoculars and a standard camera, a different sort of birdwatcher keeps tabs on the world's spy satellites.

How scientists at Austin’s Center for Space Research are measuring the loss of water around the world with a pair of aging satellites.

A globe-trotting geologist uses satellites and other remote-sensing platforms to find water under some of the world's thirstiest places.