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 ...

An Earth-observing radar satellite launched in July jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our planet’s surface.

Space-tech start-up GalaxEye announced on Monday that it will launch the world’s first multi-sensor Earth observation (EO) ...

Just two months after its launch, the European Space Agency (ESA) Biomass satellite is already showing us Earth in a whole new light. On June 23 the ESA released the mission’s first images, which ...

Planet Labs next-generation Pelican-2 satellites - enhanced with Nvidia's Jetson edge platform and advanced AI - will scan military maneuvers across the surface of the globe when launched later this ...

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 ...

Filling “mind-boggling” gaps in mining data will make it easier to track the environmental impact of surging critical ...

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An ABC News analysis of dozens of satellite images from the last two years shows the massive destruction across nearly every ...