A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

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 ...

The Fordow nuclear facility, buried beneath a mountain near Qom, Iran, has drawn global military attention—but it is far from ...

The European Space Agency's Biomass satellite is currently in orbit over the Amazon rainforest.

See the Launch of a New NASA Satellite to Map the World's Oceans, Lakes and Rivers Nicknamed SWOT — short for Surface Water and Ocean Topography — the satellite is needed more than ever as ...

This ought to cause a wave of panic: Satellite footage has revealed the frightening source vibrations that rocked the world for nine days.

From its orbit at an altitude of 666 kilometres, the satellite will continuously produce global maps, enabling climate scientists to monitor changes and developments in the world’s forests.

A satellite that’s been dead for 50 years ended up thousands of miles away from where it should be. Instead of spending the afterlife in an orbital graveyard, the communications satellite is now ...

Science Satellite launches on mission to ‘weigh’ the world’s forests Scientists say the radar will paint the first detailed global map of forests’ biomass, which is crucial for sucking up ...

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers rocketed into orbit Friday. The predawn launch aboard a SpaceX rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...