It poses many risks. Scientists make stunning discovery while studying satellite images of Earth: 'Revolutionized our view' first appeared on The Cool Down.

After more than ten years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s (ESA)Sentinel-2A satellite has achieved something unexpected.

The image shows just how large and devastating these events can be.

The only thing cooler than a tiny, cheap satellite is a fleet of tiny, cheap satellites. Or so figure three former NASA scientists who have just unveiled their new company, called Planet Labs. Chris ...

Reflections cast by a growing number of satellites orbiting the Earth could ruin more than 95% of images taken by some space telescopes in the next decade, according to a NASA-led study. The reflected ...

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, ...

There are about 15,000 satellites orbiting Earth. Most of them, like the International Space Station and the Hubble Telescope, reside in low Earth orbit, or LEO, which tops out at about 1,200 miles (2 ...