SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches NASA satellite into orbit to measure sea levels for the next 30 years and then returns to California in a stunning landing SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite blasted off from California on Saturday It took off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 9:17am and arced southward … Read more
They look like something you would find in a galaxy far far away. But these incredible satellite images show the destructive impact that asteroids and meteorites have carved on the Earth’s surface, resulting in a number of strangely beautiful sites. The eye-catching photos feature in the world’s first atlas on the different craters which can … Read more
Liftoff! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lights up Florida’s night sky as it launches to orbit carrying an upgraded GPS satellite for the US Space Force SpaceX Falcon 9 marked its 20th launch this year with a mission Thurs evening The rocket took off at 6:24pm ET, carrying a US Space Force GPS into orbit This … Read more
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a sequence of images of Venus, taken by its Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft. BepiColombo swung by Venus and captured its first glimpse of our immediate planetary neighbour, which appears as a tiny circular blob, just visible beneath the craft’s instruments. The flurry of black-and-white snapshots were taken between 7:58am and … Read more
Satellite image shows smoke billowing from raging fires on Kilimanjaro as battle against blaze ’caused by climbers’ food being heated’ enters third day on Africa’s tallest mountain Smoke was swirling near the summit of the 19,341ft Tanzanian mountain today Other images showed the slopes ablaze at twilight and vegetation being charred Hundreds of people including … Read more
5G mobile networks could interfere with signals from weather satellites in the neighbouring frequency band leading to forecasting errors, study warns US researchers modelled the impact that ‘5G leakage’ would have on forecasting They used a tornado outbreak from February 2008 as a case study for modelling Interference would have thrown off precipitation forecasts by … Read more
On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked two planes flew and crashed them into New York City’s Twin Towers in lower Manhattan, killing 2,606 people – and satellites captured the horrifying scene from space. An image shows a massive smoke plume rising from where the massive buildings once stood, which was spotted by the International Space … Read more
Is North Korea about to fire another missile? Kim Jong UN’s submarine puts to sea amid fears he is developing nuclear missile that can be launched at the US from underwater A US think tank said the satellite images are ‘suggestive, but not conclusive’ The images show several vessels within a secure boat basin off … Read more
NASA’s 56-year-old satellite that weighs more than 1,000 POUNDS is set to fall into the South Pacific this weekend – but experts say it will burn up before hitting the ocean One of NASA’s satellites is set to fall back to Earth on Saturday at 5:01pm ET Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 1 has been in space … Read more
Shocking satellite images captured by NASA show a dense fog of smoke covering the entirety of California, making it nearly invisible from space as lightning strikes, storms, and a heatwave have caused over 650 wildfires to erupt across the state. The Golden State is currently battling some of the worst wildfires in its history, and … Read more