New images from the European Space Agency’s Biomass mission show how the satellite uses advanced radar to map flows of carbon ...

Here, the new satellite reveals stunning variety within the tropical forest landscape. Green hues indicate forested areas; ...

A U.S.-French satellite that will map almost all of the world's surface water has rocketed into orbit. The predawn launch Friday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California capped a highly ...

Quegan first conceived of using a P-band radar to map the world’s forests about 20 years ago. Up until 2004, the technology was restricted to use by the U.S. Defense Department, he said.

DigitalGlobe's new satellite just sent down its first image of our planet. Your Google Maps view of the world is about to get better. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

It’s Earth as not even astronauts get to see it—completely without clouds. Software developed by startup Descartes Labs stitches together daily satellite images into a live map of the planet ...

Land cover change 2017 to 2021, showing Cairo’s recent urban sprawl. [Image: courtesy Esri]In a new global map based on the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite data from 2017-2021 ...

In A History of the World in Twelve Maps, Jerry Brotton examines the construction of a dozen world maps — from ancient history to the satellite images of Google Earth — and how they influenced ...

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 ...

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 ...