A new NASA Earth-observing satellite featured Maine’s coast in its first radar image. The satellite, which was launched July 30, took the image of Maine on Aug. 21. It shows Mount Desert Island, an ...

An Earth-observing radar satellite launched jointly between the U.S. and India has returned its first images of our planet’s surface. "NISAR’s first images are a testament to what can be achieved when ...

A stunning high-resolution satellite image of the Mississippi River that was taken over a period of about three weeks has been posted online by the European Space Agency (ESA). The roughly 2,300-mile ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Scientists captured this striking image of the Apollo 15 landing site by shooting a powerful ...

Physicists are exploring a quantum-mechanical approach to making smaller radio wave detectors. Physicists have created a new type of radar that could help improve underground imaging, using a cloud of ...

It’s no secret that we rely on the grid for just about everything, from our cell phones to public transportation to our national defense systems. We are heavily dependent on the electricity we use ...

The NISAR mission is a joint venture between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO.) The satellite, which launched July 30 from India, is designed to observe and map Earth in detail to ...