Closeup of fires at Honesuckle Point south of Eden. (9atellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies)

Visualizing the Australian bushfires through satellites and maps

January 13, 2020

The months-long wildfires raging in Australia have killed at least 25 people. Millions — possibly 1 billion — […]

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The effects of space weather on critical Earth systems. (Image: NASA)

Space weather research the focus of US House bill

January 10, 2020

The U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology has approved legislation to coordinate federal government space weather […]

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Autonomous ocean flux buoys integrate SBG Systems’ miniature inertial sensors. (Photo: SBG Systems)

Hot, cold, high, low: GNSS and INS perform under pressure

November 19, 2019

GNSS and inertial navigation sensors are meeting the challenges of extreme conditions, from freezing Arctic ice to the […]

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Artist's Illustration: Spire

Webinar talks GNSS final frontier — space

November 11, 2019

A free GPS World webinar on Nov. 21 tackles a new frontier, if not the final one, for […]

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A solar flare in 2015. (Photo: Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA)

A day without satellites would affect us all

October 7, 2019

You wake up and turn on the TV. Your usual shows aren’t airing. You flip on the radio […]

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A satellite view of the Amazon wildfire on Aug. 13. (NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview and VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS/LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.)

Amazon fires in Brazil can be seen from space

August 21, 2019

Wildfires in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil have hit record numbers, and satellites have been able to capture […]

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Photo: NASA

How NASA captured high-resolution Moon imagery in 1960s

July 29, 2019

I was inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on July 16 and our focus on […]

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Madrid stadium drone. (Photo: Elistair)

Seen & Heard: Microsatellites, tethered drones and ladybugs

July 25, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

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