Satellite
Meteorology Meets Fortune Telling at the "Weather Center for the Apocalypse"
Amelia Marzec parses the internet and religious groups to report the latest end-of-the-world news.
British Hacker Pleads Guilty to Hacking US Military Satellite Phone And Messaging System
A 25-year-old broke into a DoD satellite communication system and doxed around 800 Department of Defense employees.
GeoVisual Lets You Visually Search Earth’s Entire Surface
Using years’ worth of publicly available satellite imagery, Descartes Labs has developed a machine learning platform that can identify visually similar objects around the world.
This Man Cooks His Lunch on a Satellite Dish
On a sunny day in Amsterdam, I met solar-cooking enthusiast Rik, who cooked hamburgers, popcorn, and coffee with the sun as his only power source.
Europe Has Its Own GPS Satellites, and They're More Secure than America's
Implementing the new authentication protocol will ensure that hackers can’t spoof GPS signals.
African Villagers Use Satellite Data to Help Save Wild Chimpanzees
NASA used to send chimps to space. Now, it’s satellites are helping save chimps on Earth.
Why Luxembourg, Of All Places, Is a Global Leader in Asteroid Mining
The tiny European country is betting it all on riches from space.
Trippy Satellite Imagery Could Forecast Food Crises Before They Happen
New machine learning algorithm from Descartes Labs is like ‘Minority Report,’ but for corn.
NASA Just Ordered a Robot That Can Repair Satellites in Orbit
With the help of Space Systems/Loral, the Restore-L could dramatically extend the lifespan of operational satellites.