Chinese satellites are using remote sensing to collect and process real-time images of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, the magnificent temple of the Khmer Empire.
A Great Salt Lake in the Australian Desert
This image captured by Sentinel-2A on July 13, 2015, features Lake Amadeus in Australia's Northern Territory.
New, Ultrathin Optical Sensors Shape Light in Exotic Ways
Researchers have developed innovative flat, optical lenses as part of a collaboration between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology. These optical components are capable of manipulating light in ways that are difficult or impossible to achieve with conventional optical devices.
Satellite Spots Unexpected Result of Middle East Conflict
If there's any silver lining to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, it may come in the form of fewer smog clouds. Political upheaval, economic recession and armed conflict over the last five years drove down air-pollution levels, especially smog, across the Middle East, according to an open-access report published recently in Science Advances.
Crowdsourcing to Spot Illegal Fishing Vessels at Cocos Island Marine Protected Area
Turtle Island Restoration Network (SeaTurtles.org) partnered with DigitalGlobe's crowdsourcing platform (Tomnod.com) to create the first crowdsourced digital patrol of the Cocos Island Marine Protected Area to defend one of the Pacific Ocean's most-vibrant marine-life habitats.
China's Largest Drone Makes Maiden Flight
China's largest, self-developed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) made its maiden flight in Gansu province on Aug. 31, 2015. The drone’s first flight lasted about 20 minutes, although it can reportedly stay in the air for more than 30 hours.
The Data Farmers' Almanac
A NASA Big Data system, developed and maintained by Raytheon, is helping scientists forecast the potential impact climate change may have on human health, safety and security issues worldwide.
Pacific Northwest Wildfires Severe in Intensity
The Pacific Northwest is abundantly dotted with wildfires in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and satellite imagery from a variety of sensors is being used extensively to monitor the situation.
Digital Map of Alaska Seeing Progress
Alaska officials celebrated the progress of a long-standing mission to upgrade a dated and often-erroneous digital map of the state. The new map is being created with interferometric synthetic aperture radar (IfSAR) technology.
NASA Satellite Mission to Improve Hurricane Forecasting
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina formed in the Atlantic Ocean, construction of NASA's next-generation hurricane-observing satellite mission is underway. NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), a constellation of eight microsatellites, will improve hurricane forecasting by measuring ocean surface winds in and near the eye wall of tropical cyclones, typhoons and hurricanes throughout their lifecycle.
