A GeoEye-1 image of Mount Vesuvius was named the top satellite image of 2013.
BARREL Balloons Work with Satellites
The NASA-funded Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL) project is unique, as it relies not on one gigantic balloon, but on many smaller ones”20 in total.
Observing the Arctic Thaw
In several months the Arctic will begin to thaw. Perhaps nowhere on Earth is the transformation between seasons so extreme as in the Arctic, especially in the spring.
DARPA Developing New Spy Satellite Concept
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has plans to develop an ultimate spy satellite capable of viewing 40 percent of Earth's surface at once”without glass optics.
Unmanned Aircraft Observations May Save Elephants
After 17 elephants were killed by a speeding train in West Bengal, India, the nation's railways and environment ministries are considering deploying unmanned aircraft systems to help prevent such tragedies. After 17 elephants were killed by a speeding train in West Bengal, India, the nation's railways and environment ministries are considering deploying unmanned aircraft systems to help prevent such tragedies.
FAA Selects Six Sites for Unmanned Aircraft Research
After a rigorous 10-month selection process involving 25 proposals from 24 states, the Federal Aviation Administration selected six unmanned aircraft system research and test site operators across the country.
Tracing Ozone's Long Path to Recovery
The holes in the ozone layer over Antarctica in 2011 and 2012 are a study in contrasts. The 2011 hole ranked among the 10 largest recorded since the 1980s, whereas the 2012 hole was the second smallest.
Arctic Sea Ice Increases from Record Low
Measurements from the European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite show that the volume of Arctic sea ice measured this autumn is about 50 percent higher than last year.
Where Are the Best New Year's Eve Parties?
Courtesy of Esri, explore New Year's Eve celebrations around the world, ranging from concerts and pyrotechnic displays to historic traditions like plunges into bodies of water.
SkySat-1 Returns First Images
SkySat-1, the first of Skybox Imaging's planned constellation of 24 satellites, is one of the world's smallest satellites capable of capturing sub-meter Earth imagery.
