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A “roll cloud” spotted off the coast of Portugal looked like something out of a movie. Here’s the science behind it.

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The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been particularly important for understanding when a hurricane is about to ...

Microwave satellite data are key to capturing major changes in a hurricane’s strength, such as when a storm undergoes rapid ...

A communications satellite out of commission since 1965 is chirping at the Earth in radio frequencies. What is happening? We ...

The scientists originally assumed that the signal came from a distant object in the cosmos, but further analysis revealed ...

The umbrella-shaped antenna, built by US space firm L3Harris, catches the returning signals and redirects them to the ...

What time is liftoff? ULA's Atlas V should be visible outside of Florida pending weather. Did your city, state make the rocket launch visibility map?

Cloud detection of satellite imagery is very important for quantitative remote sensing research and remote sensing applications. However, many satellite sensors do not have enough bands for a quick, ...

The 1.2-tonne satellite will use an approach not dissimilar to that used in a CT scan, and analyse slices through the trees on repeat passes to build up a picture of how much woody material is ...