Glacier retreat across Alaska could expand the state’s glacial lakes to more than four times their current area, according to ...

Eight launches are scheduled worldwide this week, with Falcon 9 again dominating the launch schedule. SpaceX is set to launch a communications satellite and Starlink satellites this week from its ...

The SWOT satellite tracks river width, height and slope, revealing seasonal changes and underwater topography.

Monitoring river level fluctuations is also helping scientists understand the structure of river banks and river beds, which ...

In a first, a space mission led by NASA and France has tracked Earth’s rivers swelling and shrinking from month to month over the course of a year and found significantly less of a swing than previous ...

We live in an era of extraordinary technological reach. Satellites circle the planet at every altitude, armed with radar, infrared sensors, and high-resolution optical cameras. Yet for all their ...