Tag: Satellites
Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech...
Tom Langen, Clarkson University
Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds...
A large solar storm could knock out the power grid and...
David Wallace, Mississippi State University
On Sept. 1 and 2, 1859, telegraph systems around the world failed catastrophically. The...
Mountain glaciers may hold less ice than previously thought – here’s...
Mathieu Morlighem, Dartmouth College
Mountain glaciers are essential water sources for nearly a quarter of the global population. But...
Tonga eruption was so intense, it caused the atmosphere to ring...
Kevin Hamilton, University of Hawaii
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption reached an explosive crescendo on Jan. 15, 2022. Its...
How many satellites are orbiting Earth?
Supriya Chakrabarti, University of Massachusetts Lowell
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It seems like every week, another rocket...
5 Moon-landing innovations that changed life on Earth
Jean Creighton, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Much of the technology common in daily life today originates from the drive to put a human being on the...
Look up – it’s a satellite!
Christopher Palma, Pennsylvania State University
I saw my first artificial satellite with my naked eyes during the summer of 1994. I was watching pieces of...
EXPLORING NATURE
The western US is in a snow drought, and storms have...
Alejandro N. Flores, Boise State University
Much of the western U.S. has started 2026 in the midst of a...
