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Tides can be mapped much more locally using a new method based on satellite images

When high or low tide occurs, the water does not necessarily rise and fall uniformly along the entire coastline. In fact, the height of the tide in a bay can vary by up to one meter (3 feet) from one location to another just a few kilometers away.

Satellite images show how the Nepal flood disaster unfolded

How the deadly Nepal floods caused damage up to 100km away from a collapsed glacier.

Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded

As rescue teams searched for missing people following catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation.

Satellite sees Greenland's most significant floating ice loss in over a decade | Space photo of the day for Aug. 24, 2026

ESA's Sentinel-1 mission captured remarkable imagery showing significant ice loss and calving at the Petermann Glacier. (Image credit: ESA) The massive glaciers of Greenland are disappearing right before our very eyes in new satellite imagery. What is it? Petermann Glacier in nor

Satellite data used to boost cabbage sales in Japan

The initiative will use satellite data on cabbage color and size to forecast shipment volumes eight weeks in advance.

Can satellites detect when forests lose resilience?

For years, scientists have been using a method called "temporal autocorrelation (TAC)" to measure forest resilience using satellite data. However, scientists have not used TAC uniformly, and its use as a resilience indicator was based largely on theories and assumptions rather th

Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Nepal villages

Before-and-after images show villages, bridges and a key Nepal-Tibet border crossing washed away by devastating floodwaters.

Watch Rocket Lab launch Japanese radar satellite to orbit early on Sept. 1

Rocket Lab will launch a private Japanese radar satellite to orbit early Tuesday morning (Sept.

NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS

NASA has successfully tested a system that allows satellites to navigate without GPS by using other spacecraft and debris as landmarks in orbit. In just three days, FALCON also improved the known orbits of more than 200 space objects completely autonomously.

Powerful Ariane 6 rocket launches European weather satellite to orbit (video)

Europe's most powerful rocket flew again today (Aug.

From spy satellite to space telescope: The unlikely origins of NASA's Roman Space Telescope

NASA took the guts out of old spy satellites to build the groundbreaking Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope – but how?

It was a spy satellite, now NASA's new telescope is set to head into space

How SpaceX and Reflect Orbital Satellites Are Erasing the Stars Over National Parks

As more and more satellites like Starlink launch, our night skies are getting crowded.

SpaceX sends Starlink satellites to orbit on predawn launch from California

SpaceX launched 27 more of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug.

Satellite images show destruction from Nepal-Tibet floods

A glacier collapse high in the Himalayas on Wednesday triggered catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border.

NASA Can't Rescue The Satellite That Was Going To Rescue Another Satellite After All

The plan was for the Link satellite to fly over to Swift, grab onto it, and haul it back up into a stable orbit. Unfortunately, that's not what happened.

NASA satellites ace world's 1st 'lost-in-space' GPS-free navigation experiment

No GPS available in space? A satellite experiment may have a solution for that. NASA's Starling mission — made up of a swarm of four cubesats in low Earth orbit (LEO) — is testing out navigation by using other satellites as moving landmarks. The hope is that this tech will allow

Polish startup Ares Shield hired to protect data center satellites with high-power microwave weapons

The final frontier is getting more and more contested, so satellite companies are investing in some self-defense. At least one of them is, anyway. Florida-based Lonestar Data Holdings announced today (Aug. 25) that it has contracted Polish startup Ares Shield to provide protectio

University of Utah to Close Satellite Campus After More Than 25 Years

University of Utah to Close Satellite Campus After More Than 25 Years Olivia.sanchez Tue, 08/25/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Olivia Sanchez

SpaceX plans to put Nvidia-powered AI satellites in orbit next year

Elon Musk’s company now plans to launch orbital data centers by the end of next year.

SpaceX sends 27 Starlink satellites to orbit on 100th Falcon rocket launch of the year (video, photos)

SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites this morning (Aug. 22) on a milestone mission for the company's Falcon rocket family. A Falcon 9 carrying 27 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California today at 3:25 a.m. EDT (072

Show HN: Live 3D satellite tracker and the declassified Pentagon UFO archive

Article URL: https://skylens.yantraai.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407309 Points: 36 # Comments: 17

Video: Russia launches rocket into space with military satellite

Russia says it has launched a military satellite into space on the back of a Soyuz-2.1 rocket from Arkhangelsk.

Japanese space tech startup Letara expands beyond satellite thrusters with $16M

Japanese space startup Letara is betting its hybrid rocket technology can move beyond small satellite thrusters into a broader market for space, defense and security, after raising ¥2.6 billion ($16 million).

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites, lands rocket on ship at sea (video, photos)

SpaceX launched yet another Starlink mission today (Aug. 21), sending 29 more of the broadband satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast. The spacecraft flew aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, which lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 11:14 a.m. EDT

Assam in final stage of partner selection to build satellite, says CM

Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says 'AssamSAT' marks a landmark shift — from Assam being a user of satellite data to an active participant in the space-tech ecosystem, enabling faster and evidence-based governance

A weather satellite 22,000 miles above Earth saved my 2026 total solar eclipse cruise on the Mediterranean Sea

When the 11,000-ton cruise ship Le Boréal set sail from Nice, France, on Thursday, Aug. 6, its 205 passengers and 136 crew members began a voyage whose success would depend not only on careful planning, but also on the ship's ability to outmaneuver clouds at the last critical hou

Harry Styles Kicks Off Massive NYC Residency with a Brand New Set and Plenty of Charm: Review + Setlist

Styles drastically altered his setlist on the first of 30 nights at The Garden, providing tour debuts of "Carolina," "Kiwi," "Satellite," and more. Harry Styles Kicks Off Massive NYC Residency with a Brand New Set and Plenty of Charm: Review + Setlist Paolo Ragusa

Before and after images show catastrophic impact of Nepal flash floods

Before-and-after satellite images reveal the scale of destruction from Nepal’s catastrophic flash floods.

Building Foresight for Earth Science, featuring Lindsey Jacobson

NASA’s Earth-observing satellite missions track dozens of features of a changing planet — aerosols, sea levels, land cover, cloud cover — over years and decades.

Nepal flood disaster reconstructed minute by minute

New satellite imagery and video analysis show the deadly Nepal floods began when part of a glacier near the Chinese border collapsed, triggering a debris flow that raced downstream at up to 150 km/h and devastated communities over more than 80 kilometres.

Zelenskyy gives Ukraine's Order of Freedom award to Musk for Starlink's role in war effort

Starlink has become deeply embedded in Ukraine's military operations, with commanders and soldiers relying on satellite connectivity to communicate and coordinate operations.

Launch HN: Risklytics (YC S26) – Insurance brokerage for frontier tech companies

Hi HN, we're Sam and Alex, founders of Risklytics ( https://risklytics.ai ). We're both on leave from Harvard, and we run an insurance brokerage for companies building robots, drones, autonomous systems and satellites. You describe your machine, we find the insurance companies wi

On this day in space! Aug. 25, 1997: NASA launches Advanced Composition Explorer to track solar wind and so much more

On Aug. 25, 1997, NASA launched the Advanced Composition Explorer, or ACE satellite to study energetic particles traveling through space. It lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a Delta II rocket and spent the next three and a half months making its way to its orbit

NASA’s Pandora Mission Begins Study of Exoplanets, Host Stars

Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission and the first satellite to launch through the agency’s Astrophysics Pioneers program, is now making unique observations of worlds beyond our solar system and the stars they orbit. The mission will determine the atmospheric make-up of at le

URWERK Unveils the One-Of-A-Kind UR-1001 Amadeus Pocket Watch

Summary URWERK unveils the one-of-a-kind UR-1001 Amadeus titanium pocket watch.Features 500 hours of hand-engraving by master artisan Florian Güllert.Displays time, satellite calendar, service intervals and a 1,000-year millennium indicator. URWERK has unveiled the UR‑1001 Amadeu

SpaceX to build $100 billion rocket launch facility in southern Louisiana

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday for a $100 billion rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, its largest yet, aimed at supporting Starship and AI satellite missions. The 125,000-acre Starbase Louisiana site on Pecan Island could eventually handle thousands of Starship launche

SpaceX sets rocket-reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year (video)

Starlink launches may have become commonplace, but this one was definitely worth staying up for. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with 29 Starlink internet satellites lifted off from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday (Aug. 25), at 5:33 a.m. EDT (0933 GMT). It

Garmin’s Best GPS Watch for Multisport Athletes Is Over 30% Off on Amazon

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Undersea cable to Antarctica through Drake Passage is viable, researchers find — 1,600km route to Chile could spell an end to research data leaving in 'suitcase

A fiber-optic cable strung across the Drake Passage could pull Antarctica's research bases off satellite links and hard-drive shipments and onto the global network after Chile's finalized feasibility study concluded last week that the crossing is technically viable. Salience Cons

This company’s plans to deploy space mirrors could jeopardize the night sky for many

A company that plans to beam sunlight from space to Earth on demand might unintentionally brighten the night sky for many more people than intended, according to a new study. Later this year, the US company Reflect Orbital plans to launch a test satellite called Eärendil-1 that w

How chromosomes find their partners

For a long time, so-called satellite DNA was considered largely worthless. Now, ETH Zurich researchers have shown in fruit flies that these repetitive sections of genetic material act as a kind of barcode, enabling the correct chromosomes to recognize one another.

SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

Elon Musk’s talk about maintaining a million-strong AI data center satellite megaconstellation may not exactly be practical or economical , but it might be unique. It’s about the closest we’ve come to confronting a scheme that would export a considerable amount of valuable materi

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra: This is how the new camera is supposed to look like - Notebookcheck

Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra: This is how the new camera is supposed to look like Notebookcheck Radically different Galaxy S27 Ultra design teased PhoneArena Slew of Galaxy S27 rumors talk about One UI 9.5, Galaxy AI 2.0, Satellite, NFC and more Sammy Fans Samsung patent hints at maj

Massive space mirrors could be 40 times brighter than the full moon, astronomers warn. 'It will be worse than big cities like London'

Each of the sun-reflecting mirrors proposed by U.S.-based startup Reflect Orbital will appear 40 times brighter than the full moon to observers standing within its beam on Earth, a study has found.