As we move into the new year, it’s easy to see that things changed for a lot of people in 2020. On this day last year, NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer captured images of thick, ...

An internet user spots a rare moment of Google Maps' satellite view indexing a possible Starlink satellite flying over Texas. Starlink satellites aren’t just photobombing astronomy photos — they might ...

If you look at satellite images of the world over just the last five years, some of the changes are striking: Massive swaths of forest burned in Australia, Russia, and California. In Egypt, urban ...

Find all stories in the OPB series “Labor Day fires: Five years later” here. Starting Labor Day weekend 2020, wildfires charred Oregon’s land, choked the air, and cost the state hundreds of millions ...

It’s been 20 years since the last big round of satellite bankruptcies that included Teledesic, Iridium, Globalstar, and many others. With Intelsat, OneWeb, Speedcast, and Global Eagle filing for ...

Google Maps is getting sharper satellite imagery and more Street View content, while Google Earth will soon let users access more historical imagery. Starting this week, Google is introducing sharper ...