satellites

‘Sailing’ satellites of the future could provide early warning of dangerous space weather

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A line of NASA engineers posing with a silver solar sail.

NEW ORLEANS — Solar sails that allow satellites to glide on the light from the sun could soon become a reality. The technology would allow scientists to provide earlier warnings of space weather events such as geomagnetic storms, which have the potential to disrupt technological systems on Earth. “A lot of us have experienced sailing; … Read more

Satellites find likely cause of mysterious African elephant deaths in 2020

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The staggering and unexplained deaths of over 300 African elephants in early 2020 — one of the largest mass mortality events of wild mammals in recent history — was most likely due to toxins in water that proliferated due to climate extremes, according to a fresh analysis of a decade’s worth of satellite data. The … Read more